Hi, this may not be possible because I don't know exactly what a Mac Mini is. Never seen one. When I have had this or similar problems with a Windows machine I run Spin Rite from GRC.com. If it is possible to remove the drive and put it in a Windows machine after making a Win boot CD. You can run the program on the drive and mostly it will work. If you can't remove the drive no help to you at all. Over the next few months Steve Gibson is bringing out Spin Rite version 6.1 that will work on a Mac. Good luck and please let us know what you do. Max
On 6 Jun 2014, at 11:17 am, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > So, here's the status of my Mac Mini's hard drive. > > * Two repairs from the Recovery HD resulted in an error telling me to format > ad re-install. > * I did just that at the end of March, and given that two repairs couldn't > fix whatever errors have accumulated after three months, it seems like the > drive itself is having problems. > * The SMART status of the drive is "verified", not "failing", which seems odd > given the previous points. > * The drive is partitioned into two: 450gb for OS X, and 50gb for OS X betas. > I don't yet know if the beta partition works, but both share a drive so I'm > not optimistic. > > Any ideas? I looked at replacing the drive, but the iFixIt instructions are > scary and require special tools. The Mini is not under Apple Care protection, > and my nearest Genius bar is almost three hours away. Am I just doomed, or is > there a check/repair/miracle program I could run? Any suggestions are > appreciated. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
