Assuming its the aluminium 27", the glass front window has to come out to get a replacement disk in. This either means the repair has to be carried out in a 'clean' room or by someone with the patience of a saint (not me!) and lint free gloves.
On the rare occasions I've had to put a new drive in one of these, I send it over to Maidstone to my local AASP, MicroSpot. 'Fraid I don't know where an AASP close to Crawley would be.I'm loath to say 'Solutions' but quite happy to say CanCom! Chris Webb . Partner MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: [email protected] w: www.macservice.co.uk On 5 Aug 2011, at 13:08, Paul Howard wrote: > Hi all, > > Many thanks for the info on Diskwarrior. I purchased it (and a firewire 800 > cable which was not easy to find locally) and tried to run the repair using > Target Disk Mode. Initially the drive refused to repair saying there was a > hardware error, but after leaving it attached for 30 mins the status changed > and it said the repair was possible. > > The repair took about 30 mins and the log showed lots of errors that were > fixed. Initially the machine ran fine, but over the last day or so it has > started locking up again for 30 secs to 5 mins at a time before becoming > responsive again. > > I think the time has come to get the drive replaced. > > I would rather support a local, independent repairer if possible, so any > suggestions on the best place to take it for repair? > > Many thanks, > > -- > Paul Howard > > web: phoward.com | twitter: @phowardcom > > tel (UK): +44 (0)1293 738158 | mobile (UK): +44 (0)7903 505153 | tel > (US) : +1 251 243 0058 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
