> Is there any other way to test the hard drive besides initializing it ? > I thought the extra RAM would speed things up and stop the beach ball > thing but he said the reason it isn't is because the hard drive is > failing.
If you have a copy of DiskWarrior and/or Norton Utilitities CD use that to boot from and see if you can get that HD to mount and if those apps can fix the problems and if it does mount backup anything you need ASAP. If there's data on the HD which you definitly need and you can't get it to mount there's a company called Data Rescue which can get data of the HD, but they're very expensive. If you can't get it to mount with those apps you only have the option than to initialize the drive with the 'zero all data'option turned on. That is, if that doesn't fail aswell. HTH, Marc -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
