Mac Grey blinking folder
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- georgesIII
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one of my coworker's Macbook pro starting displaying a grey folder, that blinked and the computer shut down,
now it won't recognise the disk even with disk utility,is there any other way to access the disk, we tried mounting it but it doesn't work,
HELP
- comicsans0
Target disk mode?
Find, and boot from, the diagnostics disc
- ideaist0
using the boot up leopard/tiger install disk to access disk utility?
- georgesIII0
the utility boot doesn't see the disk
what is target disk mode?- http://support.apple…comicsans
- Won't work if host can't see the disccomicsans
- MHDC0
Aww shit... that was the last thing I saw before mine bit it. Target disk even a full install was rejected.
Brick.hope you have better luck than I... and a better backup strategy.
- comicsans0
Sounds like the disc has failed, gor corrupted or got disconnected, run hardware diagnostics. Might be worth trying the drive in another machine
- georgesIII0
yep,
tried target disk, no go
tried Command + S key. no go,
I think the disc is dead, I may have to take a macbook pro appart,I'm smiling, I always wanted to destroy something beautiful
- pascii0
might be a harddisc crash. there was a program from apple which gives a free replacement, so don't open it!
- utopian0
I had the same thing happen to my Macbook pro a couple of years ago, I needed a new harddive... Sorry dude:(
- georgesIII0
look at this fuckn folder, he will ruin your life
- No. Not having good backups, that wil ruin your life.comicsans
- no not having a comp will ruin your life, there's no mention of backup problem, I just want to fix this damm compgeorgesIII
- Stick a new drive in it, restore from backup, job done.comicsans
- just saw comment above, get new MBP, restore from backup, job donecomicsans
