Is it worth replacing hard drive?
My iMac is six and a half years old and it's been fantastic. After going through your Answers section I think my HD is failing. I'm hearing clicking sounds and when I put it to sleep for awhile it won't wake up I have to reboot it which usually takes about three reboots to actually reboot it. I also see the folder with the ? in it sometimes.
So, my question is, is it worth putting in a new HD on a computer this old or should I just buy a new one?
Thanks,
Peter
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Gentlemen, thanks for getting back to me. You've given me inspiration. I will replace the HD.
Jack, you're right, my computer is white plastic and I think it's LCD...not sure.
I looked in the Profiler and did not see 3.5 SATA I saw ATA. Is that the same?
Can you please explain further?
I see the difference between the PATA and SATA HD's. Not sure what mine is yet. You probably know.
I think once I determine what HD I have then i can order one from Newegg.com
I know I will have other questions once I get started so, if I can keep in touch with you I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Peter
由 Peter 完成的
Glad I can help. I checked my old white iMac and it uses a hard drive with a SATA connection, so yours should use a SATA hard drive too
由 Jack Byrnes 完成的
Jack I ordered the Seagate HD that you suggested. I have two other questions.
First, what instructions would I use here on iFixit to install the new HD.
Second, once I install the new HD, is it a complicated issue to load the back up files I have on my external drive with Time Machine?
thanks
Peter
由 Peter 完成的
Put in the new hard drive and run the Mac osx install DVD. Install osx from scratch on the new hard drive. On first bootup, the computer will ask if you want to restore from a time machine backup. Connect your external drive and let the computer do the rest. It's that simple!
由 Jack Byrnes 完成的
Thanks Jack. With this new HD, is it possible to install the latest OS which I believe is Lion?
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