Notebook caught in infinite loop, then gives a Hard Drive Short DST check error in Bios
My laptop shut off unexpectedly last week. It got caught in an infinite loop when trying to restart. I was able to access bios and run a system check. I received Failure ID Q0821A-7017lt-xd7wwk-60xx03. I cannot get the computer to start. Please advise.
1. This is a hardware issue and the Hard Drive is faulty
2. You cannot recover this failure ID unless you replace the Hard drive
Detailed Explanation:
Whenever you get a message stating that the Short DST Check error with 24 Digit Failure ID "Q0821A-7017LT-XD7WWK-60XX03" that indicates that the Hard Disk Drive requires a replacement to resolve the issue
Could be due to Application or driver conflicts, virus issues, file corruptions due to incompatible applications, improper shutdowns, update failures due to conflicts, sudden power surges, if notebook is dropped etc..
HP will provide a replacement Hard Disk Drive if the Notebook warranty is Active, If not you need buy a SATA Hard Disk Drive from a retail shop nearby
Please make sure you are getting at least equal capacity as the original one in order to use Recovery Disks. If you need you can buy a larger, but not smaller capacity Hard Disk Drive. For example if you have a 500GB Hard Disk Drive you can upgrade it to 750GB Hard Disk Drive but not 320GB Hard Disk Drive
Please try the below shown troubleshooting steps once:
Step 01. Remove the battery and unplug the AC/Power Adapter
Step 02. Press and hold the Power button for more than 30 Seconds
Step 03. Plug in the AC/Power Adapter (leave the Battery out for now)
Step 04. Press the Power button and check if the Unit works normal
If the above mentioned steps does not help, then you can try reseating the Hard Drive on your Notebook
If the issue persists again please Contact HP if your HP Notebook is under warranty, HP would replace the Hard Disk Drive and provide you a Recovery media to restore factory operating system after replacement (if you've not yet created Recovery Discs/USB Media)
Note: Back up all the personal data to an external drive if it's possible. Otherwise you could connect the failed HDD via SATA to USB adapter with another PC or same PC after replacement of HDD & re-installation of OS and try copying /recovering the files.
Please click on the link In order to Identify, Prevent, Diagnose & Recover from Drive Failures on HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives :
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02876562.pdf
Please check your notebook warranty to verify the status and order a new Hard Disk Drive
Hope this helps, for any further queries reply to the post and feel free to join us again
**Click the KUDOS star on left to say Thanks**
Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.
Thank You,
K N R K
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP
Similar Messages
-
Disk utility tells me to start my computer with my osx disk, then repair the hard drive , help???
disk utility tells me to start my computer with my osx disk, then repair the hard drive , help???
Hi prkrgrp,
I'm sorry, I'm a bit unclear on the exact nature of your question. If you are having issues starting up from your original Install Disk and running Disk Utility to repair your hard drive, you may find the information and steps outlined in the following articles helpful:
Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks - Apple Support
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden -
I have a Presario CQ56 Notebook PC. It say I have no Hard drive why?
I was given a Presario CQ56 Notebook PC. It is now upon turning it on says to install an operating system. It uses Windows 7 it then tells me that there is no hard disk. Can someone help me please. The warranty started on 02/17/2011
Hi:
Start your PC and at the HP welcome screen, tap the F10 key to get access to the BIOS.
In the BIOS menus, there should ba a diagnostics menu for the hard drive and memory.
Run the diagnostics on the hard drive.
If it fails you need a new hard drive. If your notebook is still under warranty, you will need to contact HP Support to see where you go from there.
Paul -
okay so a few days ago i received and email for one of my colleagues to do some final editing to a music video. the folder contained 2 videos a rough chops and the main which was about 2-3GB which i dragged on to my external hard drive . and at the time i was trying to install a trial version of parallel lines and me being a newbie to the software i didn't know i need windows installments for it to run lol but yeah... so i was just getting frustrated with the software i kept installing it uninstalling it and then i was thinking my the problem might be because my MacHD space is low (less then 40GBs on my MacHD), so.. i installed it on my hard drive where all my important files are (I'm a graphic designer and do light video editing) video projects and many photoshop projects form 2007 and logs and just a bunch of important files in my hard drive. so because i was so frustrated with the software i wasn't thinking and i installed it on my external 2TB hard drive. and when i realized parallel wasn't working i gave up, uninstalled the program form the hard drive and for some reason when i did that and i tried opening the video my friend had email to me and for some reason it did load up but a few seconds maybe about 10sec in the video is froze and closed my media app (VLC) and when i tried opening other video files it would freeze every few minutes but those specific files i had drag in last were not playing after at least 5 secs and eventually didn't open at all so i restart my computer login and now i get scared i see that my MacBook Pro isn't reading my external hard drive so i search threw forums... i unplug from the wall plug my external hard drive back in my computer and it loaded up but when i opened my external hard drive all my files had that plank white paper icon on my folders (because i have everything organized but subject when you open then drive folder. so... i go in to my projects and nothing, i open my edited photos and nothing... my hart feels like its about to drop and i keep opening files and there is nothing in them, but in "get info" of my drive it shows that there is filled so i go to "disk utility"... i "verify disk" passes ..."repair disk" doesn't past.... i look it up in forums... so i reboot my computer and go to the safe recovery menu. go threw the same ting "disk utility"... verify, pass... repair, pass... so now i feel relieved. i login files in the ext. hard drive load up i tried again to open the files and same thing happens... so now I'm thinking its the files i drag the files to the trash and try to empty and its gone i reboot the computer and my drive didn't load up so i tried unplugin it and back in... drive comes up i notice theres trash.. i tried emptying it and i get the error code -50. and no files are popping up on my external drive and i try to repair/unmount disk and the verify disk doesn't pass and when i click repair disk it doesn't past and another error code pops up -35.... so i felt my drive alone for a few days and yesterday i go the files deleted from the trash and now I'm not getting any codes but when i try to unmount.verify/repair the disk. keeps letting my tits need to be repaired so i click the repair button another error unable to unmount volume to repair...
what do i do? my files still don't show up. and I'm very sorry for the long paragraph but i have to be detailed for you to understand my situationRead this.
-
First off I have a 3tb fusion drive.
I created a 200gb bootcamp, I tried deleting the bootcamp because I thought I messed it up and googled how to delete a mac partition which told me to use Disk Utility, did that and then erased it and somehow it got locked and wouldn't let me do anything to any partition on my hard drive (everything was greyed out)
After looking up and googling for hours I found a post saying the only way to fix it would be to go into CMD+R and go into the terminal window and type out disklist and then find the first UUID number and do something along the lines of disklist delete (UUID) i forget the exact formula. I did this, and then I had 3 separate untitled hard drives.
One in the size of 1.9gb on in 800gb and one in 121.3gb (which is the SSD), I put my time machine backup onto the 1.9gb untitled and now my computer is booting slowly (because it's no longer running off of the SSD and the original bootcamp is still there.
To be honest I am absolutely confused on what else to do!
Is there anyway I can fix this?How do I go about deleting and then re-adding the hard drives? Completely lost on how to make it back to being a 3gb fusion drive.
Thank you for all your help, I honestly really appreciate it.
I followed your instructions and got the following
diskutil list:
-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 120.5 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 1.9 TB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
4: Apple_CoreStorage 251.9 GB disk1s4
5: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s5
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *1.3 GB disk2
1: Apple_partition_map 30.7 KB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS OS X Base System 1.3 GB disk2s2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Untitled *1.9 TB disk3
Logical Volume on disk1s2
FD9357F1-1A71-44A0-A01E-41C84F1C8047
Unencrypted
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Untitled *251.5 GB disk4
Logical Volume on disk1s4
31B60F49-6981-47A3-9815-6396AD3A9BD6
Unencrypted
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *5.2 MB disk5
/dev/disk6
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk6
/dev/disk7
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk7
/dev/disk8
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk8
/dev/disk9
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk9
/dev/disk10
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk10
/dev/disk11
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *6.3 MB disk11
/dev/disk12
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *2.1 MB disk12
/dev/disk13
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *1.0 MB disk13
/dev/disk14
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk14
/dev/disk15
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk15
/dev/disk16
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *1.0 MB disk16
/dev/disk17
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *319.4 GB disk17
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk17s1
2: Apple_HFS IMAC TMB 319.0 GB disk17s2
/dev/disk18
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *6.3 MB disk18
/dev/disk19
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: CD_partition_scheme *804.4 MB disk19
1: Apple_partition_scheme 700.4 MB disk19s0
2: Apple_partition_map 32.3 KB disk19s0s1
3: Apple_HFS WD SmartWare 237.5 MB disk19s0s2
-bash-3.2#
diskutil cs list
-bash-3.2# diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 687E889E-B4A1-4F20-8B36-43D7A3701076
| =========================================================
| Name: Untitled
| Status: Online
| Size: 1946162462720 B (1.9 TB)
| Free Space: 5402624 B (5.4 MB)
| |
| +-< Physical Volume 7BCD8D9C-AEB2-4D48-B248-257EFC7EA922
| | ----------------------------------------------------
| | Index: 0
| | Disk: disk1s2
| | Status: Online
| | Size: 1946162462720 B (1.9 TB)
| |
| +-> Logical Volume Family 3A8A9627-5963-49BA-8E2F-96DC7A1B033D
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Encryption Status: Unlocked
| Encryption Type: None
| Conversion Status: NoConversion
| Conversion Direction: -none-
| Has Encrypted Extents: No
| Fully Secure: No
| Passphrase Required: No
| |
| +-> Logical Volume FD9357F1-1A71-44A0-A01E-41C84F1C8047
| ---------------------------------------------------
| Disk: disk3
| Status: Online
| Size (Total): 1945804734464 B (1.9 TB)
| Conversion Progress: -none-
| Revertible: No
| LV Name: Untitled
| Volume Name: Untitled
| Content Hint: Apple_HFS
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 98213AE6-9EA8-4FB7-8B72-8E08BFBFD82C
=========================================================
Name: Untitled
Status: Online
Size: 251864797184 B (251.9 GB)
Free Space: 5226496 B (5.2 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 20CEF763-635D-4A0D-A107-40E8FB161D06
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk1s4
| Status: Online
| Size: 251864797184 B (251.9 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 2D3173B3-5B04-47E6-B331-49D1BA58E9F2
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume 31B60F49-6981-47A3-9815-6396AD3A9BD6
Disk: disk4
Status: Online
Size (Total): 251507245056 B (251.5 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: Untitled
Volume Name: Untitled
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
-bash-3.2#
Disk0
-bash-3.2# gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 235298960 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
235708600 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236978136 7
236978143 32 Sec GPT table
236978175 1 Sec GPT header
-bash-3.2#
Disk1
-bash-3.2# gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1
gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168
gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 3801098560 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3801508200 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3802777736 1912
3802779648 491923432 4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
4294703080 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
4294965224 1565567911
5860533135 32 Sec GPT table
5860533167 1 Sec GPT header
-bash-3.2# -
Lint [lint2n] caught in infinite loop in Studio 11 and 12
Here's another one:
lint is trapped in an endless loop by the following simple stripped-down code snippet, if invoked with -Ncheck:
# cat endlessloop.c
struct B {
struct A* a;
struct A {
const char* name;
struct A* next;
struct B b;
static struct B* get_b(struct A* a) {
return &a->b;
void sunstudio_lint_endlessloop(struct A* a) {
while (0) {
struct B* b = get_b(a);
if (0) a = 0;
else a = b->a;
for (;;a=a->next)
a->name = 0;
}The loop occurs in lint shipped with Studio 11 (Solaris10/x86_64)
lint: Sun C 5.8 Patch 121016-07 2007/10/03and with Studio 12 (RHEL4/x86_64)
lint: Sun C 5.9 Linux_i386 2007/05/03FYI:
When I attach a debugger to the process that consumes 100% CPU time, I get:
# dbx -xexec32
(dbx) attach 14691
Reading lint2n
Reading ld-linux.so.2
Reading libm.so.6
Reading libc.so.6
Attached to process 14691
stopped in Prop_node_proc_loc at 0x806cf78
0x0806cf78: Prop_node_proc_loc+0x1058: cmpl %ebx,%edx
(dbx) where
=>[1] Prop_node_proc_loc(0x1, 0x1, 0x78, 0x80757b9), at 0x806cf78
[2] Build_node_all_proc(0x1, 0x28, 0x0, 0x0), at 0x806b92c
[3] Global_Analyz(0x0, 0x0, 0xffffd7a8, 0x80752ee), at 0x806e316
[4] main(0xa, 0xffffd834, 0xffffd860, 0xa3cc66, 0xb70ff4, 0x0), at 0x8075351I hope that this information is of some use for someone ...jroemmler wrote:
I hope that this information is of some use for someone ...Sure. It is always helpful to know that somebody uses our tools :)
It hepls us prioritizing our work.
As for this particular issue, there is a workaround - use -Nlevel=1.
regards,
__Fedor. -
ITunes 7 updates to a point, then gives "disk won't read or write" error
Ever since I downloaded iTunes 7.02, I have the same problem with both my old 40BG iPod and my brand-new Nano (just got it today and the same problem I was having with my old iPod occurs):
The update begins and proceeds up to 357 songs. Then I get an error message that says it can't read or write to disk.
I'm guessing this means either a damaged file somewhere or some weird spook in iTunes.
I never had a single problem with my older iPod before I downloaded the latest iTunes. I'm really puzzled that the exact same thing occurs with my brand new Nano.
What do you think? Thank you!!I'll admit that I'm new to MAC, but have a lot of experience with iPOD's and PC's.
I had a similar problem with my PC (disk write error) and of all things, it turned out that there was not enough power running through the USB port.
As well as the iPOD, did you get any other gadgets for Christmas that are plugged in that were not before ?
My solution in the end was to get a cheap powered USB Hub, and this gave enough power for everything to run ...
I can't guarantee that this is the problem you are having, but worth mentioning anyway. -
My PC recently got a virus and wiped the hard drive. I used itunes for my ipod. I would like to know if the music i had on itunes is stored on my computer or on the net? So in other words can i still access my itunes from a different computer?
Your purchased music is availble for download again at no cost. If you have iTunes match service, you can download your matched music.
-
Trying to download photos from IPHONE, IPAD to IPHOTO in IMAC after installing new hard drive. Before getting new Hard drive, I downloaded all into external hard drive. photos did not download!
Trying to download photos from IPHONE, IPAD to IPHOTO in IMAC after installing new hard drive.
How did you import the photos to iPad and iPhone?
If the photos have been synced to the iPhone and iPad using iTunes, you cannot sync them back.
See this document: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
You can't reimport pictures synced from your computer to your device back to your computer. You can only import pictures in the Camera Roll or Saved Photos from your device to your computer. If you need to retrieve synced photos from your device:
If your photos are not in the Camera Roll on your devices, save them to the Camera Roll, share them to the Photo Stream, mail the photos, or, if you have iPhoto on the devices, use iTunes Photo Sharing.
http://help.apple.com/iphoto/iphone/2.0/?handbuch#blnkee26bc1
Save photos to your computer using iTunes
Connect your iOS device to your computer.
Tap a photo, album, event, web journal, or slideshow and tap Share> iTunes.
Tap Selected, or change the photos you want to save (if you are saving a slideshow skip to step 4):
Select different photos: Tap Choose Photos, tap one or more photos, and tap Next.
Select a range of photos: Tap Choose Photos, tap Range, tap the first and last photos in the range, and tap Next.
Select all the photos in an album or event: Tap All.
In iTunes, click the button for your device and click Apps at the top of the window.
Below File Sharing, select iPhoto (in Apps).
Select the Shared Photos folder under iPhoto Documents.
Click Save To and select the location on your computer where you want to save the items.
To view your photos, go to the Finder and look in the location you selected above. -
Update failed, phone is in infinite loop
Selected to install update, now my phone is in an infinite loop. Start screen -> boot from recovery -> install update -> errors out. Odin Mode can be accessed. Is there a boot.img available to fix this issue?
I grabbed a newer Samsung image from the internet and was able to flash it to the phone. But android crashed at the lock screen due to the failed update, adb wasn't responsive. Took it to the Verizon store in hopes that they had a back door method of fixing my phone...should have known better...after an hour and a half the Verizon kid handed me my phone and acted like I should be grateful..they flashed userdata, they completely waisted my time. Moral of the story, flash userdata and start over because the there is nothing more that Verizon will do for you.
-
Triggering event FMRE-CREATED in an infinite loop
Hi guys,
Iu2019m having a big problem in Public Sector Management with Founds Management Government when I create a Found reservation Tcode FMX1.
My problem is the triggering event FMRE-CREATED (event to start the Workflow) because when the document is created, this event is generated by the system which is fine, but inside on my Workflow I have a task to change the status with FMRE-SetLock, when this method is executed, automatically trigger an event FMRE-CREATED again, so my WF gets in a infinite loop.
How can I tell the system to donu2019t trigger this event when the status is changed?
Thanks a lot
Felipe Uribe.Hi,
but inside on my Workflow I have a task to change the status with FMRE-SetLock, when this method is executed, automatically trigger an event FMRE-CREATED again, so my WF gets in a infinite loop.
How you changing the status? Check any Function Module or BAPI to change the status.
You have acheive it via Start Condition, check are you getting entry in the Table SWFREVTLOG for Creation.
If second time creating, check for the entry in the table, if found not allow it.
Regards,
Surjith -
Hi all,
my macbook pro became extermily slow for some reason, I rebooted it many times and same problem so I decided to reinstall the Mac OS X lion from the internet.
I tried installing lion internet recovery, it downloaded it and restarted. I got the "Install Mac OS X" window. then while installing I got the sad message " Install Failed Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer" and the only botton is "restart". Everytime I restart I gor the same message. Now I am trying to start from the harddisk but I does not show when you start the pc, keep clicking the "alt" botton. It only shows "Mac OS X Installer" and "Recovery HD". What Should I do?
I appreciate your help. Thanks.Thanks Baltwo.
I could format it and get the back up from time machine but it is not up to date so I want to leave it at last.
I tried to back it up on external hard drive and got an error, tried CCC for back up and error again.
Just wanted to do an update on the subject. Still trying to get it back. -
My lab has about 10 Mac computers. We all access a central hard drive by the way of wifi provided by AirPort. It's just a regular external hard drive (Seagate Desktop Drive) that I turned into our central storage space by plugging it into AirPort (USB). It works pretty well. We seem to be fine with viewing the file directories, opening files, saving, deleting etc., for a day or two. But then after a day or two, when when trying to modify files or move new files onto the central hard drive, we get the error message: "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)"
Any suggestions as to what may be causing this problem?
All of the computers are 2011 iMacs & MacPros. The AirPort is 802.11n WiFi. The hard drive is a Seagate USB 3.0 Desktop Drive.
Thank you for your insight/suggestions.Thanks for your reply. I agree about the communication issue. Let me explain my setup and what I am trying to do and perhaps you can answer my questions or make suggestions.
I have a MAC Mini with a Sony TV for the video monitor. The Mac Mini is hard wired to the AE (Airport Extreme). The AE has a 2 TB HD hooked up to the USB Port. I have a 17" Mac Book Pro on the WIFI Network.
I am trying to use the MAc Mini as a "Media Server" of sorts. Once I get iTunes running the way I plan I am goign to hook up my Apple TV (2nd Generation) to my television downstairs.
What I am trying to accomplish is have iTunes on all my computers look to the External HD on the AE for the files. This is why I am having my (-50 errors).
So far I have noticed that if I go and try to download from iTunes purchased videos that are not ont he computer (to the external HD) it will also occassionaly give me teh -50 error.
Is there a way to change where the files go when I download them? Say I want to download videos to the computer but not to the external HD? However I would want to still be able to move them to the External HD. -
New MBP - register and then put in new hard drive or new hd first?
Hello,
I have a new/refurbish 15" Macbook Pro on the way.
I have ordered a Hitachi 7200rpm drive along with more memory from a 3rd party vender.
My question is, what is the order of operations swapping the different HD in a new notebook?
Keep in mind that this is a new machine with no data on it yet so there is no fear of losing anything.
Is it;
- Don't start the machine
- Swap hard drives
- Start off the install disk
- Install the OS
- Register the machine?
*If so, how do you start off the disk in this case? Can you insert a disk without the machine going? How will the disk get in the machine to start off of?
Or is it:
- Start the machine
- Register the machine with Apple
- Insert the disk
- Shut down
- Swap hard drives
- Restart off the disk
- Install the OSIt doesn't matter when you register.
Ultimately it comes down to preference. I got my MBP then ordered the hard drive - I set it up and started using it with the existing drive, then used carbon copy cloner to move everything over to the new drive.
I have an external FW hard drive that I did a generic Mac OSX install to so I have a bootable drive - I cloned my internal drive to the external drive, then took out the internal drive, stuck the new larger drive in, booted off my external FW drive and then restored to the new larger internal drive. I did each copy overnight so the time involved really didn't bother me -
Hi
So I have a few dozen hard drives for archiving and two of them have gone insane, The drives are named B1A and B6A. B1A is mounting and can be accessed however the desktop icon shows up as a faded yellow instead of the regular color and doesnt show in the finder sidebar.
B6A is showing its partition as B1A (this is wrong) and not mounting at all. when repair is run it gives an invalid sibling error.
What can i do, i've never heard about something like this.
These two hard drives were used recently and worked fine could OSX somehow have mixed up HDD partition names on different drives
Also these are mounted via USB, OSX 10.7.5Thank you Jim and Apple2Freak,
I appreciate your comments. I am now suggesting to my friend to buy a legal OS and if that is the case I am suggesting to him to move to OSX instead of OS9. Luckily he let me know there wasn't much data on that drive that he needed to save. I am still trying to determine if I could still use this hard drive with the keylength errors if I erase it or if the hard drive has permanent damage. I am hoping that I could install OSX on it and erase the hard drive to start again.
This imac (slot loading version) can support up to OS 10.3.9 however I might consider Xpostfacto to try to run 10.4. But then I would need to buy 10.3.9 as well as 10.4 and that would double my OS cost. I think I might just look for OS 10.3.9 only. Its not worth it for me to buy two OSes for it.
Jim, your post was very interesting because it also pointed out that it could be an issue of bad RAM. A few months ago we installed some new second-hand RAM and I wonder if that is the cause of all these problems. I will have to check that first.
Thanks again!
Maybe you are looking for
-
1 Website Blocked under ASA 5505 - Why?
I have had the ASA 5505 set up for over 5 years, no problems. For some reason there is one website that my users cannot access. www.communityservicepartners.org (173.161.122.9). I have no idea why it is being blocked. Can someone assist? Thanks -
-
Css external stlye sheet probs
i am having hard time grasping attaching an external style sheet my question is do you attach the external style shhet to your folder or the site or server's folder why won't the option box give me the link option with media type options ; it gives m
-
Browsing through some old projects, I came accross one in which 12 out of 13 albums are mysteriously empty. The masters are still there in the project but they have been removed from the albums into which they were imported. Is this something that th
-
Cloud for Travel app not logging me onto site
Help - its just keeps spinning and never connects. No idea how to trouble shoot this...
-
Why do I need to restart iTunes to hear audio on my Bluetooth headphones?
I just bought a pair of Motorola S805 headphones, paired with an IOGear Bluetooth 2.0 dongle. If iTunes is running when I connect my headphones, I cannot get audio to play, no matter what I do in iTunes. If I shut down iTunes, wait a few seconds, I c