On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Tom wrote:
> > Thanks Bruce. And since I've decided to replace the other drive too, > as a precaution (they're both 5 years old), I guess I'll do that > twice, once with each drive. Were each of them boot drives or was one a data drive? > > Then I'll be back to where I was originally, before the drive failure, > only with new drives instead of old ones. Yep. This worked like a charm for a professor here who came to me worried about his drive which was showing signs of failing. Told him to right away get an external drive and run TM. Apple replaced the original hard drive (it's still under warrantee) and he put it in , ran the setup and was back, good as new in about an hour. He thinks TM is the greatest now... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
