Mini HD died..

[NickK]

Think the mac mini'd HD has died. Attempted to access the machine over network and nothing.. switched on the TV an a blackscreen with a beach ball.

So I powered off and connected up the monitor and start up only to be met with the grey screen and no progress.

Console mode with the start up disc and the disc verification states it needs repair.. repair states it's beyond help and needs a reformat. Attempted target mode over firewire. Nothing.

Luckily that machine has very little of value stored on it and now I'm just attempting a reformat now and see if the drive is totally mullered.. and so far it's looking very mullered.

Not that this really has any impact on your lives

 

[NickK]

Covered under warranty for a replacement?

Yes. So there's no worry there. Basically it's cut and dried.. it's all stock, never been messed around with and the drive can read the identify (ie size etc) but no data.

Tempted to add an SSD to it, however my MBP is my main machine and it has one already. The mini is a server and was meant to cover if the MBP died (it's a nVidia bump-gate GPU one). So it'll get it's replacement and we'll go from there (although 8GB and an SSD is tempting but it wouldn't get enough use atm).