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Old 04-02-2009, 10:47 AM   #1
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Question mac people - hard drive crash question

I'm helping a family member try to recover from a macbook hard drive crash, and I'm not well versed in mac things. I'm searching a bunch on various sites, but personal experience from OT is always appreciated. Said family member can't find install disk currently also. I replaced the hard drive, and was planning to just reinstall the software using the install disk. do I need an install key or anything?

If I can't locate the install disk, are there other options?

can't wait to try to recover the data from the non-booting drive



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But I thought they just worked?
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Old 04-02-2009, 10:49 AM   #3
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Find discs > insert > hold "c" while booting > follow onscreen directions
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it was working just fine, right up to the point where it wouldn't boot. no need for backups.
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Old 04-02-2009, 10:50 AM   #5
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Find discs > insert > hold "c" while booting > follow onscreen directions
ok, thanks. I'm seeing that things are very easy if those discs can be located, which I hope happens soon.
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Old 04-02-2009, 11:34 AM   #6
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But I thought they just worked?
Not with the craptastic hard drives Apple decided to use on them. I'm surprised there hasn't been a recall on them.
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the battery is dead too, as is the battery in my dell. laptop batteries are severly expensive.
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the battery is dead too, as is the battery in my dell. laptop batteries are severly expensive.
Maybe time to see if the freezer trick works or not?
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Dammit, I want some mac and cheese now
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the battery is dead too, as is the battery in my dell. laptop batteries are severly expensive.
What macbook is it? There's a battery firmware update for some. If it wasn't done, the battery may not work.
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it's probably the oldest and slowest. the battery is bulging out of it's fancy colormatched candy coating, so I'm guessing it's actually dead.

my dell battery still seems to work fine (probably reduced in capacity, I guess), but the bios/firmware is saying it needs to be replaced and isn't recognized. I'm guessing it's an overreaction to the battery catching fire fiasco, but who knows.

I'm going to try to recover the files by attaching the SATA drive to a pc with recovery software, unless that's a horrible idea.
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