Comments on: Well This Can’t Be Good http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:27:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98102 Richard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:53:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98102 #4: Frank Martin... That's funny stuff! Well, funny until you realize it's all true. #4: Frank Martin…

That’s funny stuff! Well, funny until you realize it’s all true.

]]> By: rosignol http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98101 rosignol Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:34 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98101 +1 to above comments Re DiskWarrior. It could be a disk failure, it could be that an update choked mid-install and the disk doesn't have a bootable system on it any more. Throw the DVD that came with the MacBook into it and boot off that, then launch Disk Utility. If it sees the drive, it's <i>probably</i> not a hardware issue. If it doesn't, you're gonna need a new HD. This is pretty much what the guy at the Genius Bar is going to do. +1 to above comments Re DiskWarrior.

It could be a disk failure, it could be that an update choked mid-install and the disk doesn’t have a bootable system on it any more. Throw the DVD that came with the MacBook into it and boot off that, then launch Disk Utility. If it sees the drive, it’s probably not a hardware issue. If it doesn’t, you’re gonna need a new HD.

This is pretty much what the guy at the Genius Bar is going to do.

]]> By: KZ http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98100 KZ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:38:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98100 As a long time Mac user I've found Disk Warrior essential to the continuing health of my computers. But understand, all it can do is repair/maintain the volume directory on your hard drive(s), which it does quite brilliantly. It cannot address hardware issues. As a long time Mac user I’ve found Disk Warrior essential to the continuing health of my computers. But understand, all it can do is repair/maintain the volume directory on your hard drive(s), which it does quite brilliantly. It cannot address hardware issues.

]]> By: peter jackson http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98099 peter jackson Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:07:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98099 DiskWarrior is the shit. DiskWarrior is the shit.

]]> By: jon http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98098 jon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:20:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98098 jaymaster, An iPod screen is too little to punch in its frowny fucking face, while an iMac or an iBook screen wouldn't be. Apple knows what it's doing. jaymaster,

An iPod screen is too little to punch in its frowny fucking face, while an iMac or an iBook screen wouldn’t be. Apple knows what it’s doing.

]]> By: jaymaster http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98097 jaymaster Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:26:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98097 I'm a bit disappointed with Apple. That's not nearly as expressive as the frowny face that greets you when your iPod dies... I’m a bit disappointed with Apple.

That’s not nearly as expressive as the frowny face that greets you when your iPod dies…

]]> By: Raspy http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98096 Raspy Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:55:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98096 Karma for dissing Vista so much. That sucks, dude. Karma for dissing Vista so much.

That sucks, dude.

]]> By: calvon http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98095 calvon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:45:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98095 If you haven't already done so, you might try pulling out the battery and then putting it back. That sometimes works. If you haven’t already done so, you might try pulling out the battery and then putting it back. That sometimes works.

]]> By: ed http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98093 ed Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:09:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98093 It just missed you. After you have been bome for a couple of days, maybe it will come around. ed It just missed you. After you have been bome for a couple of days, maybe it will come around.

ed

]]> By: Obi-Wandreas http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98092 Obi-Wandreas Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:10:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98092 All it really means that it can't find a working Mac OS X installation. Could be hardware, could be software. First thing I would do, if you don't have DiskWarrior, is to toss in your OS X install CD, and use Disk Utility. That way, at least, you'll be able to tell if the hard drive is completely fried. If Disk Utility sees your hard drive at all, it might just be your install that's borked. In that case, you can either plug the hard drive into another Mac by one method or another so that you can poke around, or just go straight to the reinstall. Above all, I hope you have a very recent backup. Also, I second the DiskWarrior reccomendation. It's pulled me out of several tight jams. Of course, the initial Leopard version also royally blighted my permissions causing a number of great headaches, but overall it's a great product. All it really means that it can’t find a working Mac OS X installation. Could be hardware, could be software.

First thing I would do, if you don’t have DiskWarrior, is to toss in your OS X install CD, and use Disk Utility. That way, at least, you’ll be able to tell if the hard drive is completely fried. If Disk Utility sees your hard drive at all, it might just be your install that’s borked. In that case, you can either plug the hard drive into another Mac by one method or another so that you can poke around, or just go straight to the reinstall.

Above all, I hope you have a very recent backup. Also, I second the DiskWarrior reccomendation. It’s pulled me out of several tight jams. Of course, the initial Leopard version also royally blighted my permissions causing a number of great headaches, but overall it’s a great product.

]]> By: bgates http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98091 bgates Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:57:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98091 Is that the new Mac Err? Is that the new Mac Err?

]]> By: Frank Martin http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98090 Frank Martin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:46:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98090 Evidence that we are truly living in the end times: 1. Al Franken is now a Senator. 2. News of 20,000 people in revolt in Terhran was eclipsed by news that a long suspected serial child molester had died. 3. The President of the United States of America has just joined forces with Communist dictators Castro and Chavez to interfere in the internal affairs of Democratic Honduras to allow the President of Honduras to go ahead and subvert the constitution and become a dictator for life himself. 4. The weight from the ink alone on the US Federal Budget just caused local space/time to collapse into a singularity. The response from Congress was to pass yet another spending bill so they could study the environmental impact from the new spatial phenomenon. 5. Apple computer hardware now dies like all other computer hardware. Well that about wraps it up for me. I'll be headed off to the backyard Nuclear bunker just as soon as I find where I put the arc welder, so I can weld the door shut from the inside. Evidence that we are truly living in the end times:

1. Al Franken is now a Senator.

2. News of 20,000 people in revolt in Terhran was eclipsed by news that a long suspected serial child molester had died.

3. The President of the United States of America has just joined forces with Communist dictators Castro and Chavez to interfere in the internal affairs of Democratic Honduras to allow the President of Honduras to go ahead and subvert the constitution and become a dictator for life himself.

4. The weight from the ink alone on the US Federal Budget just caused local space/time to collapse into a singularity. The response from Congress was to pass yet another spending bill so they could study the environmental impact from the new spatial phenomenon.

5. Apple computer hardware now dies like all other computer hardware.

Well that about wraps it up for me. I’ll be headed off to the backyard Nuclear bunker just as soon as I find where I put the arc welder, so I can weld the door shut from the inside.

]]> By: John http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98089 John Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98089 Two words: Mechanical Agitation Two words: Mechanical Agitation

]]> By: Will Collier http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98088 Will Collier Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:13:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98088 Yeah, that's bad. Might be repairable with Disk Warrior. Yeah, that’s bad. Might be repairable with Disk Warrior.

]]> By: arhooley http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/06/30/well-this-cant-be-good/#comment-98087 arhooley Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:32:36 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12692#comment-98087 Uh-oh. Could be BSOD. It's one of those horrible things you find out about only when it strikes you. Uh-oh. Could be BSOD. It’s one of those horrible things you find out about only when it strikes you.

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