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Bad hard drive

My 2011 MacBook Pro has a bad hard drive. When I boot it the disk isn’t recognized. When I plug it into another Mac via usb , it still isn’t recognized. Is my drive fried?

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 5:15 PM

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BobTheFisherman

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Posted on Jan 23, 2019 5:42 PM

Assuming you use Time Machine for backing up: Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support

If you use some other backup scheme check with the developer of it for instructions regarding restoring from their backup.

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BobTheFisherman

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Jan 23, 2019 5:42 PM in response to Hard-drive

Assuming you use Time Machine for backing up: Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support

If you use some other backup scheme check with the developer of it for instructions regarding restoring from their backup.

Jan 23, 2019 5:23 PM in response to Hard-drive

Sounds like it.

See OWC/MAcsales.com for drives / enclosures / tools to swap it out yourself.

There maybe info in this article to help you, links included https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

Hard-drive Author

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Jan 23, 2019 5:27 PM in response to leroydouglas

Do you think I can recover my files?

Jan 23, 2019 5:28 PM in response to Hard-drive

Yes, from your backup.

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Jan 23, 2019 5:36 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

I’m not sure how to recover from my back up

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