[ale] OT: OSX, is it a bad drive?

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey Myers)]

Okay, I'm having issues with my macbook pro and I'm trying to determine 
if it's a hardware issue or software issue.  So, I generally leave it up 
24/7.  When I do shut it down, then reboot, invariably, it won't boot or 
it will boot, but I find the drive is corrupt.  I can boot from the 
install disk and fix the partition.

So the question is, is this a software thing or hardware thing?  I'm 
thinking bad drive, but the thing will run for days without any problem. 
  The problem only exists when I reboot.

Most recently, I booted from the install disc, checked the filesystem 
and it was corrupt.  Fixed it, rebooted, after it booted to OSX, I ran 
the disc utility and checked the disk, sure enough, corrupt.

Thoughts?

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Until later, Geoffrey

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