[iBook] S.M.A.R.T. status : Failing

[John Lyon]

I tote it around the house some, but it's used mostly in the living room. As
a former network admin, I'm well aware of the danger of the "head crash," so
I am more gentle with my laptops (and iPods) than some might be. That said,
drives have come a long way since it was verboten to move a desktop PC while
the drives were spun up.

I can't remember if it was this list, or the TiBook/X4U list, but there were
extended discussions on backup strategies. When I saw the status (not
available when booting from the software install and recovery DVD - !?!?), I
backed the drive up using Mike Bombich's "Carbon Copy Cloner."

I've been booting from that backup firewire disk - but am heading to the
Apple store this morning.

So, long story short, just be careful of sharp, jarring drops or movements -
particularly when the laptop is on (and not sleeping). The designers have to
take into account a certain amount of movement, it is a portable device,
after all.

On 5/2/05 8:00 AM, "Craig Deline Jr" <boicraig at gmail.com> either wrote,
forwarded or quoted:

> I have the same model iBook G4, mine the 12" 1GHz....how roughly do
> you use your notebook? I always worry I will ruin my hdd...I only use
> mine in bed at night watching TV...

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JEL