Hi Ben The freezing sounds like it could be a bad block on the drive yes. You could replace it with a seagate barracuda 2TB drive for around £80, with some later iMacs you have to download a program called HD Fan Control which supplies the drive temperature to the system and controls the fans accordingly.
Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 4 Nov 2012, at 18:25, Galleon Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, earlier this afternoon I downloaded a trial version of pianoteq and as > it wasn't showing up in logic I restarted my computer. Since then I have > been unable to start up. I have tried starting safe mode, resetting the pram > and then tried to boot from disk. The only option available seems to be to > use my original installation disk to re-install the system and hope I haven't > lost anything. Does this sound like new hard drive time? My system has been > freezing on and off for a couple of months even after I tried an erase > install. > > If I do get a new drive does anyone know a good reliable place/brand to buy? > I've seen 2 and 3tb ones for about £150 but I don't know enough about such > things to know whether I'm getting a good product/deal! > > Thanks > > Ben > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/E-5PkmT-KxIJ. > 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.
