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Do I need a new hard drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="jerH" data-source="post: 1211458" data-attributes="member: 97929"><p>Just to close this out <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Picked up a Western Digital 250 GB drive last night for $49.99 and, after my first experience using a putty knife as a computer repair tool, got it installed. Restored from my latest Time Machine backup, rebooted and (drum roll please) hang. Rebooted in verbose mode. Hang with the last messages being </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Rebooted in safe mode. Hang. Rebooted in safe verbose mode. Hang. Don't recall the exact last error message, but I was able to attribute it to VirtualBox...I had forgotten I even had a Windows VM set up on the system since I hadn't used it in over a year.</p><p></p><p>So I wound up doing a clean install of Snow Leopard and then using the Migration Assistant to recover files from my Time Machine backup....still have a few things to clean up, but the system appears to be back in business with an extra 130GB of storage...woo hoo!</p><p></p><p>Thanks to everyone for all their help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jerH, post: 1211458, member: 97929"] Just to close this out :) Picked up a Western Digital 250 GB drive last night for $49.99 and, after my first experience using a putty knife as a computer repair tool, got it installed. Restored from my latest Time Machine backup, rebooted and (drum roll please) hang. Rebooted in verbose mode. Hang with the last messages being Rebooted in safe mode. Hang. Rebooted in safe verbose mode. Hang. Don't recall the exact last error message, but I was able to attribute it to VirtualBox...I had forgotten I even had a Windows VM set up on the system since I hadn't used it in over a year. So I wound up doing a clean install of Snow Leopard and then using the Migration Assistant to recover files from my Time Machine backup....still have a few things to clean up, but the system appears to be back in business with an extra 130GB of storage...woo hoo! Thanks to everyone for all their help. [/QUOTE]
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