[ale] OT: OSX, is it a bad drive?

[James Sumners]

Bad disk. You could use smartmontools to verify --
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Geoffrey Myers
<lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> Okay, I'm having issues with my macbook pro and I'm trying to determine
> if it's a hardware issue or software issue.  So, I generally leave it up
> 24/7.  When I do shut it down, then reboot, invariably, it won't boot or
> it will boot, but I find the drive is corrupt.  I can boot from the
> install disk and fix the partition.
>
> So the question is, is this a software thing or hardware thing?  I'm
> thinking bad drive, but the thing will run for days without any problem.
>  The problem only exists when I reboot.
>
> Most recently, I booted from the install disc, checked the filesystem
> and it was corrupt.  Fixed it, rebooted, after it booted to OSX, I ran
> the disc utility and checked the disk, sure enough, corrupt.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
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