Thanks Sam I did try a zero format but it kept failing; would a hard drive replacement be covered by AppleCare?
Al Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jul 2011, at 21:02, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a bad block or twelve on the hard drive, have you done a full > zero format erase of the drive? > > You could get a 750GB Western Digital Scorpio Black and replace the drive if > a zero format doesn't map out all the bad blocks (or they reoccur) > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
