Need an answer soon plz MBP 13 Mid 2009 HD Failure?

[whoknows87]

so I took my laptop to the genius bar today, the issue I am having is after upgrading to ML 3 days my computer decided to never get past the apple logo / spinning wheel page, my HD has 250 GB of, 160 GB free I use it casually nothing heavy duty, RAM is 2 and Processor 2.5Ghz, I ran disk utility i did verify disk , permissions etc It says my HD appears to be OK, I did the whole single user mode /verbose typed in fsck -fy it said HD appears to be OK

Guy at the Genius Bar said he ran some tests and that the HD is the problem it's failing ? I am confused why would the laptop say the HD appears to be OK and he is telling me it's not, he was quick to offer me the 500GB for 195+installtion fees, I tried to reinstall OS X via wifi using Disk utility but i get an error message saying trying this application later

I dont expect a HD to fail after 2 years or so

 

[heisenberg123]

so I took my laptop to the genius bar today, the issue I am having is after upgrading to ML 3 days my computer decided to never get past the apple logo / spinning wheel page, my HD has 250 GB of, 160 GB free I use it casually nothing heavy duty, RAM is 2 and Processor 2.5Ghz, I ran disk utility i did verify disk , permissions etc It says my HD appears to be OK, I did the whole single user mode /verbose typed in fsck -fy it said HD appears to be OK

Guy at the Genius Bar said he ran some tests and that the HD is the problem it's failing ? I am confused why would the laptop say the HD appears to be OK and he is telling me it's not, he was quick to offer me the 500GB for 195+installtion fees, I tried to reinstall OS X via wifi using Disk utility but i get an error message saying trying this application later

I dont expect a HD to fail after 2 years or so

even if is the hard drive dont pay that, you can do it your self for half maybe even less than half

 

[mohsy90]

so I took my laptop to the genius bar today, the issue I am having is after upgrading to ML 3 days my computer decided to never get past the apple logo / spinning wheel page, my HD has 250 GB of, 160 GB free I use it casually nothing heavy duty, RAM is 2 and Processor 2.5Ghz, I ran disk utility i did verify disk , permissions etc It says my HD appears to be OK, I did the whole single user mode /verbose typed in fsck -fy it said HD appears to be OK

Guy at the Genius Bar said he ran some tests and that the HD is the problem it's failing ? I am confused why would the laptop say the HD appears to be OK and he is telling me it's not, he was quick to offer me the 500GB for 195+installtion fees, I tried to reinstall OS X via wifi using Disk utility but i get an error message saying trying this application later

I dont expect a HD to fail after 2 years or so

Yeah, do not get an HD from them. They are ridiculously cheap online and for that price you could get an SDD. Did you do a clean install? If not, I would try wiping the drive clean and trying to reinstall it again. Try creating a bootable ML usb using another computer and boot from that instead. I also have issues with WiFi restore getting stuck. Hopefully you have a backup of your files.

 

[whoknows87]

it's really frustrating I did not expect the upgrade to ML would cause this mess, I never had any problems with the MB I mean for goodness sake I have 160 GB free out of the 250 GB I understand if I had all types of stuff installed and running with a 2.53GHz Processor and 2 RAM it should run just fine OLDER this is really disappointing I cant seem to erase the disk through disk utility I get error messages like the Disk cant be unmounted etc , what a bummer and Yeah If anything I guess I will just replace it myself order it online any recommendations? I am afraid that it might not be a HD issue after all

 

[heisenberg123]

it's really frustrating I did not expect the upgrade to ML would cause this mess, I never had any problems with the MB I mean for goodness sake I have 160 GB free out of the 250 GB I understand if I had all types of stuff installed and running with a 2.53GHz Processor and 2 RAM it should run just fine OLDER this is really disappointing I cant seem to erase the disk through disk utility I get error messages like the Disk cant be unmounted etc , what a bummer and Yeah If anything I guess I will just replace it myself order it online any recommendations? I am afraid that it might not be a HD issue after all

how are you accessing disk utility?

 

[whoknows87]

the laptop powers I did power option
I also did the power command R

what puzzles me is that it when I verify disk/ disk repairs it said my HD appears to be ok....

also when I hit reinstall OS X from OS X utility it gives me 2 options my HD and Recovery HD I can't click recovery HD is says the disk is locked..

when trying to reinstall OS X from the CD that came with the laptop it doesnt allow me to start it from my HD it says that one is locked , yellow Exclamation !

 

[mohsy90]

the laptop powers I did power option
I also did the power command R

what puzzles me is that it when I verify disk/ disk repairs it said my HD appears to be ok....

also when I hit reinstall OS X from OS X utility it gives me 2 options my HD and Recovery HD I can't click recovery HD is says the disk is locked..

when trying to reinstall OS X from the CD that came with the laptop it doesnt allow me to start it from my HD it says that one is locked , yellow Exclamation !

There is definitely something is wrong with the HD, you should be able to erase it through disk utility when booting from recovery partition or restore CDs.

 

[whoknows87]

it says the disk can't be unmounted , all this because I upgraded to ML? this really sucks u figure the laptop should be able to handle the upgrade ....