Just tried to install Lion and am now getting a message telling me .This disk has S.M.A.R.T errors and has hardware problems that cannot be repaired. Does this really mean that the harddrive is shot and needs to be replaced?
Is Lion responsible for this? The computer has been working perfectly until I attempted this install.
iMacG5, imac 21.5
I have a 27" iMac purchased in late 2009 as well. Think it could be a bad batch of iMacs? I have half a mind to monitor this thread and see how big it gets, then go to apple and claim either problems with Lion, or that they had a bad batch of iMacs in late '09. My computer was and still is running like a champ and never had any errors before Lion attempted install.
I believe my iMac is an early 2010 model and I have received the same bogus S.M.A.R.T. error message that many other iMac users are receiving. I recommend going into the App Store and rating OS X as 1 star and writing a review about the issue as this seems to get Apple's attention. Here's hoping for a quick fix.
Consider it done... I hope this thread really blows up because i doubt my hard drive is botched...
i'll keep my eye on this thread and i hope other people join us instead of opining new topic
Well it just so happens that my iMac 21.5 " is a 2009 model as well same as some of you. Fingers crossed that Apple can do something about this .
My computer is running fine, and doesn't seem to have hard drive problems. Last night I wiped out my hard drive and restored from my external time machine.... The hard drive still says I have the same error. I bought a Mac because of the great reputation of longevity, and this one apparently has broke just sitting on my desk with normal usage. "This disk has a hardware problem that can't be repaired." Well, the same is true about my relationship with apple if I have to pay to fix my top-of-the-line 1 1/2 year old iMac!
This is not a hardware problem, but a software problem. We have to wait that Apple fix Lion, probably woth a patch in the next days/weeks.
If anything they'd have to patch SL, not Lion b/c we haven't even begun to install the software... Then we'd have to un-purchase Lion somehow in order to get a new file to download.
This is either a batch of bad hard drives, or a software problem with SL.
Ok so called apple care this morning and finally got a rep who sounded like they knew what they were doing. He told me if i was able to use the computer without issues (as I'm doing now) the SMART Error is likely a problem with the OS. He recommended that i do the following:
I am not going to try this because i have a lot of sensitive work and programs that i cannot afford to take a risk of losing. I'm going to stay on Snow Leopard until i have to migrate to Lion, but please give this a shot if you are feeling risky and post your results.
Again, he was very confident that the SMART Alert had to be a false one and that this would install lion fine and fix the SMART Alert.
Good Luck!
What about people like me who already bought lion and dont own a external drive or a "time machine" and cant afford it?
If you bought lion all you have to do is move the install file to an external hard drive. and you dont need a time machine LOL. All you need is an external hard drive to back up your files. Time machine is a free program on OSX that does that.
The only thing you would need is an external hard drive, nothing more.
Money is tight, I dont have an external drive nor do I have money for one. Why do I have to pay money for Apple's problem? lol
You are preaching to the choir. I totally agree with you and dont think anyone should, just trying to propose a solution here.
BTW, for your own piece of mind, you really should pick one up. If your computer dies, you will lose EVERYTHING if you dont have it backed up... Not worth it.
I agree with you, I do need one because I use my computer for everything, but Im 16 and The jobs I have dont pay enough to go out and buy an external hardrive. Thank you for finding a solution, the way Im feeling is though I already dumped $30 into this program and now Apple wants me to pay atleast another $80 because they made a mistake? Thats insane!
i have the same problem , i hope for easier solution .
SMART error
