I have installed a new 500 GB HD and its performance has returned to what it was when new, boots up and ready to go in about 50 seconds.
Thanks to all for their assistance. Regards, Adrian [email protected] On 01/02/2011, at 5:02 PM, Robert Howells wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > You are battling a speed problem , but you also said this > > " It is a 159.7 gig with 27.36 available. " > > You are right about needing a bigger drive, > that or remove some of the data to an external drive ! > > ( I am running an external 750GB drive permanently over USB2 . Keep all the > video > files on that .) > > You should read this article which explains why :- > > <http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-WhyYouNeedMoreThanYouNeed.html> > > Have fun > > Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
