HD is having problems
Thinking of trying my hand replacing the 1TB HD too as it seemed to be dying yesterday.
Just over 2 years old no longer under guarantee.
But wondering if Apple Store will do a replacement.
Has anyone investigated the cost? Will they even do it? Here in France they wont give you quotes over the phone and it's a week before I can get an appointment.
Is this a good question?
3 Comments
The disk had bad blocks . I'm replacing it at the Apple Store. For those interested, it cost about €180 ($200) for new 1Tb and replace ONLY IF you don't want the old disk. Takes about 5 days. If you want to keep the old disk it costs an extra $100 !! Why? Because Apple return the disk to the manufacturer for a refund! They wiped and repartitioned the disk in front of me, so I guess that's something. Had I known though I would have zeroed out the data beforehand. I'll probably change a few passwords to be on the safe side. The new disk is guaranteed for 3 months. Assuming all goes well it's worth giving them $100, the net extra over doing it myself, for the risk of damaging the screen.
by Gabe
I'm happy it all worked out for you Gabe ;-}
by Dan
Final update: in fact they did the repair and emailed me in 24 hrs. Showed me it was working at the store. Said they tested SSD too and it was OK. At home I reinstalled from Time Machine which took about 5 hrs over USB3. Now working really fast - like new - much faster than it has been for many months, let alone at time of major failure. Very pleased. Apple Store experience excellent (much better than last time a few years ago), staff super friendly, efficient, informed. Repair very good, no obvious sign of damage or difference (I didn't check before). If I run my fingernail from the aluminium bezel onto the screen it catches on a slight height difference and I can push the screen back into place with pressure, but I can't be certain it wasn't like that before. Slight peeve about not being able to keep old disk without charge. Cost a little over $200.
by Gabe