07-10-2010, 10:11 PM
Well, I waited another half hour or so -- absolutely no activity from either drive -- so I forced quit with the power button. Restarted and everything seems to be perfectly fine.
BTW, if I hadn't still been covered by Applecare I never would have considered bringing it to the Apple store for replacement, given the very reasonable price of drives these days from various vendors and the ease of replacement in this particular model. But just for giggles, here's what Apple would have charged for whatI received today had I not been covered:
250 gig HD: $154.44
Labor: $85.00
BTW, if I hadn't still been covered by Applecare I never would have considered bringing it to the Apple store for replacement, given the very reasonable price of drives these days from various vendors and the ease of replacement in this particular model. But just for giggles, here's what Apple would have charged for whatI received today had I not been covered:
250 gig HD: $154.44
Labor: $85.00