Hi,
Ester,
Thanks, I just downloaded it.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 24-Dec-08, at 1:09 PM, Esther wrote:
Scott,
Here's the downloadable site for TechTools:
https://support.apple.com/techtooldeluxe/main?id=dl
You need to enter the Serial Number of your MacBook Pro so they can
check it is under Apple Care. Normally you can get this from the
System Profiler. This still may show up in the System Profiler if
you are using target disk mode to connect to it.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 24, 2008, at 10:20 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
you get it from apple care but I think it is also downloadable.
On Dec 24, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
David - neat! Should techtool deluxe have come with my macbook by any
chance? I do recall a few extra cds in the box, don't recall what
they were.
On 12/24/08, David Poehlman
<[email protected]> wrote:
If you have techtool deluxe, you can do the hardware checks
accessibly.
On Dec 24, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Scott,
You said: An update for anybody following this thread...
I wanted to install Leopard on to an external drive, just so I've
got
something to boot up over Christmas... geek factor is firmly set
to on
here! Thought I'd do that before I got into toying with Terminal
and
disk warrior and suchlike. Amazingly, the setup assistant sees
my old
macintosh HD volume and from the filesizes everything looks fine.
It's transfering over just over 100 GB as I write, which may take a
while yes, but it looks like this might save my bacon. If this
does
work, it leads me to think that it's most likely to be something
along
the lines of volume headers being corrupted or other such stuff
that I
know nada about like Tim suggested rather than mechanical failure.
Is that a sensible assumption? Again assuming this works, I was
planning
to go for a format of the internal drive and a reinstall
TK: Yes this process will work to save data. You can then
perform a
clean install to the Macintosh HD and all header info will be
replaced
and things will work as they should. The difference with this
method
is that you'll need to reinstall any software that you had installed
after the fact and re-apply all Software Updates. A fair bit of
work
but it does the job and is less expensive than purchasing disk
Warrior. Disk Warrior is quicker and reliable but isn't free.
Scott: , but is there
any checks I can do on top of the usual disk utility stuff to get a
better idea of whether my hd is on its way out?
TK: You can use Apple Hardware Test if you'd like. Place your
Leopard Install DVD in the drive and press the "d" key as the
startup
chime rings. This will give a number of hardware test options
including RAM and HD but this isn't accessible either so sighted
assistance will be necessary.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
