On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Jim Scott wrote: > Next, I run Drive Genius 3, the utility used by Geniuses in Apple stores. I > boot from the DG3 disk and run the hard drive scan test, making sure to ask > it to reallocate any bad sectors found. Then I run the Disk Integrity tests > for both read and write. The longer the tests run, the more likely you are to > find any problem areas. So don't skimp on time spent as you're not likely to > find any problem areas on the hard drive's media in 5 minutes, or possibly > even 30 minutes. I usually do a Sustained version of the read and write tests > on a smaller hard drive like yours, which takes 1-2 hours unless there are > read/write slowdowns. > > Finally, if a hard drive has passed all of the above tests, I run two more > utilities. First, with the iMac still booted into the Drive Genius 3 disk, I > select the Defrag button. Even though OS X does a pretty good job of > defragmenting files on the fly, after 7 years your hard drive is probably > pretty fragmented. DG3's Defrag feature will tell you how much and suggest > whether or not you should defrag. > > Drive Genius 3 and Disk Warrior are pricey third party utilities in the $100 > range, but are worth every penny for someone like me.
PowerMax, a Macintosh dealer not usually known for good prices, is selling brand-new packages of Drive Genius 3.0 for $14.95 on eBay: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Drive-Genius-3-0-For-Mac-/360797099032?pt=US_Drivers_Utilities_Software&hash=item54012ed418> For those who do not already have it, grab one quickly! -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
