abillef wrote:
Thanks for your responses. My MBP is less than a year old. I am surprised that I am already having issues with my HD. I am not sure if my MBP is still under warranty but if it is, should I try to repair it myself? Perhaps it would be better taking it to the store and get it fixed/replaced. Any thoughts/similar experiences? Thanks again.
Fernando
I believe all Apple computers are covered 100% for the first year.
Remember that Notebooks are delicate in the sense that one should never even move it without first putting the HD to sleep. Yes, we all ignore this rule, but the gyroscopic forces on the HD are quite high when it is moved, especially quickly or jerked or yanked while running. This is true with all NBs not just Apple's. I had a drive fail on a Dell a few years ago when it was relatively new. They replaced it free of charge, but it was annoying just the same.
It's possible that the HD is not bad, but that something else corrupted the filesystem, like an app run wild or even an improper shutdown.
And then even Apple NBs sometimes have early failures. The HD is usually the first to go, but the Optical Drive runs a close second, although they fail rarely, I am just recalling the failures from these boards which, of course, only report issues and failures, etc.
I would take it to Apple and while there get a copy of DiskWarrior.