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BIG TIME HELP needed PLEASE!!!

post #1 of 6
6/6/09 at 9:21pm
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I'm pretty sure I crashed my hard drive. I came back in and my two year old white dual core macbook had froze up. I screwed around with it and finally got it to boot from the external backp drive. (Don't ask me how I did it) I know it had the system on it. I put it on when I did the intial backup a year ago. I tried to reinstall the software but the internal doesn't show up. ANd you can't install to an external hardrive. SO can I just install a new harderive and does anybody have any suggestions as to what brand,size and best deal.

Also there is a ton of upgrades that want to download as the OS I have is over a year old on the external.

I'll be checking in cause I know I probably don't have enough info on here. ANd i aint gonna shut down

MAny thanks to those who respond
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post #2 of 6
6/6/09 at 9:30pm
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SO can I just install a new harderive and does anybody have any suggestions as to what brand,size and best deal.
Yes. Samsungs work well for me. 2.5" obviously. SATA. See Newegg is my suggestion.

IN as far as recovering your other hard drive, I would say you are better off replacing it right now, and then try to recover the data off it in an external enclosure. There are a few tools out there to do this.

I am doing similar myself, probably going to put a OCZ Vertex in this time when I upgrade to 10.6 when that gets released.

Seablade
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post #3 of 6
6/6/09 at 9:44pm
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Thanks I'm looking now

CAn you tell me if there is a way to shut down and get this to boot back up off the external like I did before. I'm as dumb as a rock how I did it. ANd I can't find anything in the manual. will see what I can google up

Thanks again
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post #4 of 6
6/6/09 at 9:50pm
When you boot up, boot with the external plugged in, and press the Option key. A smal GUI to choose where you want to boot will pop up.

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post #5 of 6
6/6/09 at 10:51pm
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Thanks again
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post #6 of 6
6/6/09 at 10:55pm
No Problem. Good look with your hard drive swap. I recommend you look at iFixIt.com and even check their prices. Their guides are excellent, I just have a preference for the Samsung drives

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