SSD trouble starting up, intermittently. Warning of troubles?

[minvoyager]

This last week, on two occasions -- i.e. not consistently -- when I try to boot up my MacBook Pro with SSD, I get a whirling circle symbol below the gray Apple logo. I have to re-start several times, and then it eventually goes to the desktop.

I assume this is telling me something could be about to go very wrong, and it's time to take action rather than wait till it really fails.

I wonder if it's a hardware or software thing?

Maybe time to re-install the system to get everything cleaned out? Mac is about 2 years old.

Suggestions?

 

[yjchua95]

This last week, on two occasions -- i.e. not consistently -- when I try to boot up my MacBook Pro with SSD, I get a whirling circle symbol below the gray Apple logo. I have to re-start several times, and then it eventually goes to the desktop.

I assume this is telling me something could be about to go very wrong, and it's time to take action rather than wait till it really fails.

I wonder if it's a hardware or software thing?

Maybe time to re-install the system to get everything cleaned out? Mac is about 2 years old.

Suggestions?

It could also be your SATA cable going south.

 

[Samuelsan2001]

It could also be your SATA cable going south.

Yep they are notoriously delicate on all the unibody MBP's with a sata connected drive.

 

[T5BRICK]

Suggestions?

This may not need to be said, but I'm going to say it anyway. Make sure you have a current backup.