Hard drive melted?

I doubt the hard drive has melted. But the hard drive may have problems. Try booting from your recovery disc (hold down 'c' to boot from the cd) and check the disc in disc utilities. If the drive doesn't show up, then you will probably have to take it in as the hard may have failed.

The computer won't get hot enough to ignite a match let alone melt a hard drive.

Hi,

It is a good idea to try the recovery disc. You have to pop the disc into the slot right after pressing the power button, then hold down C on the keyboard for a few seconds until the computer starts to boot up. You can run the Disk Utility to attempt repair of the hard drive. In Disk Utility, look for the S.M.A.R.T. status near the bottom of the window. If it says, "not verified," it may indicate the hard drive has a mechanical problem.

There was a batch of Seagate hard drives in 2006 and 2007 MacBooks that experienced a higher than average problem rate. If you have a Seagate drive with firmware 7.01, that would be suspect. Note that Apple uses hard drives from a variety of manufacturers; not all drives from that time period are Seagate.

Best wishes for a speedy resolution.

-Bill

Yea i have the same problem when I start up the computer it just has a blinking folder with a question mark on it, im trying to repair it with my disk right now, now my question is how many people actually had to take it in a store to buy a new one ?? what should I do first

Hi,

First, determine if you have a Seagate hard drive. The Disk Utility will display the manufacturer's name and other information about the drive. At the bottom of the Disk Utility, you'll see the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it says, "not verified," you can virtually certain there is an actual or impending failure detected the the monitoring algorithm's in the hard drive's internal electronics. Using or continuing to use a drive which can not verify S.M.A.R.T. status puts your data at significant risk of loss due to hard drive failure.

Second, if you do have a Seagate drive that is failing, contact Applecare, Apple Service Provider, or Apple retail store. Give them the details including your system's serial number and as much information about the hard drive as you can obtain from Disk Utility and/or System Profiler. I recommend pursuing trying to get Apple to replace the drive even if your MacBook's warranty coverage has expired. There was a much higher than average failure rate on certain Seagate models. It is certainly worth courteously asking for coverage extension.

If you can't obtain a drive replacement from Apple, any brand SATA or SATA-II 2.5 inch notebook drive that is no more than 9.5 mm thick should fit. A vendor such as http://newegg.com is a good place to check for drives. SATA-II drives are supposed to operate at either 1.5 Gbit/s or 3.0 Gbit/s speeds automatically. Some old drives might need to have a jumper set to limit the interface to 1.5 Gbit/s in order to be MacBook compatible. If possible, ask the vendor to confirm the hard drive you want will work in a MacBook.

On the OS X installer disc, you should be able to use Disk Utility to prepare the new hard drive. To boot up in an Intel based Macintosh, the hard drive partition table needs to be GUID type.

impulse telcome thank you so much, that gives me a peace of mind, i think imma just call apple support on monday and see if they will replace it for me, and if not i guess i dont mind spending a little cash and getting a decend hard drive that wont f up in a 1 year spand. Thank you for responding, I was getting kinda upset because I spent like 1500 bucks and rarely used the laptop because I already have a pc, and I was like JEEZ am I gonna have to buy another laptop already, thank you millions.