On Sep 20, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Arnold Kee wrote:
Hello all:
I'm emailing you from the Apple store in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, a
few steps from the genius bar, and just learned that the hard drive
of my 2007 MacBook failed, and that's why I couldn't boot up. And,
since I'm 21 days past my warranty, I have to buy a new one. Is
replacing a hard drive something a layman can do? I I wanted to
make lemonade out of lemons, what would you replace the 07 10 Gig
hard drive with? Maybe the failure is why Apple sold this to me as
a refurbished machine to begin with? I'm really disappointed, but
at least the replacement could potentially cost less than $100 if I
shop wisely.
And, at least the screen still works. unlike my other unhappy
computer ending.
You can probably replace the hard drive yourself. There are sites
on the internet that detail how to do it. Numerous drives are
available that can replace the original. I doubt that the refurb
status of your machine has anything to do with the drive failure.
These mechanical thing fail, simple as that.
Steve
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