On Oct 5, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Len Gerstel wrote:
> > > On Oct 5, 2008, at 8:56 PM, John Callahan wrote: > >> >> Hard drive is running slow and erratically. Looking for help and >> causes. PowerMac G4 QuickSilver (2002), Second hard drive runs fine. >> Thank you > > > 2 thoughts. > > 1) (and best case scenario) Hard drive is full and it is thrashing > around trying to find free space > > 2) (and most likely scenario) Hard drive is getting ready to fail. > Back up NOW!! We'll wait... > ... > ... > Use Disk Utility to check the SMART status. Not a guaranteed > indicator of health, but if it says something bad, BELIEVE IT. > I would get a replacement drive as soon as I could. > > Len > I've hard drives "go" bad ... and they started by re-Reading things, evidently trying to confirm what it has Read, or get a good Read, or to "Open a folder" gives you a spinning beach ball ... it does take extra time ... quite noticeable ... Startups give you "Waiting for Apple File Management" or something like that ... ... and yes, they failed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
