07-11-2008, 07:24 AM
I think the 250 GB hard drive in my 2.2 MBP is dead or dying.
The machine wouldn't boot from the hard drive. I would get the gray screen with the Apple logo, then it would go blank before I ever got the little rotatey thingy.
I booted with my 10.5 DVD (worked fine) and ran disk utility. Repaired permissions (lots of stuff "fixed") and then tried "repair disk". It gave me a message along the lines of, "Disk FUBAR, cannot fix".
Next I bought and downloaded Disk Warrior. Fortunately, my sister in law is currently visiting, so I have another MPB. I tried to burn the DW dmg to a DVD, but it wouldn't boot. I guess the version you download isn't bootable(?).
Next, I boot my MBP into FW target mode and connect to the other MPB via FW800. The "bad" disk will show up in disk utility, but I can't do anything with it (repair permissions and repair disk buttons grayed out).
Disk warrior just gives the spinning beach ball.
If I have time this weekend, I plan on using the good MBP to install Tiger onto an external FW800 drive, then boot the bad MBP with the external and hope DW can repair it.
Any other things to try?
Can I make a bootable version of DW?
Other info: The HD is a pull from a WD passport.
Bad drive is (was) running Leopard with latest updates.
P.S. Alsoft is sending me the bootable CD (included in the purchase), but it is going to my sister in the US. I have no idea how long it will take to get here.
The machine wouldn't boot from the hard drive. I would get the gray screen with the Apple logo, then it would go blank before I ever got the little rotatey thingy.
I booted with my 10.5 DVD (worked fine) and ran disk utility. Repaired permissions (lots of stuff "fixed") and then tried "repair disk". It gave me a message along the lines of, "Disk FUBAR, cannot fix".
Next I bought and downloaded Disk Warrior. Fortunately, my sister in law is currently visiting, so I have another MPB. I tried to burn the DW dmg to a DVD, but it wouldn't boot. I guess the version you download isn't bootable(?).
Next, I boot my MBP into FW target mode and connect to the other MPB via FW800. The "bad" disk will show up in disk utility, but I can't do anything with it (repair permissions and repair disk buttons grayed out).
Disk warrior just gives the spinning beach ball.
If I have time this weekend, I plan on using the good MBP to install Tiger onto an external FW800 drive, then boot the bad MBP with the external and hope DW can repair it.
Any other things to try?
Can I make a bootable version of DW?
Other info: The HD is a pull from a WD passport.
Bad drive is (was) running Leopard with latest updates.
P.S. Alsoft is sending me the bootable CD (included in the purchase), but it is going to my sister in the US. I have no idea how long it will take to get here.