SMART Status is Failing - how do I restore this drive?
Hi there-
This drive is only about 90 days old... Replacement for another crash that took the life of the drive before that (both Seagate drives).
I don't have any repair options for this drive using Disk Utilities. I have nothing - no options showing.
Questions:
1. How do you go about just recovering/restoring the entire drive using Time Machine? My bays are full, so I have to get the replacement drive and pull something out to put something in. Any instructions/directions for doing this?
2. Could there be some other hardware issue with this machine that is tanking the drives on that part of the SATA "chain"?
Also, related or not, this is the 3rd DVD drive I have had to put into this machine. All replaced under warranty, but number 3 bombed too. I have probably only burned 20 DVDs total since I bought this thing. Maybe burned 100 CDs total as well.
Right now, the drive is still delivering files, and I'm able to work.
Seems that the entire "relative speed" of the computer is slow, but want to get this taken care of before it causes me more grief than necessary.
Thanks in advance!
--Jeff
Jeff Hughes wrote:
Hi there-
This drive is only about 90 days old... Replacement for another crash that took the life of the drive before that (both Seagate drives).
I don't have any repair options for this drive using Disk Utilities. I have nothing - no options showing.
Questions:
1. How do you go about just recovering/restoring the entire drive using Time Machine? My bays are full, so I have to get the replacement drive and pull something out to put something in. Any instructions/directions for doing this?
Or you could get a good external.
If it's your boot drive, see #14 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.
If it's a data-only drive, you can restore it via the normal Time Machine "Star Wars" display. If the old drive isn't recognized, see #E3 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum. Either way, of course, you'll have to restore to an "alternate location" -- the new drive.
I have no idea why things keep failing, although your Mac is a few years old, and they don't last forever. It does sound like you might have some sort of power issue, but that's just a wild guess.
Is your Mac on a U.P.S., or at least a good surge protector?
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