Who wanted to know the serial number - Dan? With a magnifying glass I was able to read it: W87411ZHYAL
Am I covered under the recall? Incidentally, the PRAM test was a complete disaster! I held down the P, R Option + Command keys for several minutes, yet the computer was utterly unresponsive - didn't turn off/restart. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>wrote: > The only problem for Andrew is he cannot see anything to make such a > backup. > > I keep two sets of my hard drives. One set is off-site in case of fire or > burglary. > > Brian > > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > They really hammer this home in GSX, their repair system. I suspect it's > > because people never make backups and then find out the hard drive got > > replaced during a repair, effectively nuking years of data (pictures and > > music, no doubt!) > > > > The easiest way to do this if you have an external HD that's big enough > is > > to use Disk Utility and make a .dmg of the complete drive. That way if > it > > comes back with a new or nuked drive, you can easily restore in a matter > of > > an hour or less. > > > > Dan > > > > > > On Dec 21, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > > > > >> I'd just send as-is, but make a hard drive backup if you have the > > >> equipment to do so. > > > > > > Absolutely do, Apple will replace the hard drive without asking if > that's > > > somehow the problem. Or so I was told when I had my MacBook Pro sent > in > > > for a dead *external* display (it needed a new main board, covered > under > > > AppleCare. The shop stressed this several times, and when I dropped it > > > off they said "you do have a backup of your files, right?" > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
