Repeated HD Failures

[Surfrider]

Well two anyway on my daughter's "off to college" Macbook. I bought it new 2.5 years ago and it has killed two HDs so far.

I don't have a Macbook myself, is this a common thing?

[Racer X]

well, if it is running hot..... and it IS a portable. More likely to get bumped or knocked around.

[jdc]

lots of failures in those 80 gig drives =(

was the replacement drive covered by apple -- and they just put the same drive back in?

my wifes 47 month old MB had the same issue -- killed apple branded 2 drives -- so I replaced it with a something else -- no problems now =)

[Black]

The pre-unibody case does not offer adequate protection for the hard drive.
She's either holding it by the front right corner while open, or pressing on that part of the case e.g. leaning on it to stand up.
Either coach her on how to be more careful with it or upgrade to one of the newer (non-removeable battery) models.

[C(-)ris]

My sister did the same thing. I've replaced 5 Hds between her iBook she had first and the MacBook I got her last year. It has nothing to do with the design of either machine and everything to do with the amount of care taken with it. College students beat the crap out of stuff.

[Article Accelerator]

Close...wait for sleep...then pack and go.

[Gareth]

Article Accelerator wrote:
Close...wait for sleep...then pack and go.

http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html

My favorite utility. Bypasses Apple's hibernate mode and does old-school sleep where everything is saved in RAM only, but the laptop goes to sleep instantly.

[Article Accelerator]

Yep, good utility.