I need to replace my hard disk of my iMac, it is a wdc wd3200aajs, what woul be a good candidate

I need to replace my hard disk of my iMac, it is a wdc wd3200aajs, what woul be a good candidate

The "Blacks" are superior...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD1002FAEX/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD2002FAEX/
These 2 say SATA 3 Gb/s compatible.

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  • Help, I need to replace my hard drive in my hp pavilion a6863w how do i do this?

    The hard drive surface test and seek test failed,  A seagate 2TB SSHD. I want to install it and I am sure I can do it but I need to know if I should leave the bad drive in and just add this one, if I do this will I need any other cables, if so, I would rather just take out the old.
    I have the recovery install discs that I made when I first bought it. I have used these b4 to reinstall.
     I just need to know the steps if I add the 2nd drive or the steps (if I need a cable) to replace the old drive with the new drive. Would this drive be considered my boot drive? When I ask for the steps, I am more concerned with the turning off the computer and what things I need to unplugged, etc. Then once the new drive is in place, do I simply run the recovery discs or is there an easier way?
    I tried to run a backup but it stopped and wouldn't let me. I have all my important things like photo's movies, etc already backed up.  
    hp pavilion model# a6863w. windows vista 64bit
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    panjok2 wrote:
    The hard drive surface test and seek test failed,  A seagate 2TB SSHD. I want to install it and I am sure I can do it but I need to know if I should leave the bad drive in and just add this one, if I do this will I need any other cables, if so, I would rather just take out the old. Remove the old drive, replace it with the new one and use the recovery disk set. Choose factory image recovery.
    I have the recovery install discs that I made when I first bought it. I have used these b4 to reinstall.
     I just need to know the steps if I add the 2nd drive or the steps (if I need a cable) to replace the old drive with the new drive. Would this drive be considered my boot drive? When I ask for the steps, I am more concerned with the turning off the computer and what things I need to unplugged, etc. Then once the new drive is in place, do I simply run the recovery discs or is there an easier way? Put the new drive in the same place as the old one and use the same (data and power) cables that were connected to it.
    I tried to run a backup but it stopped and wouldn't let me. I have all my important things like photo's movies, etc already backed up.  If the drive has failed, then trying to backup anything from it is a waste of time since the hard disk controller has also failed.
    hp pavilion model# a6863w. windows vista 64bit
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  • Do I need to replace my Hard Drive?

    My Mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro recently was not able to boot on startup when I reset the NVRAM. I looked on the commands and there was something to do with a hard drive error. I had to reinstall OS X for me to use it again.
    Since then my computer has been unusably laggy at times and performance has dropped. YouTube and other videos will lag uncontrollably and Minecraft runs at about 1 FPS. I am also running bootcamp and problems are consistent on Windows 7 as well. Do I need to replace the Hard Drive or just completely reformat it and reinstall OS X from a bootable disk?
    THANKYOU

    You shoudn't consider replacing your drive unless you know that's the problem. AHT, to the best of my knowledge, does not do surface scans on drives and it can't tell you if you have bad sectors. It can, however, identify other problems so running tests on the system might help you.
    Other things to consider are the following:
    How much free disk space do you have? If you're running out of disk space the system will not be able to swap out properly or easily and your system will bog down.
    How much memory are you using? If you're using a lot then swapping will be rampant and your system will slow down.
    Are there problematic applications that don't work properly that are consuming too much memory or hitting your system with a lot of disk reads and writes?
    If you're using Mountain Lion, have you upgraded to 10.8.4? If not, do so. A lot of your problems may disappear.
    The easiest way to check the first 3 above is with Activity Monitor. You can find a good write up on it with the following link:
    http://www.scsc-online.com/Activity%20Monitor.html
    I'm sure there are others on the web that are every bit as good as well. If you're still convinced your drive is the problem then check out this link for a list of drive testing tools:
    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1544280
    That list is pretty much the web's de facto standard list of reliable hard drive testing tools currently available for Macs, and it's reasonably up to date, unlike some of the other lists on the web that are 5 years old or older. I really wouldn't assume it's the drive until you check out other stuff first.
    Good luck, diddypants.

  • More than 1200 bad blocks do I need to change my Hard Disk

    Hi
    my hard disk on a Macbook pro has more than 1200 bad blocks do I need to change my Hard Disk
    Thanks for your help

    yousseffromlimoges wrote:
     my hard disk on a Macbook pro has more than 1200 bad blocks do I need to change my Hard Disk
    What software and version did you use to determine you had 1200+ bad blocks?
    Was it compatible with Lion?
    Run the scan again and take a screen shot of the results and make sure to save it to a external media and disconnect it, you will need this to perform a warranty call and have the drive replaced.
    After you have backed up your files to a external storage drive and disconnected it.
    Hold Command r upon rebooting and enter the Lion Recovery Partition and run Disk Utility, see if the drive needs repair. I suspect it does. Check the smart status too.
    Follow the
    Restoring OS X 10.7 (new drive, total reformat method)
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201
    Also make a clone of your OS X Lion Partition on a external drive, this way your prepared if the drive dies, you can option boot off the clone. If you get a new drive you have a copy of Lion Recovery on the USB.
    It's highly unusual for a drive to have 1200+ bad blocks, the Zero Erase Free Space will confirm it as it's going to use up all your spare blocks.
    The drive will likely brick, which you then can option boot off the clone.
    Schedule a Apple warranty/AppleCare call if your under it, or order a new drive online from OtherWorld Computing "kits", iFixit for videos or other Mac places online.
    http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/
    You can read my link provided how to format the drive.
    However if your Zero Erase Free Space turns out fine, then I suspect the software you used or perhaps something else is wrong with your OS X not correctly reporting your drives data characteristics correctly.
    You could be spared a costly repair if that's the case.
    Good Luck.

  • I had a problem with the hard disk on a 2010 macbook pro. Replaced the hard disk with an Hitachi 1TB and when I tried to erase and format It fails with input/output error. Any help much appreciated!

    I had a problem with the hard disk on a 13" 2010 macbook pro. Replaced the hard disk with an Hitachi 1TB disk but when I tried to erase and format, it fails with input/output error and at other times saying unable to allocate memory. Any help much appreciated!

    Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC, then try again.

  • Replacing T510 hard disk - 2 questions...

    Hello All,
    I have a T510 with 320Gb hard disk. I want to replace the hard disk with something with more capacity. I have 2 questions:
    Will this void my warranty - I have 500+ days left
    Can I take a complete copy of the hard disk and have all my applications and settings work exactly as they did on the old disk?
    Thanks in advance,
    James
    Solved!
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    Just as The Dude says.  I swap my drives weekely in my T510.  I use Acronis True Image and create Rescue Media on a Thumb drive.  I boot to it and clone my internal HDD to an external eSATA drive.  That takes 8+ minutes.  I then swap drives and clone from the external eSATA to the new internal drive.  When done, I remove the thumb drive and boot to the new drive - now exactly a duplicate of what is on the eSATA external.
    This was, I have two complete backups of everything - and when I travel, I carry the "reserve" HDD in a small neoprene bag.
    If you use the Ultrabay adapter, you can clone drive to drive internally.

  • Replacement of Hard Disk

    I'm trying to replace a hard disk in a Pismo in order to upgrade to a larger capacity disk, but have run into a problem: the person I'm replacing it for has lost his Panther disk, so I can't format the drive, and it won't fit in any computer that either of us own. The Pismo refuses to show up in my devices when I use it as a firewire disk on my MacBook. Is the best way to format the disk:
    a) To buy a standard Panther disk off ebay (not a specialised G3 Powerbook Panther disk) and use that?
    b) Buy a caddy for the disk and use disk utility on my Mac, then put it back in the powerbook?
    Thanks

    Welcome!
    I used the item described here:
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/USB2PATA/
    to work on a G3 Wallstreet. I removed the drive, attached the adaptor to the bare drive and connected it to my G4 Minitower to retrieve files and run disk repair utilties. This would allow you to use a retail install DVD if you connected the bare drive to a newer Mac. No drivers are required for the device
    I believe the vendor I referenced ships outside the US but I can't say what the UK price would be with shipping, VAT and the like. Knowing such devices exist could perhaps help you find one locally.

  • Replace the hard disk has, and also have lost the OS disk.

    Replace the hard disk has, and also have lost the OS disk.
    Reset on my computer to install the program instantly,
    Is there any way?
    Thank you.

    If I follow you correctly, you either have or will be replacing the hard drive in your iMac. You don't have the original OS X disks nor an operating system disk.  Do you have a bootable backup? Here are some steps/options:
    1) If you have a bootable backup, install the hard drive, boot from the external hard drive, then use SuperDuper or CCC to copy the external hard drive to your new internal hard drive.
    2) You have your old hard drive, and it's not dead. Put it into an external case and see above.
    3) You don't have either a bootable backup or a working old hard drive.  You can try calling Apple Support to see if they still have the original OS X disks for your system. If they do, they'll charge a nominal price for them.
    4) You checked and Apple no longer has disks for your system. You can go to the used market to buy Leopard 10.5 disks. If you do, be sure and get retail black-faced disks, but don't get the black-faced disk which is an upgrade disk .... if you don't have 10.4 on your system, it won't work. Careful of gray-faced OS X disks as they are locked to the original system type they ship with. So a gray faced OS X 10.5 disk for a MacBook won't work on your iMac. 
    5) Another related option is to buy 10.6 Snow Leopard, if your system meets requirements. This is still sold by Apple, and in the US is available online for $29.99 from the Apple store. Snow Leopard requirements are:
    Mac computer with an Intel processor
    1GB of memory
    5GB of available disk space
    DVD drive for installation
    6) Or you could consider Lion, via the USB stick that is sold in Apple stores. Lion requirements are:
    Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
    2GB of memory (4GB recommended)
    OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
    7GB of available space
    Hopefully I haven't totally misunderstood your question, and answered something you weren't asking!

  • After replacing my hard disk(crushed) it didn't include iphoto in my application.i try to download for the 10.6.8 but it request a later version

    After replacing my hard disk(crushed) it didn't include iphoto in my application.i try to download for the 10.6.8 but it request a later version

    After replacing my hard disk(crushed) it didn't include iphoto in my application
    Bring it back to whoever replaced the Hard Disk.

  • Hello, I am having a macbook air early 2008 and it is having a hard drive failure i need to replace the hard drive is it possible ? the hard drive number is HS082HB

    Hello, I am having a macbook air early 2008 and it is having a hard drive failure i need to replace the hard drive is it possible ? the hard drive number is HS082HB could you please help !!

    You can replace it with a solid state drive, see the one OWC sells here.  The video on how to install it is here.
    iFixit.com has used hard drives available here.
    If it were me, I'd go with a solid state drive, as the prices have come down recently and the performance improvement is noticeable.

  • I had to replace my hard drive in my iMac iSight and now I need to load an os all I have is my windows laptop any help?

         I just had to replace the hard drive on my iMac iSight G5 and now I have no os and have no idea where my restore discs are i was wondering if I purchased an os from apple if there is a way I can load it onto dvd then load my iMac

    You can contact Apple at 800-767-2775, give them your serial number (under the foot of your iMac) and they will, for a small fee, send you the install disc.  Then buy a black retail OS from Apple or eBay.

  • What hard disk drive should I have to buy and maximum what gb I can upgrade to mid 2011 21.5 inc mac?

    what hard disk drive should I have to buy and maximum what gb I can upgrade to mid 2011 21.5 inc mac? Also do you think I can replace myself at home or I need to take specialist?

    Hi, I take it you mean the Optical drive?
    If so, here's a few...
    http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/

  • Possible to attach external Esata hard disk on the Imac Quadcore 27?

    Is it possible to attach external Esata hard disk on the Imac Quadcore 27? Or any other Imac? The purpose is for video editing, but maybe Firewire 800 is good enough for hd video in Final Cut Pro?

    Hi Simen,
    The iMac series do not have an ESATA connection and there isn't a way to make a connection inside. The only possible way is to perform surgery on the iMac which
    1. probably will not work and
    2. almost for sure Invalidate the warranty
    This is a fairly common questions however there just isn't a way to do it. If your external drive also has a Firewire or Firewire 800 connection that is your best bet. As you probably know your iMac has a Firewire 800 port and you can daisy chain Firewire devices.
    Regards,
    Roger

  • I just replaced my hard drive on my imac and now when i turn the computer on the fan is running and slowly gets louder and louder. how do i turn it off?

    I just replace my hard drive on my imac and now when i turn the computer on the fan starts running and keeps getting louder. How do i turn it off?
    thanks.

    If your machine was made after 2009 you probably installed th wrong HD. Beginning in 2009 Apple began using HD's that had an integrated fan sensor. If you did not use one of these drives then that is the problem. You should contact OWC (www.macsales.com) or visit your local AASP and they will help you select the correct HD to use.

  • Help with Replacing the Hard Disk Drive

    Product name and number:
    Hp Pavilion DV7-4131SA
    Windows 7 64-bit.
    The hard drive has failed. When i run the test it comes up with "Hard Disk Quick 1 (303) error)
    I have discovered i can get it replaced on warranty for free (will call up the hotline tommorow to confirm this)
    just need advice on removing and installing safely.I have an idea but just want to be sure as this is my first laptop. Usually a Desktop computer type of guy.
    Thank you.

    Hi,
    The procedure is detailed starting on Page 48 of your Maintenance & Service Guide.
    Regards,
    DP-K
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