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Macbook Pro not booting

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Knifey-Spoony

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Jan 29, 2010
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I have a macbook pro (penryn) that just stopped working. I believe the hard drive just died on me because whenever I try to boot up, I just hear this clicking sound. I think I may have a bootable backup I made with SuperDuper! a while back on my external hard drive. I tried connecting it to my MBP but it wouldn't detect the drive. I only get the mouse cursor when I hold down the option key at boot.
Does anyone know if this may be a known defect? Do you think Apple will replace the hard drive for me?
Thanks,
 
I tried troubleshooting with most of the steps and still get the gray screen and clicking sounds. The only steps I didn't perform were the inserting the Mac OSX disc. I'm worried the disc will get stuck in the superdrive. Will the eject button still work?
 
Knifey-Spoony said:
I tried troubleshooting with most of the steps and still get the gray screen and clicking sounds. The only steps I didn't perform were the inserting the Mac OSX disc. I'm worried the disc will get stuck in the superdrive. Will the eject button still work?
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You should be able to get the disc out of it if you get it to work
 
Hellhammer said:
If you're inside warranty, take it to Apple. Might be that there is a bigger issue with hardware
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Okay, thanks. The issue probably is because I dropped my MBP earlier yesterday, next thing I knew it wouldn't boot. I hope I won't have to replace the logic board/motherboard. Unfortunately I am out of warranty.
 
Just got back from the Apple store, and they said that the hard drive was done. In fact it was so badly damaged that it caused my MBP to not read the OSX disc and connected external hard drives. I wasn't aware that a damage hard drive could cause this. Anyway now I'm in the market for a new hard drive, any recommendations? I'm currently looking into this hard drive. http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_215_217&item_id=032426
 
Glad you figured out the problem! I had a similar issue. The HD was dead and it wouldn't start even with install disks. I think this is a recurring issue and should be fixed. I mean, booting from the install disks doesn't work? What's up with that? I love my Mac, but this may be a huge defect to one of the greatest computers of all time. Again, glad you fixed it. It took me forever to figure out the problem until I finally went to the Apple store. Good luck on picking a new HD.
 
Sounds weird, HD failure should not affect booting from other sources. Anyway, the drive you linked is a good one, it would probably be my choice as well
 
eah2119 said:
Glad you figured out the problem! I had a similar issue. The HD was dead and it wouldn't start even with install disks. I think this is a recurring issue and should be fixed. I mean, booting from the install disks doesn't work? What's up with that? I love my Mac, but this may be a huge defect to one of the greatest computers of all time. Again, glad you fixed it. It took me forever to figure out the problem until I finally went to the Apple store. Good luck on picking a new HD.
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Completely agree with you!

Hellhammer said:
Sounds weird, HD failure should not affect booting from other sources. Anyway, the drive you linked is a good one, it would probably be my choice as well
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Yeah that's what I thought. I hope the person at the Apple store knows what she was talking about. I don't want to replace the hard drive and still have the same issue.
 
Okay I just swapped in my new hard drive. Is it best to reinstall OSX and then restore from Time Machine. Or just restore from Time Machines from the get go?
Thanks
 
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