Hard Drive Check

Hey users,
I'm new around this forum and just want some quick help.
Just to inform everyone, I already tried contacting Apple but after being put on hold for an hour, and finally finding someone to talk to, the call hung up after three minutes, so I don't think I'd want to do that again...
Anyway, I'd like to install OS X Yosemite, but it tells me there are S.M.A.R.T errors on my Hard Drive. I've tried reinstalling my OS X, and everything else I've seen online, but nothing has fixed these errors, so it's come down to me trying to figure out a way I can bypass this screen and force OS X Yosemite to install on my Macbook Pro (2012). Is there any way to do this?

You stated; "so it's come down to me trying to figure out a way I can bypass this screen and force OS X Yosemite to install on my Macbook Pro (2012)."
You don't want to do that.
If you have disk errors then the installation of Yosemite will probably be bad. Fix your disk drive. Which will probably take replacement of the disk drive.
I suggest you backup everything and then make an appointment to have Apple look at it. They will tell you what they problem is with it.
If you ask them nicely they may even upgrade it for you.

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Troubles with Hard Drive Check

When i try to switch on my pc i have words : Boot service Not found
Please install an operating system on your hard disk/
Hard Disk (3F0)
F2 System Diagnostics
For more information, please visit : www.hp.com/go/techcenter/startup
When i try to use ''Hard drive check'' then ''Extensive Check'' i have
SMART Check : NOT INSTALLED
Long DST : NOT INSTALLED
Can u help me ? Please

@DanikG ,
Hello and thank you for posting on the HP support forums.
Here are some links to help you with the issue you are having.
HP Notebook PCs - System Diagnostics (F2)
HP PC Hardware Diagnostics
If you are not able to get into the BIOS and run the Hardware diagnostics and the Hard Drive diagnostics.
Check out this link.
HP Notebook PCs - Restoring the BIOS
After all that if you still can not get into the diagnostics you will need to contact HP phone support for repair options.
Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
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Hard Drive warning when upgrading to Mountain Lion. 2 try and I was able to upgrade. Software update for IPhoto, had problems restarting. Do I need my hard drive checked

Hard Drive warning when upgrading to Mountain Lion. 2nd try and I was able to upgrade. Software update for IPhoto, had problems restarting. Do I need my hard drive checked

Yes.
Choose Apple menu > Restart. Hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys as your computer restarts.
When you see a white screen with an Apple logo in the middle, you can release the keys.
Click Disk Utility, and then click Continue.
In the list at the left, select the item you want to repair. (Be sure to select an item that’s indented to the right in the list, not an item at the far left.)
Click First Aid.
If Disk Utility tells you the disk is about to fail, back it up and replace it. You can’t repair it.
Click Repair Disk.
If Disk Utility reports that the disk appears to be OK or has been repaired, you’re done.
Otherwise, you may need to do one of the following steps.
If Disk Utility can’t repair your disk or it reports “The underlying task reported failure,” try to repair the disk or partition again. If that doesn’t work, back up as much of your data as possible, reformat the disk, reinstall Mac OS X, and then restore your backed-up data.
If you continue to have problems with your disk, it may be physically damaged and need to be replaced

Is it possible to bypass Domain Controller Promotion (dcpromo) Hard Drive Check? My Server has an embedded drive instead of a SATA port. (emmc)

I have a small computer with just an embedded drive instead of a sata port. It seemed perfect for a small domain controller, since it has 32G's which is more than enough space, and with a gigabit Ethernet, and 1.6Ghz dual core cpu, seemed more than enough
for what I needed.
Windows 2012, or Windows Server Technical Preview, both install fine on it, but when I run dcpromo to create the domain It fails on selecting the location for files. The error is that the path is not a hard drive. The machine only has USB ports so I can't
add a SATA drive just to store these logs/configs, even if I wanted to.
The actual computer I was trying to use: http://www.ecs.com.tw/LIVA/
Thanks for any help.

On the Windows Server Technical Preview,
Install-ADDSForest -SkipPreChecks -DomainName DOMAIN.CONTOSO.COM -DomainMode Win2008 -ForestMode Win2008R2 –DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" –SYSVOLPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" –LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS\Logs"
gives me the error "No NTFS 5 drives exit." (note exit, not exist)
I'll reinstalling windows 2012 and see if I get a different message there.
This was just a standard install, so the drive is definitely NTFS.

My t-box hard drive check in progress only get to 98% not 100%

Hi Fuzzy, has been known to happen to others. Try unmounting the hard drive. Instructions are here : http://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/T-Box/freezing-Tbox/m-p/246053/highlight/true#M5372 See the second post.

I am not sure about battery, I still use G4 MDD which is unplugged for months, was always off at night (UPS was off) and still works.
But I would always use both SATA drive bays, and I think you need to invest in one or two new drives.
For now, try disconnecting your drive and see if you can boot from external drive and CD/DVD.
Also see if you can get into Open Firmware.
Resetting PMU would also be worth while when you get in to disconnect your hard drive (I think 3 yrs is more than enough for any OEM drive, too).
http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/

Kernel Panics over hard drive check

This happened out of nowhere.. I just opened gtk-chtheme and everything freezed... I hen hard rebooted the machine and it gave me a kernel panic. Rebooted again and the kernel panic happened during UDEV loading. Rebooted again and now it always happens during SDC1 journal's recovery (my /home partition).
I live-booted partition magic but when trying to mount sdc1--kernel panic....
Tried to mount it on windows "Drive is not formated" (all other Linux partitions work)
Booted from the arch cd (with root=/dev/sdb2 (my root partition)) and it gave me, not a kernel panic, but an error message about the state of the journaling system and the option to either use a maintenance shell or CTRL+D to reboot.
How do I recover this HD? Or better yet.. how do I backup my data from it?

What is the filesystem you use on that partition (sdc1)?

Hard drive check error - 9ag56w-77m7nr-mfpv7f-609e03

During upgrade my pc shutdown weirdly. Tried to boot and black screen said "boot device not found please install an OS". On HP support website I found that I had to set BIOS settings to default. Now it says "SMART Hard Disk Error". When I try to test the disk it gives me this error: 9ag56w-77m7nr-mfpv7f-609e03. Automatic repair does nothing. Also the fan goes crazy and a unusual ticking sound comes from within the laptop.
Help!

SMART errors typically mean the harddrive is about to fail. If the notebook really is " still covered by warranty. ", then have a talk with support to get it repaired.

Hard drive failing on brand new laptop?

Hello,
I have an HP 2000-2d11dx that I bought on November 14, 2013. I've been incredibly happy with it as it has done more and worked better than I expected for what I paid for it.
However, I noticed during the past week or so, the disk had been running at 100% capacity, getting more constant every day. It also began showing memory errors as it was booting up or shutting down in the style of 0xc00000000, but I didn't think to write down the exact error codes (I regret that now).
Since Friday (the 11th), it's had three BSOD's, so I began to worry and get a little irritated. Monday night it progressively got worse. The disk was running at 100% constantly. I tried to restart it, which sent it into an 'attempting repairs' loop for about an hour and upon rebooting, everytime I clicked on anything, even trying to open the task manager, I got more of the memory errors as above.
At this point, I began tried to use the PC refresh tool. That failed due to a memory error. Then I tried PC reset and finally HP recovery manager factory reset. Both of those failed due to memory errors. I ran the disk check from the recovery manager. The recovery partition came back fine but the (C: ) drive had a rather long list of errors and hung at 67%. I turned my back for literally a minute and it was done before I could take note of these errors. I know that they said something along the lines of "error and index $I30."
At this point I had to leave for school and shut the laptop down. After I returned, I booted it up to find it "attempting repairs" again. I left it for two and half hours and it finally finished. From there, I was able to finally do a factory reset, hoping whatever was making the disk before run at 100% would be gone. While it's not constantly running at 100%, it's spiking quite a bit occasionally. However, instead of just the (C: ) and the recovery drives, it goes from (C: ) all the way to (I: ), with each drive having a seemingly random amount of space that doesn't seem to quite add up to what it's supposed to be.
And now, according to the HP Support Assitant drive check, the hard drive is failing and should be replaced. I have this error from the drive check:
Failure ID: 9SLFLJ-000000-MFGJXF-60VF03
HP Hard Drive Check detected that your drive has a SMART Check issue. Your hard disk drives have built-in Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) that predicts drive issues. The SMART threshold has been exceeded, and the drive might fail in the future. The failure may be catastrophic, or it may result in the inability to write to certain sectors or in slow computer performance.
Now since this laptop is two months old, would a replacement be covered in the warranty? I plan to contact HP with the 'get assistance' button tomorroe as it's near midnight here. If it is covered in the warranty, how much might it cost to replace the HD? And this is probably a dumb question as well, but I'm new to HP and the customor support, if I call them/chat with them online/whatever, will that cost anything? I'm in college so I don't really have that much cash to spend on customer support stuff, but I have online classes this semester so I need my laptop working as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks

Sorry for your trouble.
It should be in warranty, please call HP service they will check your warrtany status and replace HDD to you.
I work for HP

Envy 14 - Hard Drive failure imminent

I have an Envy 14-1110NR laptop and am getting a Hard Drive failure imminent message every time I boot up. Having run the HP diagnostics, the hard drive check fails so I'm guessing I have to replace it.
The hard drive is a Samsung HM640JJ which has gone obsolete. Does anyone know what I need to do...?
Thanks so much...
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Hi,
The error message would indicate that the Hard Drive is failing and needs to be replaced.
If your notebook is still under warranty, contact HP and arrange to have the drive replaced - you can check your warranty status Here.
If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
If you are out of warranty and would like a guide on replacing the Hard Drive yourself, please let me know.
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Disk Utility and DiskWarrior trouble with external hard-drive.

I got an external hard-drive that doesn't show up on finder. On both Disk Utility and DiskWarrior it keeps mounting and unmounting. Disk Utility when trying to repair, spits this out when it unmounts...
2011-07-28 22:43:43 -0700: Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map
2011-07-28 22:43:43 -0700: Error: Some information was unavailable during an internal lookup.
2011-07-28 22:43:43 -0700: : Some information was unavailable during an internal lookup.
2011-07-28 22:43:43 -0700: [DUDiskController mountDisk] expecting DUDisk, but got nil
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Earlier today it would stay mounted and Disk Utility would spit out...
Verify and Repair volume “Back-up Hard Drive”
Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Invalid sibling link
Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
Invalid node structure
The volume Back-up Hard Drive could not be repaired.
Volume repair complete.
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
while DiskWarrior would try to fix it, but on
Step 5: Locating directory date...
Speed reduced by disk malfunction: 339,474, er make that 340,239, er make that 341,327
and I finally gave up there.
I try to fix the Invalid sibling link error via Terminal and I get this...
imac-2:~ Migrated$ fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk2s2
** /dev/rdisk2s2 (NO WRITE)
Can't open /dev/rdisk2s2: Resource busy
Is there ANY THING I can do to get it to stay mounted and possibly fix this? This is my back-up hard-drive!!

It's the cord that's being used that decides if it shows up, or if it shows up and then goes away over and over. Using a cord where it stays on in the programs, when I run Disk Utility of the darked out part of the hard-drive, it spits out...
Verifying and repairing partition map for “MICRONET”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Reviewing boot support loaders
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
Updating Windows boot.ini files as required
The partition map appears to be OK
while the part of the disk just below it that's light spits out
Verifying volume “Back-up Hard Drive”
Checking file system
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Back-up Hard Drive”
Starting repair tool:
Checking file system
Volume repair complete.
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
Disk Utility stopped repairing “Back-up Hard Drive”: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
while DiskWarrior tries to rebuild it and spits out a memory error.

Lost all my media in iTunes after moving them to a 2d hard drive!

I recently installed a slave hard drive on my PC to free up space for the master drive. Since the stuff on my iTunes was taking up a lot of space, I moved it to the slave drive. However, when I open iTunes, everything has been completely cleared! The songs do appear on the other drive in an iTunes folder. Is there any way I can import all this stuff back into iTunes without having to do it one by one? Or is there a way to just restore the old iTunes list? Thanks!

First, there are a lot of articles on moving your iTunes music to an external hard drive or second hard drive - check those out. I know in iTunes itself you need to go into preferences, advanced, general and tell it where the new iTunes folder will be located. Then if I recall correctly (the articles on moving iTunes from the default location) you drag the iTunes library file to your desktop, restart iTunes and use File-Import to import that library list.

I am attempting to replace a failed hard drive on a F500 Vista laptop. I have a home premium recover

I am attempting to replace a failed hard drive on a F500 Vista laptop. I have a home premium recovery DVD (1 of 1) and It runs the recovery after a while of loading, and it creates a 24GB partion and loads about 2.6Gb of information on it. the it ejects the disc and asks if I have any suplimental disks, which I don't have. Then it reboots it's self and cycles through reboots for 5 hours, yes I let it do this for 5 hours as the HP site says it could take several hours.
After this I finally shut down the computer and loaded the hard drive in an ext case and retrieved the above information. I also note that the 250GB drive is shown as a 24GB drive, so I guess it hasn't completed the partions?
I never get to a Vista window.
This hard drive does pass the laptop's Bios hard drive check (the former 80GB drive did NOT) and was used to store Old Time Radio shows, until I went to a larger drive.
The Laptop has a dual core Athlon TK-53 processor and the recovery disc is for 32 bit Vista (and the label in front and license on back don't state Vista 64, just Vista)
So, Do I need a Vista 64 recovery disc? Should I download the available driver on the HP site and slap in that disc when the Recovery disc finishes and asks for supplimental discs? Might thngs indicate other issues with the laptop?
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Okay. So I was able to install, and format the new internal HD. Was able to install Lion then Mavericks. Next, is to try to retrieve my data from my failing old HD. I bought an enclosure (sled), and have my HD hooked up to my laptop, and it finally showed up in Finder. So. Now. What is next? I am seeing a screen that shows these folders: Applications (translate for the PC me = Programs), Library (I am assuming?? these are my various files such as docs, photos, music, etc.) System, opt, and Users. Should I just try to drag and drop some/all of the folders onto my desktop, then open up the folders and do something with the contents? Sorry to sound so vague and frankly, rather dumb-sounding, but the nomenclature with a Mac is a bit different than with a PC, and Finder is a little different looking to me than Windows Explorer. I am relieved to see that I was even able to get this failing drive to show up in the first place, so I feel a little like I could be on borrowed time with it. I think it may just be bad sectors, since I don't hear any clicking or other mechanical issues with the drive as it spins. But, any further help with retrieving the data would be VERY much appreciated!!

Mac mini server: Hardware test error on Hard Drive

Mac mini server: Hardware test error on Hard Drive
'checking for slow read failures': ERROR - Target device access failure - Test failed.
CAN I ACCESS HD (which is our data server) EVER AGAIN? IF SO, HOW?
Meanwhile we wonder if this is really a hardware error. It all happened during writing a time machine backup.
Probably while writing it, some data was relocated by accident, but we can not 100%-sure remember the sequence of actions :/
This is our trauma history:
- time machine got increasingly slower in writing a backup
- we quit the backup
- we switched off the mac mini (on power button)
- we switched on the mac mini
- we stopped time machine to the rules
- we shut down mac mini via command
- we booted the mac mini in save mode
- we see a loading bar
- no progress after 10th of loading bar
- switched off (power button)
- when we now switch on the loading bar below the apple-logo is all we see + the little wheel
- we started with cmd+alt+p+r pressed
- mac mini restarted but showed the loading bar scenario without progress again
- we started with 'd' pressed and did the hardware test (see above)
- we started with 'alt' pressed but it does not give us the recoverydrive to run the last backup
ANY IDEAS?
IS IT A SOFTWARE- OR HARDWARE ERROR?
THX IN ADVANCE!

BDAqua wrote:
I thnk Intenal 2.5" Drives for servers is silly, & Ithink the Minis & iMacs re poorly cooled.
I'd get Temprature Monitor & see what temps they're running.
Is Temperature Monitor an app or a device? If it's a temperature problem then that is essentially a design problem. Two drive failures in the same Mac mini server in four months combined with the fact that they're not really user serviceable already has me 90% on the way back to more pragmatically designed Linux servers. I think it would be foolish to waste any more money on these minis for my business hosting.

Hard drive is noisy

hello, i have an hp elitebook 8570w, running on windows 7 64 bit. it is fairly new (around 4 months old). it has been extremely noisy in the past few days (4 or so), and i am pretty sure the noise is coming from the hard drive. the noise begins as soon as i boot up my computer so it doesnt have to do with it heating up. before that the computer would heat up often because i sometimes put it on my bed, which i know is not the best place to put it. after the noise started i bought a cooling board so now the computer never gets hot at all. the noise is coming from the left side under the laptop. and it is a constant huming or grinding like sound (pretty supid description, but i dont know how to explain it), it is fairly loud and it´s been driving me crazy. also no clicking or anything. i believe it comes from the hard drive, but i am not an expert so i cant be sure. my hard drive model is "hitachi hts727550a9e364". i tried to defrag it, but it was 0% fragmented, since the computer is fairly new. i also have an antivirus, and i did a full scan and the computer was not infected. it hasn't caused any apparent performance issues. please help me, this sound is driving me crazy, i cant concentrate and do my work because of it.

The type of sound you describe sounds way more like the cooling fan than the hard drive. Hard drive noise is not constant...it is usually clicky like a playing card in the spokes of a bicycle ridden fairly slowly and stopping and starting as the hard drive is accessed. There is a built in hard drive checker in the BIOS...hit F10 as you boot up and loo for the hard drive test in the menus. Run the full length one and see if you get errors.

IMAC Fusion Hard Drive failure, help with data recovery

I've got a Late 2012 iMAC 27 Inches 3.4GHZ with a Fusion 3.1TB HDD. My machine has booting issue the past few weeks and when contacted through Apple Care UK, after a few over the phone diagnostics they wanted me to take the machine over to get the Hard Drive checked. I had transferred some of my vital data from another HDD a few days before that and did not have an up to date backup. When booked in they said the HDD will have to be replaced and they will migrate the data over. But when I collected the machine, they said they couldn't transfer data as 'it didn't mount' and therefore unable to transfer. I was gutted as I have 2 wedding on their which were WIP and had to be delivered to the client in a few days. I have got my old HDD from the apple store...but unable to read data..can you help? Guess as a final resort I'd have to obtain the expensive data recovery services.

Ouch...
But before going for an expensive data recovery service, you have some other options.
At first you have to get that harddrive connected to your iMac. There are several solutions to that. One is to buy a SATA USB Docking Bay (see picture). You can put the harddisk in it and connect it via USB to your iMac.
Next you'll need recovery software. Disk Utility will probably not help you, but it is worth the try (because it is free and comes with OSX).
A great piece of software to look at is DiskWarrior. It once helped me accessing a dying External Harddisk and got most of the data off it before it really died. There are more applications, just google 'Data Recovery OSX', and you will find a lot more.
Oh, and make sure to start a good back-up plan for the future. Time Machine is great, or Carbon Copy Cloner, and maybe invest in a decent NAS to copy your data on.
Good luck!

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