Today, randomly, when I opened up my Mac (I always leave it in sleep mode) it just showed a white screen with a folder with a question mark. Tried rebooting, same thing. Then I tried to boot in recovery and went to the Disk Utility, but my hard disk is not listed there so I can't repair.
My warranty expired long ago, this is a MacBook from I think 2012 or 2013. I think my hard drive is fried. What should I do?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
That means it can't find your hard drive. Do you have a good backup because the drive will most likely have to be replaced. Suggest you bring it any Apple Store for a free evaluation.
If a flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac - Apple Support
Ofcourse I didn't make a backup, how could I know that it would just stop working suddenly?
Isn't there anything else I can do? My entire **** collection was on there.
Hard drives can fail at any time new or old, so can other components. So, you should aways keep a current backup, because anything can happen at any time.
If you have another Mac available try starting up yours in Target Disk Mode:
Share files between two computers with target disk mode - Apple Support
it will allow you to see your machine as a connected drive. If that works, then you can at least backup your files.
This is the only Mac that I have. And now I can't even watch Netflix in bed anymore, that really *****. Is there a chance that it will work again if I take the hard drive out and put it back in again?
JustRob1990 wrote:
Is there a chance that it will work again if I take the hard drive out and put it back in again?
The odds are very much on your side that a new HDD will bring life back to your MBP, but not 100%. A FREE evaluation at an Apple store genius bar is a good option. Make an appointment.
Ciao.
But there's none close by
Only Apple can decide to open a store near you. That is well beyond my span of control.
Ciao.
Thanks for the useless advice
Folder with question mark when starting up
