Smartreporter toshiba driver failure7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() :)Ībout the only "free" tool that's worth anything is smartmontools, IMHO. I’ve had drives fall from a desktop to the floor and survive for years without any problems, and some drives tipped 0.5 inches and instantly died. If after performing all of the above, you see nothing “out of the ordinary”, you don’t hear “strange click noises” or you don’t detect any strange slowness in your drive, you can assume that the drive has not suffered any damage.īut, all things said, I’d keep my backups up2date just in case. Assuming you don’t hear strange noises in the drive, performing a full Clone to an external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner would provide you with an important piece of information: the computer can read your entire drive, block by block.īoth Onyx and OS X can verify your volume so I suggest you also perform a verify (using Disk Utility for example) and verify your permissions.įinally, use AppleJack to execute some of the above tests to make sure that the OS is in Single User. But that is to be done before the problem :)īack to your case, I suggest you give Onyx a try to check the status of your HDD’s Smart status. Most of the benefit of TechTool Pro and DiskWarrior is to have am emergency plan in place in case of hard drive failure. In any case, since you want the free option, you will have to rely in your common sense and the tools you have (this is also true for the Shareware options, which really don’t seem to add much at this stage). Nice! The Mall must have started doing that recently, I haven't heard of them doing a portable repair in house before.I assume you are aware of the Shareware tools (Like the five mentioned in this article). The rep said I should have it within a week and possibly by tomorrow. I stopped by the Mall of America store and got my replacement drive on order. We don't stock the part, so I'd have to order it in, but it'd be faster than waiting the 7-10 days that Applecare service takes.Up to you though - View image here:. ![]() If you want it done a whole lot faster, send me a PM, I work for a reseller/servicer in Minneapolis.I'd be happy to take care of it for you. Most apple stores (especially in MN) do not do portable work, and will ship your unit off for repair. ![]() Originally posted by Seltsam:Does anyone know if Apple stores now carry 100GB laptop drives? When I ordered back in May, they didn't carry 100GB drives in stores and thus I had to order online. When I mentioned having more faith in Hitachi (= IBM) than Toshiba, they replied that all disks die in similar numbers, except maybe Maxtor. substantial.)Ostiguy: the place where I had my servicing done is also a well-known data retrieval centre (for dead disks). (I also paid for what turned out 5h servicing, so the final bill was. Apple may be able and willing to do this for the cost difference, but here in Europe, I basically had to buy the new drive, and get the replacement part as an "added bonus". If you want something bigger and/or faster, you'll have to negotiate. May have been a bad series: mine had the same.As to the original question: yes, Apple will replace the drive under warranty. They made money on that drive of yours, after all, and one can hope that the OEM models are not some lower quality requiring a lesser warranty term! Yay for Toshiba in this, if it was not just a bit of sheer luck!Have a look at the Apple support fora though: there's a whole thread about whirring noises in Toshiba GAX drives and them failing. OTOH, a responsible & caring company will apply their warranty conditions to anyone. That sucks, but next time you'll know to keep traces. ![]()
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