TC reporting "Hard Drive is Failing" after Firmware update to 7.6.1

I've jumped in and updated my TC and expresses. Everything is working it would seem, however I'm getting intermittent amber alerts on the TC now saying the hard drive is failing. Time Machine backups are happening fine, no problem mounting the drive and the alert goes away after a few minutes. I've read other posts previously about this behaviour but never had it myself. Anyone else having this problem?

AT & T is infamouse for its out-dated PPoE technology. Still don't get how a company that big can still be so behind the times.
Unfortunately, I'm at the point when someone mentions AT&T and internet issues, I just cringe because 9 times out of 10 it's one dreaded PPoE problem you're going to get stuck into, or another.
Good luck with it...

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usb hard drive not loading after security update
I can't seem to find any other posts about this problem.
I have three external hard rives connect by a USB hub to my iMac.
Problem is that if I turn on the hard drive(s) AFTER start up I get a message that the drive either was not recognized by the OS or that it was ejected unexpectedly.
I get the same issue but not all the time if I turn them on before I boot the iMac.
I used the disk drive utility to "repair" the drives but they always come back as "probably ok".
If I restart the iMac with the drives connected (on), it seems to work but not all the time.
A bit annoying as I am wondering if the drives are OK or not.
I don't always need the drives as they are for backing up images from my camera using Apreture.
This all began after i did the latest security update.
is the update to blame?
mahalo.

Yes, you can still use those instructions to reset the PRAM.
You said that you booted to your install disk and that your primary drive did not show up at the Select a Destination screen? That usually means that the computer is either not recognizing your partition, or it's not recognizing the hard drive itself.
Start with this article and follow all the steps even if you already tried them. I suspect that you'll get to step 4 and you'll end up having to call Applecare. If you haven't done those steps, they're most likely going to make you do them anyway, so you might as well get them done before the call.

Hard Drive continuously fails after performing clean installs.

Recently I've been having the issue of my Macbook running incredibly slow, when I reform Disk Utility, I get errors such as "invalid record count" and "invalid node structure. I have never allowed these repairs to finish as I've only read that these errors are rarely fixed by disk utility. So I've erased the hard drive and performed clean installs several times. Each time I start up OSX after an install, it will run smoothly for a period of time (it is never the same), the computer will start to slow down again, to the point where I cannot even operate it, and Disk Utility starts finding the same errors.
I have run the Apple Hardware Test, and no problems have been found. So I'm at a loss.
Right now I've just erased the hard drive again, and I'm not going any farther until I see if I can get any help.
I'm starting to think it's just a lost cause.

You might give this a try:
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
However, do not overlook the possibility you have a bad hard drive that needs to be replaced. If the above doesn't prove helpful, then I would consider replacing the hard drive.

M5035MFP displays Permanent Storage Write Failed after firmware update to 48.301.7

After updating the firmware to 48.301.7, I have two M5035MFP machines that are displaying "68 Permanent Storage Write Failed" error messages. The users can press Continue and printing will proceed normally for another 10-50 pages when the message will appear again. The NVRAM and HDD have been reset/intiliased and they have been powered off/on several times.
This is also occurring on two other different models (6040MFP/9040MFP) which also started showing up after a firmware update about the same time.
Could this be a failed update? How would I go about downgrading to a previous firmware version?

Hi Rwelper,
I want to share with you this solution:
Please try first to reseat the Formatter/HDD and the memory DIMM and install the correcly then try:
First it is not adviced to downgrade the firmware at this step, you can try a cold reset and upgrade firmware again.
here, you need to remove the existent Firmware file on your PC and try to download it again from the HP Website, thus you can instaltly disable the firewalls and the antivirus and do this action.
NOTE: You can try a new upgrade firmware before you proceed with the Cold reset* of the printer.
Cold reset (Format disk also can be performed if this don't work): You can check the printer's manual to know how to perform it.
Please try an NVRAM init or Super NVRAM Init if this don't give a solution.
All these manipulations you can find in the printer's manual
Please note also that all these manipulations will delete all the current printer's configuration if it going to be working fine, so you will need to upgrade firmware and set your printer up again.
==> There is a need to delete files on the HDD / data on the DIMM, unplug and restart the printer.
The final solution is to replace the Formatter then the HDD if all these solutions don't bring a result.
Soudani
I work for HP
I hope this solution respond to what you need
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Hard drives not detected after bios update

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K7T Turbo 2 kt133a
I bought a new chip a while back and therefore updated my bios.
My system has worked on and off for a while now, however i have not been able to get it to boot for 2 days.
I have tried bios version 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6, the same thing in all cases.
So i decided that the problem was not the bios, but my IDE cable, so i installed another one, still no had drives!!
even when my first hard drive is recognized and the system boots, the secon hard drive isn never detected.
What do I do now???
Dude I think i migh just have to order a dell.......
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jumpers should be right
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Trying to fix my ENVY-7227cl where the hard drive is failing

So my refurbished ENVY-7227cl hard drive is failing after a whopping 4 months and I can barely get it to boot to windows 8 and within minutes it freezes and crashes. I ran the hard drive check on the boot menu and it gave a failure code. I'd like to install a new hard drive as cheaply as possible, but I'm new to this and HP is no help whatsoever.
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Interesting Erico. I think I may go the route of trying to install the second hard drive in the optical drive, copying the files from the bad hard drive if possible and then even swapping the old hard drive with the new and reinstalling the optical drive. A failing hard drive is a failing hard drive. The data on it is unreliable.
If I installed a new hard drive in the opitical drive, I could then install a free os like ubuntu via USB stick, and then use a transfer program to attempt to copy the old hard drive onto the new? No. You can use Ubuntu to attempt to copy important files, but that and testing your notebook's hardware will be the extent of it unless you intend to switch to Ubuntu on the new hard disk. A failing hard drive is unreliable so a cloning program would produce an unreliable operating system on the new hard disk.
Or for simplicity, could i install the new hard drive with a free os and then contact windows about verifying my computer and getting a copy of windows 8 from them? A hard drive is not installed by an operatng system. You must physically install the hard disk and conect it to a SATA port. You will need to use the recovery media that you created to install the operating system to your new hard disk.
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How to backup data when hard drive is failing.

I think my hard drive is failing..
I booted using Install DVD, and got message in Disc Utility that "this drive has a hardware problem that can't be repaired." It mentioned I should backup data and consult apple representative..
I clicked on Macintosh HD under the red physical drive (500.11 GB Hitachi HTS) and did disc repair.
Strangely, the message went away on the physical drive when I finished. It turned back to black wording and gave green "verified/repaired" messages in the log.
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Does this still sound like a failing hard drive?
I am trying to act fast and borrowed my sister's external harddrive/ "passport for mac", and it slowly prompted a time machine backup. It is slowly working through "8.34GB of 200.33GB"
I do not really understand what I am doing, but hoping this is the right move. Could someone explain what time machine will do or how it will help?
Is there any chance I will harm her external hd?
I am mostly worried about iPhoto and itunes library, iMovie projects,and important excel spreadsheets on my desktop. Is time machine looking after these concerns?
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Where is you TM backup?
Where are your external data redundancies?
Now you will need to use very expensive data recovery experts to recover data when you could have had it safely on a $100 worth of 2 external HD.
Mechanical HD failure circumvents using recovery software.......so, now you backed yourself into a corner and needed expensive data expert recovery.
You took a wrong turn a long while back before reaching this cliff edge.
that wrong term was not having (preferably 2) external HD as a redundant data archive.

My Time Capsule is reporting hard drive errors.

Hi all,
My Time Capsule has been reporting hard drive errors. Unfortunately the problem started right outside of its warranty period. I formatted the drive twice, first time was a quick format, second was a single pass 0 write.
My question is: Now what can I do to make this unit reliable again.
I've seen a lot of these reports. This is exactly why I was hesitant to buy the Time Capsule. The sad thing is Apple advertised this as a server grade back-up device. After just over a year of service, I can no longer count on my Apple branded back-ups.
I'd like to see Apple step up to the plate and rectify this issue for those of us who are experiencing the failure. They've extended warranty periods before when it was clear the product had so many field failures. It's the least they can do.

Ring and ask them.. or go into the local store.
Their local store managers have some flexibility.
Especially if an item is just out of warranty.
You cannot buy applecare for a TC. But applecare on any computer will also cover the TC.. and if you want a cheap way into applecare to cover your TC, buy an Apple TV and buy applecare on that.. then Apple will replace your TC, and you can sell off the unopened ATV.
Total cost is pretty much just the applecare on atv which is cheap.
If you want to replace the disk yourself you can do it easily.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule

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On another note..i recieved this ipod as a christmas present on christmas day with a year long warranty. and it broke today which is christmas day a year later. could i still return it while on its warranty?

This seems to be a common issue for new Mac users - try emptying the Trash in Finder and in iPhoto if you use it a lot - and then look around in these discussions for similar questions. Here is a couple:
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SoundBlaster X-Fi Driver Installation Fails After Moving Soundcard to New Slot

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Why do new hard drives keep failing in Mac Mini OSX Server?

Why new new hard drives keep failing in Mac Mini OSX server?

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If you deal with any hard drive manufacturer now, they will give you a refurbished item and not a new item that you are entitled.
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Hey, guys.
I ran into a problem this morning that I've never ran into before and I wasn't sure where to write it but I thought this is best.
Here it goes...
Last night I had a power surge and when I restarted my computer, my external hard drive did not mount on my desktop. I than proceeded with restarting my computer, I relinked all my connections and I cant seem to get it fixed. I have a lot of material on my external drive that I dont have backed up (I know, a stupid move) anyways, I dont want to lose that information. Also, when I open up disk utility, the icon for my external drive is there and the partition I made for my external drive shows up also but the title of my partition for my external hard drive is not in bolded font. I tried to click the button to mount my external drive cause the specs tell me that it is not mounted but when I press the mount button, it does nothing. I than tried clicking the unmount button and than restart my computer and still nothing.
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My mac mini hard drive is failing. I am no longer under warranty. Do you know how much it cost to have Apple replace the hard drive? or How I can replace it myself?

MY mac mini hard drive is failing. I am no longer under warranty. Do you know how much it cost to have Apple replace the hard drive? or How I can replace it myself?

You can do it yourself. I did on my 2009 Mini
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I'm trying to backup a my hard drive with disk utility but I'm getting an error Unable to create Backup.dmg" (input/output error). Is there any other way to save my data? I believe my hard drive is failing or corrupt file. I can't boot up. Grey screen and spinning wheel. I've tried everything https://discussions.apple.com/message/20580424#20580424
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Check here. Also have you done a TimeMachine back up?
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So you should have already made a couple backups, always have a spare bootable system drive, and in some cases zero it all - takes couple hours, and not use it except as spare extra backup.
Getting files off your drive now but don't use it,, install OS to a new drive (pull the old one in fact temporary) and you may want to use checksum on all file copies, and for any files not on backup sets try best you can and if you still need help, then turn to Data Rescue 3.
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