After a Hard Disk failure in my MacMini Server (late 2009) I cannot install OSX Server 10.8
Relaced the Hard Disk (task undertaken by an Apple Store) and installed Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and all went well.
Downloaded OSX Server 10.8 from the App Store and all seemed to install fine in that I get a success message.
BUT every time I try and run the Server app subsequently it starts again to `Set up your server` and does not give me the interface as described in the various guides. In other words it is repeating the setup process over and over again and I am going around and around in circles.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance
Andrew GRAY
Hi Simon
I am using the latest version 2.2.1 (169). I have searched for an .AppleSetupDone file and .sb files, but I can find neither. Where should they be?
Cheers
Andrew GRAY
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View Solution.Derek, welcome to the forum.
The hard drive has S.M.A.R.T. technology. This tests your hard drive for possible failure. In your case, it appears that your drive is ready to fail. I suggest buying a new drive.
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My problem has recurred - the disk failure repeated - again unable to repair the harddisk and having to reformat, reinstall Lion and restore from Time Machine again.
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Since 6 months I have HP Pavilion dv6 3180ec, running Win7 64-bit.
Recently the notebook restarted itself several times during last couple of days with a hard disk failure message (blue screen); after restart, a Hard disk diagnosis was requested however never properly started... So I run the test from BIOS and got following error message:
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View Solution.Hi,
If not a SMART error, this will either be a failure of the short or long Disk Self Test and really would indicate the drive should be replaced. There is no need to have to send the notebook in, as if you contact HP to arrange for a new HDD to be supplied to you under warranty, the drive will be sent out to you - you normally have to pay a deposit which is refunded when you return the defective HDD.
If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
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Check the cable going to the drive, as I seriously doubt that the drives are all going bad.
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