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I stuck a 2 TB SSD in my 2012 Mini a while back.
Today I decided to restart because of some problems I've been having viewing a webcam (Falcon nest on top of the roof at work...) and *poof* internal is gone. Anyone know any good chants or incantations that might bring it back to life? I dread going back into this thing....
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In other news, as predicted, solid state storage has increased in price by about 40% since I bought my last.
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This is going to sound kind of dumb, but...
Did you try shutting down (not just restarting)?
I don't know about the mini, but on my 2012 Mac Pro, large drives disappear when I restart. I have to shut down then cold boot. That shouldn't be an issue with either the mini itself or a 2TB drive, but maybe???
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Appreciate the suggestion. Did shut down and pulled power cord for a bit too. I was only able to get the harness seated on the drive by a prayer when I did the SSD install, so it wouldn't be too surprising if me touching the mac to do hard shutdown was the last straw.
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This is going to sound kind of dumb, but...
Did you try shutting down (not just restarting)?
I don't know about the mini, but on my 2012 Mac Pro, large drives disappear when I restart. I have to shut down then cold boot. That shouldn't be an issue with either the mini itself or a 2TB drive, but maybe???
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Black,
Have you tried booting off a different disk (spinner/SSD/flash drive) and seeing if the computer even shows the internal drive as connected? My brother had an iMac with a similar situation. He booted off a clone backup and t turned out the machine recognized the internal drive was connected but couldn't mount it due to errors. Tried fixing the drive but it failed. The directory got hosed beyond repair. He was able ot nuke and pave the drive and then restore from a clone. No problems since.
FWIW, if you must go back into the machine, I'd just disconnect the internal drive and, if you're going that far, remove it. Drop it in an external and take it from there. Same suggestion I'd made to Jerry and what I'd do myself if it was my own machine.
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Robert M wrote:
Black,
Have you tried booting off a different disk (spinner/SSD/flash drive) and seeing if the computer even shows the internal drive as connected? My brother had an iMac with a similar situation. He booted off a clone backup and t turned out the machine recognized the internal drive was connected but couldn't mount it due to errors. Tried fixing the drive but it failed. The directory got hosed beyond repair. He was able ot nuke and pave the drive and then restore from a clone. No problems since.
FWIW, if you must go back into the machine, I'd just disconnect the internal drive and, if you're going that far, remove it. Drop it in an external and take it from there. Same suggestion I'd made to Jerry and what I'd do myself if it was my own machine.
Robert
I moved right over to an external backup SSD which is now my boot drive. No trace of the internal. Runs absolutely fine off the external, so was thinking I was going to fish that SSD out of there and leave it empty for the rest of its life. I really don't think a restart killed the SSD.
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Pulled the missing drive, no trace of it in an enclosure either. Had a couple of bad hair day hitches trying to put it back together- really hate this thing. But at least I didn't trash the antenna harness.
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Black,
Yups. Dead drive. I’d purchase a replacement. Keep it as an external and use it as a new cline backup.
How old is the dead drive? Depending on age, it might still be under warranty (original or via your credit card’s extended warranty program).
I definitely wouldn’t put another drive into the machine itself.
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Robert M wrote:
Black,
Yups. Dead drive. I’d purchase a replacement. Keep it as an external and use it as a new cline backup.
How old is the dead drive? Depending on age, it might still be under warranty (original or via your credit card’s extended warranty program).
I definitely wouldn’t put another drive into the machine itself.
Robert
SSD prices have skyrocketed. 9 months old. Supposedly at least 3 year warranty but seems to be a mystery how to contact the company for replacement, may just write it off as I hate the thought that my data might be recoverable (made peace with that when I bought it for $70 or whatever.)
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Black,
What brand SSD? The warranty policies and what is necessary to get an SSD covered varies from manufacturer to manufacturer.
One place had me enter the serial number, send the drive to them and they sent me a replacement. Another required me to have a computer store evaluate it, send a copy of the serial number and report. They confirmed receipt of the info, sent me a RMA, had me destroy the drive, take a photo of the remains and then send them the photo. Got the replacement drive.
2TB 2.5" SSDs are about $100 to $150, depending brand and model. Drop another $10 to $25 for an enclosure and you're done. Definitely worth trying to get it covered (if you're willing to send the mfg the drive). I'd go for it but that's me.
Robert
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