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: > > 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] <javascript:> > > On 4 Nov 2012, at 18:25, Galleon Ben <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > >
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