Hello, I have an iMac with a core 2 duo processor (recalling from memory) with 2 GB of RAM. It was performing poorly in regard to speed for nearly every action I requested of it. This started about two weeks ago. So, after trying a variety of applications and utiilities I decied to back up all my data and reinstall Tiger OS and then the Leopard OS upgrade software.
Yesterday, the Tiger install took over 10 hours (e.g. time remaining 10 hrs 28 mins...), but it finished up eventually...pretty much when it said it would. This morning I started the Leopard install. Again, estimated time remaining 10 hours plus some. It's going at the speed it said it would...about 6 hours left. By the way, I chose to do a complete reinstall over the drive, not one of the first two options. My thought was let's get a fresh start.
I did the Leopard upgrade about a year after getting the iMac and it took about an hour as I recall. From what I've found on the web one hour is what should be expected. So I'm a little worried about the length of time this is taking.
Is this indicative of a hardware problem? I doubt it's a software problem since I'm going with a clean install. Is it even a problem? I guess I'll find out when it's complete, but if someone has knowledge of what this is an indication of please let me know.
Thanks,
E
Yesterday, the Tiger install took over 10 hours (e.g. time remaining 10 hrs 28 mins...), but it finished up eventually...pretty much when it said it would. This morning I started the Leopard install. Again, estimated time remaining 10 hours plus some. It's going at the speed it said it would...about 6 hours left. By the way, I chose to do a complete reinstall over the drive, not one of the first two options. My thought was let's get a fresh start.
I did the Leopard upgrade about a year after getting the iMac and it took about an hour as I recall. From what I've found on the web one hour is what should be expected. So I'm a little worried about the length of time this is taking.
Is this indicative of a hardware problem? I doubt it's a software problem since I'm going with a clean install. Is it even a problem? I guess I'll find out when it's complete, but if someone has knowledge of what this is an indication of please let me know.
Thanks,
E