On Nov 20, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Michael Shaw wrote: > You are lucky if it won't mount !! > > My downloaded updater .img mounted and installed properly & updated my > system to 10.6.5... > > And then I got a grey screen with a flashing "?" when I restarted and > booting the iMac from the Drive Genius DVD, the original iMac system disk, > and Disk Utilities on the Snow Leopard install disks all reported that my > drive had zero bytes on it. > > 2007 2.8 GHz Extreme just two months out of AppleCare so it cost me to get > the drive pulled & replaced.
That this happened during the 10.6.5 update is largely coincidental. A software update CAN NOT KILL A HARD DRIVE. The drive was ready to go, and probably the sustained disk activity of the update put it over the edge. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
