On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Jim Scott wrote: > Next, I run Drive Genius 3, the utility used by Geniuses in Apple stores. I > boot from the DG3 disk and run the hard drive scan test, making sure to ask > it to reallocate any bad sectors found. Then I run the Disk Integrity tests > for both read and write. The longer the tests run, the more likely you are to > find any problem areas. So don't skimp on time spent as you're not likely to > find any problem areas on the hard drive's media in 5 minutes, or possibly > even 30 minutes. I usually do a Sustained version of the read and write tests > on a smaller hard drive like yours, which takes 1-2 hours unless there are > read/write slowdowns. > > Finally, if a hard drive has passed all of the above tests, I run two more > utilities. First, with the iMac still booted into the Drive Genius 3 disk, I > select the Defrag button. Even though OS X does a pretty good job of > defragmenting files on the fly, after 7 years your hard drive is probably > pretty fragmented. DG3's Defrag feature will tell you how much and suggest > whether or not you should defrag. > > Drive Genius 3 and Disk Warrior are pricey third party utilities in the $100 > range, but are worth every penny for someone like me.
PowerMax, a Macintosh dealer not usually known for good prices, is selling brand-new packages of Drive Genius 3.0 for $14.95 on eBay: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Drive-Genius-3-0-For-Mac-/360797099032?pt=US_Drivers_Utilities_Software&hash=item54012ed418> For those who do not already have it, grab one quickly! -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
