HDD fail

I have a satellite L455-S5008 message, HDD failure imminent. What size hard drive do I Need to replace this, I know where it is and looks easy to change I want to make sure it will be compatible.

Try to check the support site...support.toshiba.com..

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I upgraded my iBook G4 from 384MBytes to 640Mbytes and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. After a few weeks the HDD failed. New Leopard install reports: "insufficient memory". I need Tiger install disks so I can install

I upgraded my iBook G4 from 384MBytes to 640Mbytes and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard.
After a few weeks the HDD failed. I bought a new disk, installed it and trued to install Leopard, but the install fails reporting "insufficient memory".
I assume the installation requires more memory than the OS actually needs to be able to run.
I need Tiger install CD/DVD so I can install Tiger first and then upgrade to Leopard.

Call Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775, provide the Serial Number and specifications of the Mac, and for a reasonable fee, they will supply a replacement set of system discs (if available).
The discs will be for the original version of the OS that was pre-installed when the Mac was manufactured.
You need much more RAM than that.
Leopard system requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP517

I am unable to install the complete MediaSmart Suite I once had before HDD fail.

My HDD failed a while ago, so i replaced it and installed all the required driver ect. needed for my notebook. Recently i wanted to install the mediasmart package i once had when I purchased the laptop. Upon doing so, I am unable to get it to install properly, as in such things like pandora wont work. I dont have all the options I once had when i purched the laptop like the DVD burner and such. I downloaded all the drivers for these programs, but only am able to install one thing and if i try to install another program, it uninstalls the one already on my pc.
Is there a suite or all in one package i can install all of the programs in one go or something.
If all else fails, i would just like to have the pandora program to work and thats it as i have other music programs on my pc.
thanks in advance.
HP DV7 2043cl
Windows 7 x64 Home Prem

Take a look at this document, which explains the proper methods to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, and perhaps something that may help you straighten up your system.
Please let me know if it helps. Good luck!
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My Mac HDD failed and I lost all my iTunes purchases... anything I can do?

My two month old Macbook HDD failed and I lost everything (no I hadn't backed up yet)... all my iTunes music purchases went with the HDD... is there any way I can download them again?
Regards
Shane

The policy is normally you can download once and only once and you are supposed to back up your purchases. However Apple has been known to make exceptions if you state your case and have a good reason why you need to redownload. I would hope that because your new MacBook failed that would be a good excuse since it is completely reasonable to expect to have some time to arrange to get an external drive or whatever to backup as you wouldn't be expecting a drive failure on a new Apple machine.
Good luck,
Patrick

HDD Failed, how to copy restore partition to new HDD?

Hallo,
I have a Compaq Mini netbook, with Windows 7 Starter.
The HDD failed and it's not repairable. However, it seems that the recovery partition is OK.
I want to buy a new HDD, install the driver on the netbook and then use the recovery partition/tools in order to install windows 7 on the new PC.
So, the question is simple: How do I copy recovery partition to the new HDD?
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Hello s91066.
So your hard drive on your notebook has failed? If this is the case what do you mean by the "recovery partition is ok?" I doubt that this notebook has two hard drives so if you're able to see this partition your hard drive may still be working.
You'll need a set of recovery discs to restore the partitions on the new hard drive. If you're able to boot into Windows, which you probably can't with a dead hard drive, you can follow these steps if you can get into Windows.
If you can not boot into Windows you need a set of discs. You can order these directly from HP. The number for the US/Canada is 1-800-474-6836. If you're in another area you'll need to visit HP Support Worldwide to get your area's contact information.
I hope this is helpful; have a great weekend!
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Spinning wait cursor and HDD failing

I got spinning wait cursor sometimes since a month ago. When the first time I check disk utility SMART status was ok. Yesterday SMART status was failing and it said I have hardware problem can't be repaired. Apple charged me 177 plus tax for replace HDD.
My question is what is the cause? Failing HDD causes of spinning ball or spinning ball causes of hdd failing( because I had to hold power button to shutdown when its freezing).
Do I need to ask Genius bar about spinning ball or replace HDD gonna fix that problem?
Any idea to avoid of HDD failing?
Sorry for my bad English. Thank you!!!

The failing hard drive caused the 'spinning cursor' (beachballing).
You should have no problems with a new HD.
Clinton

HDD Failed; How to recover? Free options?

Hi all -- I have never in 20 years had a HDD fail, but there is always a first time, and that first time for me was with my Toshiba Portege Z835-330 Ultrabook. Failed after 6 months. Rather than shipping in the whole computer for ~$40, I just bought a bigger HDD off of crucial.com. Problem is, I never made system recovery software.
Doing my research, I found the Toshiba recovery FAQ: http://bit.ly/ZrsXml. My HDD is toast, so the only option that looks like it applies to me is to buy new recovery software. (What a pain! And why isn't this downloadable for free upon typing in one's serial number! <end rant>)
So my questions are:
1) Is there any free option I am overlooking? E.g by using my Windows product key from the sticker on the back?
2) If there is no free option available to me, is the best path to order the DVD? Or is there some way to download the software and save on a USB? Would be awesome if I could do this today, while it is top of mind.
Many thanks!
--First time Toshiba purchaser

(ETA: This won't work for a dead SSD, but might for a conventional dead HDD, so I'll post it anyhow.)
Somebody on another forum was able to recover a dead Windows 7 HD's (conventional platter HD) files as follows:
Use a Linux PC, or a laptop or PC that can run Linux from a Linux live cd.   They used Linux Mint Debian but some other variety may work equally well.
Hook up the dead HD with a SATA to USB cable or an enclosure or whatever's on hand.
Use the Linux PC to read and copy files off of the dead HD to a DVD or USB flash drive or to the hard drive for later transfer to other media.   If you could read and copy that recovery partition (or is it two hidden partitions on a Toshiba?), then maybe it can be set up on a new HD?   (I haven't done it. I only read it, on the Internet.   lolz)
alternate:
You can get the Windows 7 SP1 operating system ISO file from Digital River free download (Google for it.) Burn to DVD, install, and then add all of the Toshiba stuff from Downloads at Toshiba.   Activation requires the key code from the sticker on the laptop. If you can't read it or don't have that, then you're outta luck.    You still won't have all of the MS Office & whatever apps came "factory," but at least you can run the laptop until you get a recovery disk set or USB drive.   Disk set is only $30 shipped.

Dv6 HDD failed short test, was able to factory restored to create USB MR but not working

HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx (Refurbished)
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
Error: The system recovery discs do not support this computer.
You are not able to restore this system with these discs.
I have not upgraded any hard ware on the laptop,
One day my laptop did not started and only showed a black screen, after doing all tests from the HP Advance System Diagnostics. it showed that the HDD fail the Short DST (wich indicated that the HDD wasnt good anymore or it was about to die, wich I hoped it was this last explanation as I never created a revovery disc for this laptop.
"Hard Disk Test
Testing Drive: 1
HD SMART Check: Passed
HD Short DST: Failed
Failure ID: 60F0XF-0006MM-PXGK01-60V703
Product ID: A6Y53UAR#ABA
Hard Disk 1"
I did a factory restored to see if it can revived it and it worked so I was able to create a USB Recovery Media successfully.
Ordered a replacement HDD (actually the Seagate Hybrid 750 GB 7500 rpm SSD/HDD Momentus XT)
Once got the new HDD I installed it, booted the laptop from the USB Stick containing the Recovery Media, but got the error: "The system recovery discs do not support this computer.
You are not able to restore this system with these discs."
when visiting the HP support site, It tells me the following
"This error can occur due to the following conditions:
Using the wrong recovery discs, such as those that were created or ordered for another computer." (not my case)
"The configuration data on the motherboard or hard drive was not correctly configured at the factory when the computer was manufactured." (might be but will explain what I think about this one)
"The motherboard on your computer was replaced with a motherboard that is not the same replacement part. If so, you must install a new operating system or replace the motherboard with an original type." (same as 2nd explanation)
The first explanation is not my case because I did created the recovery media from the same laptop "Computer"
The 2nd and 3rd Might explained why I cannot use the USB Recovery Media, but I shouldnt had the same issue when doing the Factory Restore from the factory or refurbisher installed HDD? since it basically install all drives and software nedded for the laptop to work? ( I consider myself as an average computer user, not ignorant but and expert )

Hi:
Sometimes the recovery media doesn't work for one reason or another and there is no one size fits all answer.
As i see it you have two options:
1. Order a set of recovery disks from HP.
2. Make your own plain W7 installation media if you can read all 25 characters of the W7 product key on the bottom of your notebook.
Option 2 will normally give you a much peppier PC, free of bloatware, but you will not have any of the programs that came with your PC that you may want.
Or you can use option 2 to get your PC up and running until your set of HP disks arrive.
Here are the instructions to do that if you want.
Download the W7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit iso file from the link below and follow the instructions to use the Microsoft ISO to USB tool.
Make sure you get the whole file to download. Make a note of the advertised size and compare that with the actual file that downloaded. Sometimes it states the download was complete but the whole file isn't there.
Use the Windows 7 USB/DVD installation tool to compile the ISO file you download from Digital River. Link below. You need a 4 GB flash drive to use the USB method of compilation.
http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool/3000-18513_4-10972600.html
Use the 25 character product key on the PC to activate the installation.
The key will activate either a 32 or 64 bit installation.
Then go to the PC's support and driver page to install the drivers and available software you need.
Link to the W7 ISO file downloads is below.
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/14709-Windows-7-Digital-River-direct-links-Multiple-Languag...

HDD failed ?

Hello,
i have a problem with my MacbookPro 13 (2.4,4gb,250gb hdd).
I had a gig at new years eve and used my MBP for it. When it was over, i disconnected my usb audio interface and my power cable.
Tomorow morning when i woke up, i opened my MBP and got the kernel panic screen. Restarted my mac and i could not boot up into OS X again.
I tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM and nothing happened. Then i tried to repair permissions and repair the disk in Disk Utility and got an error saying it cant Unmount.Tried to boot to Safe mode and got an kernel panic screen. Later i tried to format my disk and got an error saying erase failed.
In Verbose mode i get " disk0s2 : i/o error" and "SATA WARNING : enable drive phy pm failed"
Is my HDD failing and i need to get an new one?
Thanks....

Hi and welcome to the forum!
If you created recovery discs you can use them, if not there also an option to buy them from lenovo.
Hope this helps.
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External HDD Fails to be Mounted

What can I do when an external HDD fails to be mounted? It's still spinning.

(My cat just landed on my computer desk) I mean this drive holds my entire 3000-song iTunes and my 2002-2007 iPhoto libraries. I was trying to deal with a difficult system problem and finally had to back up everything and reinstall OS X. Now that this 500GB drive alone has my iTunes and iPhoto libraries I must retrieve the data somehow. Personally invaluable assets. Otherwise I would just wipe the slate clean.

HDD fails again after restoring data from Time Machine?

Hello,
I will try to explain my case and end with a question that maybe someone will be able to answer (I hope..):
1. My imac started to run very slow and every 2 minutes or less appeared the coloured wheel for some secs. While the wheel was visible, the Os and all the apps running freezed.
2. Firstly I thought it was a software problem, but after some "testing" I started thinking on a hard drive failure or similar.
3. I did a disk verification whith the Disk Utility and it failed.
4. Panic!
5. I booted from the instalation DVD and tried to repair the hard drive with the Disk Utility.
6. Nothing..
7. I erased my HDD partition and created a new one.
8. I used the DVD to install again all the Os X.
9. After the installation all seemed ok. The HDD passed the verification and the spining coloured wheel appeared only when it should.
10. I restored my data, apps, etc from my Time Machine HDD using the Migration Assistent utility.
11. After the restore, the problems with the HDD reappeared.
Do you think Time Machine can store damaged files and after a restore make a healthy disk (only with the Os X installed) crash?
Has anyone experienced the same?
Thank you!

Sounds like the hard drive might be starting to fail.

HDD failed with corrupted Recovery DVDs

Hi. I have a HP Pavillion dv4- 1318TU (S/N-[edited Serial Number by moderator]) 2009 purchased. It's hard drive failed before I was able to make a recovery usb/disk. I bought a new hard drive & installed it myself & now I need to reinstall operating system. I have passed the Primary Hard Disk self Test from BIOS. I am having HP system recovery DVD (two Cds) for vista home premium sp1 - 32 bit.
While installing at Progress 25% showing below error
Error 1005
If this issue persist please contact HP Support
1. if DVDs are corrupted than Can i get another set of DVD without any additional cost ?
2. Hp laptop came up with 320 GB HDD and i installed a 500 GB HDD, is this will cause problem with my core-2-duo.
3. I am having another HP pavillion g series laptop with Window 7 Home basic, can i take any help from this system ?
4. On this machine can i install windows XP as well ?
Milan Jaiswal

Milan,
You can easily try doing clean install Vista OS from the ISO file , if you're able to clearly & legibly read all the 25 character alphanumeric product activation key printed on the COA label on the back of your laptop. Additional drivers can be got from Driver support page I mentioned.
There is no need of OEM Vista from recovery media anyway , if you're not able to get it. Most probably HP will not have the Recovery discs for an old machine that I know of.
Check this link for details:
http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/57-windows-vista-direct-download-links
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[SOLVED] Booting Arch off USB HDD fails - can't mount real root device

I've installed Arch on the internal HDD (sda) of my laptop, and I attempted to install a second copy of Arch on partition sdb3 of an external USB HDD. sdb3 is a primary partition that I had prepared beforehand with gparted and outfitted with the reiserfs filesystem. I skipped section 3.2 (manually prepare hard drives) of the Arch installer. There was no problem with section 3.3 (manually configure filesystems and mountpoints); I put all of / in sdb3. Installing packages and configuring the system also went without a hitch.
I wanted to boot this new install of Arch via the boot menu of GRUB that was installed in the MBR of sda with my primary install of Arch. On the new install, I first did go through section 7 (install bootloader), thinking I would want to install GRUB in the root sector of partition sdb3 (not in the MBR of sdb where the GRUB of MintKDE resides, a boot menu that I want to keep) but that failed, so I then picked "no bootloader to be installed". With that I exited the new install, since it appeared to have gone to completion.
I then copied the appropriate stanza in the /boot/grub/menu.lst of this new Arch install to the /boot/grub/menu.lst of my primary Arch install on the internal HDD of my laptop.
This stanza reads as follows:
# (3) Arch Linux on WDPP60 blue (sdb3)
title Arch Linux on WDPP60 blue (sdb3)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/191cc027-43ce-443b-8846-f265d60555ec ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
However, I'm not able to boot the new Arch install when I pick this entry from the GRUB menu list. The new install starts booting, finds sda but not sdb and stops with the following errors, dropping me to a recovery shell:
Root device /dev/disk/by-uuid... doesn't exist. Attempting to create it.
ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/disk/by-uuid...'
mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid... on /new_root failed: No such file ...
ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device.
Running "mount -t reiserfs /dev/sdb3 /new_root" at the ramfs prompt also fails.
I've tried a number of edits of the menu.lst stanza from the grub> command prompt, such as adding rootfstype=reiserfs, replacing root=/dev/disk/by-uuid..etc. with root=/dev/sdb3 (booting then fails with "/dev/sdb3 No such file"), using "initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img" etc., but booting always fails at the same stage with equivalent error messages.
I have no trouble booting half a dozen other Linux/BSD distros that reside on two different external USB HDD's by the same method, i.e. choosing an entry from the GRUB boot menu of my primary Arch install, after I placed the appropriate stanza in its /boot/grub/menu.lst.
How can I get this new Arch install to boot?
Last edited by RobF (2010-05-17 23:03:27)

Yes, this was in fact the solution. I stumbled upon it in this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65844
When one wants to boot from a USB mass storage device, the initrd needs to include the modules for accessing USB devices, and in Arch this is accomplished by adding "usb" to the HOOKS array. I simply reinstalled Arch to the USB HDD and in the system configuration step now edited /etc/mkinitcpio.conf by adding the "usb" item. Adding "rootdelay=10" and/or "rootfstype=reiserfs" to the kernel line in the appropriate stanza in Arch's /boot/grub/menu.lst wasn't necessary in this case. I left the stanza exactly as I posted it above.
Thanks for your input.

Brand new internal HDD fails again and again after clean Mavericks install - disc utility from Recovery HD can't repair

My old internal (self installed) Seagate HDD broke down, and couldn't be fixed with disc utility (from install disc). I bought and installed a new hybrid Seagate HDD, and did several clean installs of Mavericks, but the problem keep occurring - on the new HDD, just as it did on the old one.
I can't run Hardware test. Happened both on 10.9.0 and 10.9.1.
Will try to repair with DiscWarrior later.

If both the HDD and the hybrid disk are failing, your problem may be the SATA cable in the main HD bay. You might want to search eBay for Apple part # 922-9751, or if you want a tested cable, pay the higher price from ifixit -> http://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Early-2011-Late-2011 -Hard-Drive-Cable/IF161-086.
Worth a shot...
Clinton

GX620 HDD failed, where to find machine image as download?

My neighbor's hard drive failed (or it's the controller, but the HDD just clicks and the BIOS won't see it and I get a PXE-E61: Media test failure) and they did not make backups of the machine images from the image partition (at least, Google leads me to believe that's where it's at).
Where/how can I download the image for them so I don't have to go through the grind of reinstalling EVERYTHING for them? It's Christmas, someone take pity on the nice guy!
Thanks in advance,
Eric

Thanks, dude, I'm with you.
For my own machines, they get wiped and reinstalled. I've upgraded many Vista machines to XP after fighting with Vista all the way through SP1. Someone remind me why I waited so long again? I'd upgrade my wife's too if I had a license of XP Tablet laying around.
http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/2007/12/14/review-windows-xp.aspx
However, this is my neighbors' machine, they're far from power users, and predominately surf the web and run MS Office apps, so the default image should be fine and will save me chasing down any drivers (google seems to indicate some of the drivers are elusive - we'll see). Not sure I want to invest 3-5 hours customizing it for them, as much as I love them.
They didn't get any discs, just the machine, the backpack, etc.
I'll have to borrow a buddy's MSDN to get the OEM version of Vista and use the SerNo on the bottom of the machine since all my other machines came with images and not the real dealio. I have tons of original XP, NT, 95, etc. disks in the library, but no Vista.
No response from support yet. Never heard of MSI before my neighbors asked me to look at it last night, we'll see where we end up. Looks like a decent machine, found it interesting the BIOS' minimum overclocking was 15%. LOL

USB Powered HDD fails - Alu iMac 2.4GHz 21 inch

Hey folks,
I have an aluminium iMac 2.4GHz 21 inch model.
I have been using externally powered USB and FW devices for a while and had no issues. However, I just picked up a USB powered HDD and it cannot consistently transfer data. This same drive works perfectly on my Dell laptop, and I tried another USB powered drive from a friend (which I also know works) on my iMac and it has the same problem - cannot do any sort of mass data transfer.
I have a powered USB 2 hub (4 port Belkin) and obviously three ports on the iMac.
I also have two externally powered drives, both of which work fine.
It appears that any transfers from the INTERNAL drive to a USB Powered drive work ok, but any significant transfers from a USB drive (externally powered) to the USB powered drive FAIL.
I have tried plugging the USB powered drive into the iMac directly, and into the USB powered hub, no difference.
I suspect that the USB on the iMac just cannot handle either the power requirements or the data throughput requirements.
The external USB powered drives are:
Western Digital Passport 250GB.
Iomega Select 500GB.
Any hints? Or is this desktop machine just not made to work with USB powered devices???

If your two powered external drives are always connected to the iMac, you should really reformat them to +Mac OS Extended (Journaled)+, and not use a Windows format. There are other limitation to FAT32, because it is an old file system from a time when hard drives were very small. One is that data is not stored as efficiently, so the same files (especially if there are a lot of small files) will take up more space on the drive. Another potential conflict is file naming convention; an allowed file name on one may not be allowed in the other (between a Windows format and a Mac format). There is also no journaling with FAT32, which is a feature that helps with data corruption issues. There are probably other disadvantages to using FAT32 on a Mac.
As a test with that external USB-powered drive (the one you own), you should use Disk Utility to reformat it to a Mac format. Then, try the file transfer again. If it works, then the cause was the existing formatting, although the exact reason may not be clear. If you need it to be FAT32, you can try using Disk Utility to format it as +MS-DOS (FAT)+. Maybe if the Mac does the formatting, it will resolve this problem, even it is still formatted as FAT32 (and it should still work on a PC).
When going from Mac format to Windows format on the entire drive, you may want to use the Disk Utility Partition tab, and not the Erase tab. On the Partition tab, reset the +Volume Scheme+ to one partition. Click the Options button and it will show the three possible choices for +Partition Map Scheme+. When you format it as +MS-DOS (FAT)+, select +Master Boot Record+. When you format it as +Mac OS Extended (Journaled)+, select +GUID Partition Table+.

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