On 10/04/12 2:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> Hi Callum,
>
> Does not sound good, normally hearing a clicking sound in the Hard Drive
> indicates the Hard Drive is failing.
> I hope you have current backups before this happened as the Drive could
> completely die very quickly.
> Then it is extremely hard& sometimes impossible to recover your Data.
>
> One thing you could try is see if it will Safe Boot:
> Hold the Shift key down at startup.
> Give it lots of time; it's checking and repairing the drive, if possible.
>
> If that won't work, try booting from the Install DVD holding down the C key,
> open Disk Utility and Repair the drive.
>
> Failing that you need to backup quickly… if you can; or haven’t a current
> backup; and get someone like Daniel Kerr to have a look at it and if it is a
> failing / dead Hard Drive he could purchase and install a new hard drive for
> you.
>
> Shut Down the iMac and don’t use it until the problem is correctly. The more
> you use it the more chance you have of loosing your Data.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.7.3 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
>
>
> On 10/04/2012, at 9:17 AM, Callum Prior wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My iMac has just started making a light ticking/clicking noise and on
>> restart won't progress past the Apple logo screen.
>>
>> A review of Google Indicates this may not be a great thing. Hoping someone
>> can recommend a solution or a service centre to have it checked out?
>>
>> Cheers!
>> --
>> Callum Prior
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