09-25-2016, 07:57 PM
Jack D. wrote:
When I fired up Disk Utility the internal drive was listed in red text and the message "This drive has a hardware problem and can not be repaired!"...Note: SMART status never said there was any issues with the drive.
The Disk Utility will not report a SMART problem until a drive is practically dead and gone. You need to run a 3rd party utility to get a useful SMART status report.
Jack D. wrote:
In the past I'd be busting a vein when this happened because backups were for squids and real computer geeks never backed up their files. I was a charter member of that stupid club but since then I've turned in my membership card and now have a full Time Machine backup AND a spare bootable drive!
miley-gen013:Jack D. wrote:
Now I can focus my full wrath on the drive manufacturer! ... I thought these HGST's were supposed to have the lowest failure rate of the major mfr's? Maybe I just drew the short straw on this unit.
HGST averages longer lives than other drives. Some still die young.