A while back I removed a Apple Hard Drive after I thought I had shut down the computer. Instead, it had just slept and so still had the power on. This caused the file system in the hard drive to fail, so I erased and rebuilt the file system on the Hard Drive. It worked fine for another day, and then failed. When I went to see if I could fix it, Disk Utility said the S.M.A.R.T status had failed and the send the hard drive to an apple specialist. Is there any way I could fix the Hard Drive myself?
Recovering a Apple Hard Drive after S.M.A.R.T status has failed?
- Thread starter thunt2792
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If Disk Utility shows a SMART failure, then you can't do anything else with that hard drive to make that SMART failure disappear. If you can put that drive in an external case, and recover files/data, then do it.
Replace that drive.
An Apple specialist (a repair tech) can't repair the hard drive, but would replace your hard drive if it's still in warranty, or offer to sell you a replacement hard drive. New hard drives are relatively cheap.
Replace that drive.
An Apple specialist (a repair tech) can't repair the hard drive, but would replace your hard drive if it's still in warranty, or offer to sell you a replacement hard drive. New hard drives are relatively cheap.