Hi Sam thanks for that I'll check out the seagate drive. 

On Sunday, November 4, 2012 6:38:22 PM UTC, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
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> 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
>
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> On 4 Nov 2012, at 18:25, Galleon Ben <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
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> 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
>
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