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G5 grinding to a halt!
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 834113" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>When you put in the OSX DVD and boot by holding C, you get to the install menu. In Options you can choose Archive and Install and it will leave all your settings and programs in place. Be sure to check the checkboxes to save everything. It's sort of like the 2nd Repair option in Windows XP but better in my experience and you don't loose anything.</p><p></p><p>I am wondering though if it might not be the hard drive dying? Just a guess but some of your symptoms sound like it. I would run the Apple Hardware Test off the OSX DVD first. Try booting with the OSX DVD that came with the iMac in the drive and hold down the Option key till the drive selection menu all shows up. See if Apple Hardware Test appears (AHT). If so select that and when it comes up, choose Extended test and let it run. See if it finds anything wrong with the hard drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 834113, member: 8287"] When you put in the OSX DVD and boot by holding C, you get to the install menu. In Options you can choose Archive and Install and it will leave all your settings and programs in place. Be sure to check the checkboxes to save everything. It's sort of like the 2nd Repair option in Windows XP but better in my experience and you don't loose anything. I am wondering though if it might not be the hard drive dying? Just a guess but some of your symptoms sound like it. I would run the Apple Hardware Test off the OSX DVD first. Try booting with the OSX DVD that came with the iMac in the drive and hold down the Option key till the drive selection menu all shows up. See if Apple Hardware Test appears (AHT). If so select that and when it comes up, choose Extended test and let it run. See if it finds anything wrong with the hard drive. [/QUOTE]
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