Purler wrote: > I want to back up but my drive is too small; I have a 500GB G-Tech > drive on order but it won't arrive much before mid March, from Amazon. > I can drag a few music and photo files over in the meantime. We > always buy AppleCare but this iMac didn't have it and Apple wouldn't > let me add it. > Regards > Susan > Your problem is hardware related. Though Simon's idea was good, it would not solve it, as you've learnt. You could, if you wish, find out how to get your hands on one of those testing discs-I don't now recall their proper names...too early, no coffee yet....anyway, someone here would name them. I think with them, you could tell which hardware part is malfunctioning. Meanwhile, stop using that machine until you get your new HD and hopefully you're able to backup before it dies, if it indeed does and is not fixed. You may play around with some of the ram as well. Take some out, use some, swap them, etc. It may be easier, when you do backup, to do so with the HD in your computer now, installed in an external case, as you'd bet it would freeze during the backup if you do the backup using your local network, if you have one. Simon sorry to hear of your loss. > On Feb 27, 1:14 am, Robert MacLeay <rmacl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 26, 6:38 am, Purler <susan.plat...@zen.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >>> Well there I was, thinking the problem had gone away, when I got >>> another freeze this morning, then again this afternoon >>> >> I STRONGLY urge you to back up everything now, as in my experience >> this is only going to get worse, until your Mac won't boot at all. >> >> I have just gone through this with my late-2006 iMac, which is under >> AppleCare. >> >> After three unsuccessful attempts to repair my iMac over the last four >> weeks (attempts that included a new optical drive, a new video card, >> and a new motherboard), Apple is throwing in the towel and sending me >> a replacement. >> >> FYI, one thing I have learned (besides the value of AppleCare) is that >> inability of your machine to boot does not necessarily mean that you >> have no access to the hard disk. Mine will no longer start up off the >> internal HD, an external cloned HD, or the install DVD, but it will >> start up in FireWire Target Mode, and I was able to copy all my files >> off before handing it over to FedEx. >> > > >
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