My old iMac G4 (running OS 10.4) has been running sluggishly with sporadic freezes & "spinning pizzas" for several months. I launched Disk Utility which displayed the following message "SMART: failing".
I attempted to restart the iMac but it would freeze immediately after the "gong". I was, however, able to restart from the install CD. I attempted to run Repair Permissions which froze. I ran Repair Disk which reported that "volume cannot be repaired because of an error".
I restarted from the Disk Warrior CD. The hardware test indicated that "the built-in SMART indicated everything is normal".
Is this all indicative of an internal drive that is behaving unpredictably & about to die?
Thank you for any help.
I attempted to restart the iMac but it would freeze immediately after the "gong". I was, however, able to restart from the install CD. I attempted to run Repair Permissions which froze. I ran Repair Disk which reported that "volume cannot be repaired because of an error".
I restarted from the Disk Warrior CD. The hardware test indicated that "the built-in SMART indicated everything is normal".
Is this all indicative of an internal drive that is behaving unpredictably & about to die?
Thank you for any help.