Comments on: Hard Drive: Fail! http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: joelg88 http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709694 joelg88 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:18:37 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709694 Perfect timing for that drive to fail too. Right when you were going to stream from the tweet up. Will it blend? lol Perfect timing for that drive to fail too. Right when you were going to stream from the tweet up. Will it blend? lol

]]> By: Ed Gelb http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709439 Ed Gelb Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:50:47 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709439 I am surprised that you did not have a bootable backup of your MacBook hard drive on an external hard drive. I use SuperDuper! (software) and make a bootable backup (clone) of my iMac every evening. I use a G-Tech Q (Quad) external hard drive, but there are many others. I used Disk Utility, which is found in the Utilities subfolder of the Applications folder, to create two partitions on the external drive. I use one partition to make the nightly clone and one for Time Machine. I am surprised that you did not have a bootable backup of your MacBook hard drive on an external hard drive. I use SuperDuper! (software) and make a bootable backup (clone) of my iMac every evening. I use a G-Tech Q (Quad) external hard drive, but there are many others. I used Disk Utility, which is found in the Utilities subfolder of the Applications folder, to create two partitions on the external drive. I use one partition to make the nightly clone and one for Time Machine.

]]> By: FritzThird http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709436 FritzThird Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:39:46 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709436 Years ago my laptop's hard drive started failing and by using Target Disk Mode I was able to retrieve all of my important files. Target Disk Mode is an awesome Mac OS X feature, try it out sometime and get the feel of how it works. Years ago my laptop’s hard drive started failing and by using Target Disk Mode I was able to retrieve all of my important files. Target Disk Mode is an awesome Mac OS X feature, try it out sometime and get the feel of how it works.

]]> By: Shtanto http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709405 Shtanto Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:26:59 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709405 I'm glad you got fixed up. If you do decide to go the hammer route, make sure you get the magnets out. Those are fun. Hard drives typically have rare earth magnets that can hold up a whole pack of paperclips :) Just be sure to play with them away from electrical equipment! I’m glad you got fixed up. If you do decide to go the hammer route, make sure you get the magnets out. Those are fun. Hard drives typically have rare earth magnets that can hold up a whole pack of paperclips :)

Just be sure to play with them away from electrical equipment!

]]> By: Aryeh Goretsky http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709403 Aryeh Goretsky Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:09:35 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709403 Hello, I was not in the chat for the "<em>learned your lesson</em>" comment, but I would have assumed this had more to do with your data backup policy than what brand of computer you are using. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Hello,

I was not in the chat for the "learned your lesson" comment, but I would have assumed this had more to do with your data backup policy than what brand of computer you are using.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

]]> By: David Crandall http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709371 David Crandall Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:00:48 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709371 Put the hard drive in an old microwave that you don't mind destroying and film it. See what happens =D Put the hard drive in an old microwave that you don’t mind destroying and film it. See what happens =D

]]> By: bhall978ll http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709366 bhall978ll Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:51:33 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709366 You should take the front cover off the drive, frame it, and hang it in your studio. You should take the front cover off the drive, frame it, and hang it in your studio.

]]> By: gerard, ronald http://chris.pirillo.com/hard-drive-fail/#comment-709331 gerard, ronald Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:35:31 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12699#comment-709331 Err CP, when the Mac "Suddenly" didn't boot, didn't you suspect the drive @ 1st glance?? & WHY didn't you let the Apple tech's do the data recovery, as well; isn't that included, in the service(s) you're ALREADY paying for?? Err CP, when the Mac “Suddenly” didn’t boot, didn’t you suspect the drive @ 1st glance?? & WHY didn’t you let the Apple tech’s do the data recovery, as well; isn’t that included, in the service(s) you’re ALREADY paying for??

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