Hi I have an eMac with 40GB internal drive. It is about 18 months old and had no hardware problems til this point. I have added more RAM, a firewire HD and upgraded the Combo Drive to a DVDRW drive about 4 months ago. It has had no problems since then until last night.
Last night it was behaving a little slow after being on for a couple of weeks solid, so I turned it off left it for about 10 mins and turned it back on. I was then presented with a flashing folder, like the old pre-OSX 'cant find blessed' icon. I booted from my Tiger install and went into StartUp Disc and my hard drive wasn't there, nor in Disk Utility. Thinking my hard drive was blown or dead. I turned it off. Later I turned it on and everything was ok, booted as normal and been running ever since. Is my drive about to give up the ghost? Was it a software glitch? Do I need to change the drive? Simon Royal Web Blog - http://mjbsworld.tblog.com/ --- The box said "Requires Windows 2000, or better" so I bought an Apple Mac. ---- Message sent via Totalise Webmail - http://www.totalise.co.uk/ MAX Broadband 2Mb now just £17.99 a month plus 2 months free! -- 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:[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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
