Hi, Not sure if this will answer all of your questions, but here are a few tips:
If the Apple - Option - Escape combo won't allow you to force quit or relaunch the finder & it becomes necessary to do a hard reboot, hold the power button down until the machine restarts. I believe this will be a safer method than pulling the plug. I have heard of others having problems using certain disk utilities on OSX machines. I would suggest you try Disk Warrior, which is both effective & safe. Speed Disk is also good for defragmentation. This is appearing to be an issue on machines when they are sent out with the factory install of OSX (see Macintouch). Not sure what else to suggest at this point, as I have had pretty good luck with the same set up, after I ran DW & Speed Disk (my drive was heavily fragmented too - BTW). HTH -- tinman [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry." > From: invicta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (iMac List) > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:00:29 +0100 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (iMac List) > Subject: Flat iMac & OS X. > > Three times the machine froze up on me and there was no way out. No > pointer, Apple not to be opened to reach force quite and trying key > combinations was a lottery that didn't work either. I had to unplug and > restart but this affected my volume structure so I had to start all over > again to clean it up . Initialize, reinstall OS 9,2 and 10 and all other > programs I use. The this occured twice when I optimized my HD with TT > Pro 3.0.3 .The third time it happened was when I was playing Tomb Raider 4. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
