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How do I install an OS (or Mac OS X update) on a non-SMART validated SSD?
Good afternoon!
On my macbook air 2013 ssd drive failed the smart check, which is weird in itself but nonetheless.
=== IMPORTANT HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID NAME RAW VALUE STATUS
5 Retired Block Count 0 100% OK
173 Wear Leveling Count 0xD670E2E0DBD 0% Failed
192 Unsafe Shutdown Count 22 99.0% OK
197 Current Pending Sectors Count 0 100% OK
199 UDMA CRC Error Count 0 100% OK
In this regard, Mac OS X does not allow you to install an update (Yosemite) or Windows through bootcamp.
Is there any workaround that can reset the results of this check? There is a strong suspicion that this result is due to the fact that some time ago there was Windows next to mac os through bootcamp, it may not have been correctly configured to use an ssd disk, but it’s still unlikely to kill such an ssd in less than a year.
At the same time, there are no signs that something is wrong with the ssd. Everything works fine (2 months ago I tried to update for the first time).
Are there any thoughts on how to solve the problem without replacing the disk?
Thanks in advance!
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Problem solved in a funny way.
I downloaded the Yosemite installer from the App Store, started a clean installation on an external drive, during the installation, during the setup of the OS itself, I had to restart the computer, put it on a USB flash drive, and everything was very slow.
After the reboot, the option to install on the ssd in the laptop became available, apparently the SMART status check is not performed in this mode. As a result, I successfully installed Yosemite and, most interestingly, the smart error disappeared altogether.
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