Mac Hard Drive

rcad1

rcad1

Well-known member
The hard drive on my Mac crashed couple of days ago. I took it to the shop and they are not able to recover any of the data off the old drive. I'll probably have them install a new hard drive that costs around $269 w/labor. Is this is reasonable price?

My other issue is there's a lot of photos on iphoto that we need. So at this point i'm looking for data recovery services. I sent an email to get quotes but looking to see if there's other options.

My other option is to pay the $50 diagnostic fee and pick up the computer.

And i'll answer this for you.......there was no back-up.

Thanks,
Ren
 
RightCoastBias

RightCoastBias

F8TRED
No, that's a retarded price. You can likely buy a bigger drive for your computer for less than half the cost. Pay the $50 and tell apple to suck a dick.

The "genius" I talked with when an ex brought her computer there for the same issue was decent enough to say not to do it through them.
 
maxandgrinch

maxandgrinch

Acquired Taste
Someone is assuming OP took it to an Apple store :rolleyes

Some of the machines require removing the tricky 27" glass screen and LCD monitor.

If you install any kind of drive, install a SSD - my 2007 Mac laptop went from taking 2:30 to start, to 58 seconds. From 'off,' to booted, online wirelessly, and ready to go.

Wife's 24" iMac HDD failed. Apple Genius had a suggestion.

Stick the HDD in the fridge, acquire an external drive housing, and then copy the drive. I take it that most HDD failures/operating challenges are caused by the drive overheating from age/use.

I set up the machine outside at night and was able to get all the user data from the old drive. It took two tries/nights but it worked and she doesn't think she lost anything.

I installed a new HD and the OS and had an operating computer.

Also, external drives are really really cheap; no good reason to not use TimeMachine or other backup software.

This is how I currently manage one of my systems.

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stangmx13

stangmx13

not Stan
That price rly depends on the machine and the new HDD.

Once u have the drive out, I'd connect it to another machine and run a free data recovery tool, google it. I bet u can get a ton of images off it that way.
 
ElementalX

ElementalX

Well-known member
I just replaced my hard drive with a 1TB Western Digital for around $50 (Amazon) and installed it myself. Luckily everything is backed up on my NAS (Costco 2TB Seagate NAS). Sucks to lose a HD and data (been there, done that). Highly recommend investing in a backup drive.
 
Entoptic

Entoptic

Red Power!
I do this shit in my sleep. What Mac do you have? Can you please link the serial number and I can find out which version and build you are running. Where did you take to get diagnosed?

For backup recovery prepare to be gouged. Data recovery is based on time to recover + amount of data. Drive Savers is pretty much the go to for home and corporate use. It can range from 300.00 - 3k and should be a FINAL option once all over options are exhausted.

The price of the whatever place you went to is standard for service. A new drive and the time it takes to properly remove and install a drive. Unless of course this is a laptop and that is just a few screws.
 
Entoptic

Entoptic

Red Power!
maxandgrinch said:
Someone is assuming OP took it to an Apple store :rolleyes

Some of the machines require removing the tricky 27" glass screen and LCD monitor.

If you install any kind of drive, install a SSD - my 2007 Mac laptop went from taking 2:30 to start, to 58 seconds. From 'off,' to booted, online wirelessly, and ready to go.

Wife's 24" iMac HDD failed. Apple Genius had a suggestion.

Stick the HDD in the fridge, acquire an external drive housing, and then copy the drive. I take it that most HDD failures/operating challenges are caused by the drive overheating from age/use.

I set up the machine outside at night and was able to get all the user data from the old drive. It took two tries/nights but it worked and she doesn't think she lost anything.

I installed a new HD and the OS and had an operating computer.

Also, external drives are really really cheap; no good reason to not use TimeMachine or other backup software.

This is how I currently manage one of my systems.

voyager_q_front.jpg
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Those things are dope. We have them all over work and they are just so damn handy. I really like the double drive version but that is because I work with a lot of drives.
 
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LongGoneJohn

Gone
What do you guys recommend for wireless home backup? I don't need "cloud access" and don't need it to be a router or bridge. I already have a router.

I want to an external harddrive, have it connect wirelessly to my existing wifi network and I'll use "Time Machine" or some other automatic backup program to wirelessly transmit data to it.

So far all I find are harddrives that require to be plugged directly into my router. Or Time Capsul, and I hate their router so I don't want to use that. Plus, I want to place the backup hd in a location away from my other computer stuff - including the router.

Suggestions?
 
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Marlowe

Marlowe

Beer Whisperer
Antarius said:
What do you guys recommend for wireless home backup? I don't need "cloud access" and don't need it to be a router or bridge. I already have a router.

I want to an external harddrive, have it connect wirelessly to my existing wifi network and I'll use "Time Machine" or some other automatic backup program to wirelessly transmit data to it.

So far all I find are harddrives that require to be plugged directly into my router. Or Time Capsul, and I hate their router so I don't want to use that. Plus, I want to place the backup hd in a location away from my other computer stuff - including the router.

Suggestions?
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You don't have to route, or use the wireless on a Time Capsule.

You can just plug it into the network and back up to it.
 
Marlowe

Marlowe

Beer Whisperer
Antarius said:
You mean bridge mode or somethung? That never seems to work for me.
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Works fine, and more throughput using a different router.

I've configured several for people this way.

But if you plug it in to your existing router, you don't have to use the wireless at all, or route with it.
 
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LongGoneJohn

Gone
Marlowe said:
Works fine, and more throughput using a different router.

I've configured several for people this way.

But if you plug it in to your existing router, you don't have to use the wireless at all, or route with it.
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So if I set the time capsule to bridge mode or whatever, put it in my safe and connect it to my already existing wifi, it won't affect my current net gear router or try to create its own routing rules?
 
Marlowe

Marlowe

Beer Whisperer
Antarius said:
So if I set the time capsule to bridge mode or whatever, put it in my safe and connect it to my already existing wifi, it won't affect my current net gear router or try to create its own routing rules?
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Yes -- you can configure it just to be a DHCP client, and sit on the existing network, and not use it to route or bridge to the wireless.
 
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LongGoneJohn

Gone
Marlowe said:
Yes -- you can configure it just to be a DHCP client, and sit on the existing network, and not use it to route or bridge to the wireless.
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Okay, does it matter if it's the "old style" Time Capsule or new? As I said, I've had problems with trying to make things that want to be routers, stop routing, but if you say it'll work I'll give it another go.
 
rcad1

rcad1

Well-known member
Thanks for all the information.

The company i took it to is Xzault in San Leandro. I have the computer at the shop otherwise i will get the serial #. My plan is to have them fix the machine and give me back the old hard drive. They said they would install the maverick software from apple which is the newest version. I'm not sure what type of testing they did but i'm sure it was the basic. I figured once i get the drive back and i can slowly take it to data recovery people and see if they can retrieve some of the pictures. Unless anyone has any other options?

Thanks,
Ren

Entoptic said:
I do this shit in my sleep. What Mac do you have? Can you please link the serial number and I can find out which version and build you are running. Where did you take to get diagnosed?

For backup recovery prepare to be gouged. Data recovery is based on time to recover + amount of data. Drive Savers is pretty much the go to for home and corporate use. It can range from 300.00 - 3k and should be a FINAL option once all over options are exhausted.

The price of the whatever place you went to is standard for service. A new drive and the time it takes to properly remove and install a drive. Unless of course this is a laptop and that is just a few screws.
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rcad1

rcad1

Well-known member
Thanks for this information as well. You are correct, i did not take it to apple store, just a local repair shop. And yes, lesson learned, will back-up everything!! :thumbup

maxandgrinch said:
Someone is assuming OP took it to an Apple store :rolleyes

Some of the machines require removing the tricky 27" glass screen and LCD monitor.

If you install any kind of drive, install a SSD - my 2007 Mac laptop went from taking 2:30 to start, to 58 seconds. From 'off,' to booted, online wirelessly, and ready to go.

Wife's 24" iMac HDD failed. Apple Genius had a suggestion.

Stick the HDD in the fridge, acquire an external drive housing, and then copy the drive. I take it that most HDD failures/operating challenges are caused by the drive overheating from age/use.

I set up the machine outside at night and was able to get all the user data from the old drive. It took two tries/nights but it worked and she doesn't think she lost anything.

I installed a new HD and the OS and had an operating computer.

Also, external drives are really really cheap; no good reason to not use TimeMachine or other backup software.

This is how I currently manage one of my systems.

voyager_q_front.jpg
Click to expand...
 
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