Months ago my laptop hard disk died, since my iMac was going strong I didn’t bother to do anything about it before a couple months later. I disassembled the laptop, and was then faced with incorrect tools and no hard disk to actually replace the old one with. I couldn’t justify using money on a brand new hard disk, so I ended up postponing the fix.

Finally after completing several school projects, and been given an Easter break, I found enough time to proceed. I ended up finding an old 6Gb HD from a friend, some replacement for the old 20Gb in my iBook 700Mhz 12-inch. But I’m not going to complain, it was free, and it’s great having my iBook “laptop” working again.

[...] my Hard Disk was breathing its last breath (see: iFinally fixed my iBook) I looked for some good repair and diagnostic tools. I struggled to find something worthwhile, and [...]