Gfs imac has recently been having issues it would first boot fine into osx then randomly not work then work again until yesterday where it wont go past the login screen. OSX was hanging after the login password was entered and eventually gave an 'unexpected error' with spotlight and airport. I tried repairing the partition with the install disc and with command prompt but no luck. After some research and realize it hasnt been wiped since it was bought in '07 i decided to do a clean install.
About a 1/4 way through the install i first got an error message along the lines of '/volume cannot be written', 2nd attempt resulted in the computer completely turning off, 3rd attempt spinning wheel of death.
Now before i go ahead an order a new hard drive i wanted to make sure that this was in fact the problem as im not too savvy with macs. Also is the hard drive a regular sata 3.5"? Thanks in advance...
About a 1/4 way through the install i first got an error message along the lines of '/volume cannot be written', 2nd attempt resulted in the computer completely turning off, 3rd attempt spinning wheel of death.
Now before i go ahead an order a new hard drive i wanted to make sure that this was in fact the problem as im not too savvy with macs. Also is the hard drive a regular sata 3.5"? Thanks in advance...
