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CGGuy84

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Feb 14, 2011
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Hello guys,
I have a startup problem with my Mac lately. I bought a new HDD a few months ago and installed MacOsX. But now it takes about 30 min (loading bar in grey screen) to startup because of an hd problem. When i try to fix it, I'm gettin the "Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files." message.

I somehow found a way to Backup all my files and they're safe now. The question is; is this an hardware problem or is it possible that I'll get the same error later again after a reformat? Or should I send it to the service before the Warranty runs out?

Thanks a lot...:apple:
 
CGGuy84 said:
Hello guys,
I have a startup problem with my Mac lately. I bought a new HDD a few months ago and installed MacOsX. But now it takes about 30 min (loading bar in grey screen) to startup because of an hd problem. When i try to fix it, I'm gettin the "Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files." message.

I somehow found a way to Backup all my files and they're safe now. The question is; is this an hardware problem or is it possible that I'll get the same error later again after a reformat? Or should I send it to the service before the Warranty runs out?

Thanks a lot...:apple:
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ive only ever got that message on external hard drives usually when i unplug a few times without ejecting, a format always fixes that message from appearing, if you backuped just do a clean install no harm in trying if its hardware that message will be back soon enough, unless you have like 5 days left on the warranty i would try this first
 
Ok, I just took an exact copy of the partition and restored it to my other Hdd. Connected it to my Mac and then I saw that it has the same problem. After changing the HD again I tried to repair the disk and this time it worked. It's fixed.

I guess I didn't install the Hdd properly before :/
 
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