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Mac booting up/saving data REAL slow - please help!
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<blockquote data-quote="williamhaviland" data-source="post: 1487651" data-attributes="member: 285307"><p>Right, as an update:</p><p></p><p>This weekend I bought a 500GB hard drive, then followed bobtomay's instructions above for creating a USB install disk. I then completely reset/restored my iMac.</p><p></p><p>The computer seemed to find Mountain Lion after resetting, not sure if it picked it up from the USB install (I don't think it did, but remember, I am 'fick') and so I now have a sort of factory reset iMac. The (internal) hard drive is clean and empty, and thus far I've not added any data/software to it.</p><p></p><p>My findings, after a couple of days, are as follows:</p><p></p><p>- The machine is behaving a little better. It's not so slow performing basic tasks. It's not a huge deal improved either. But it is better</p><p></p><p>- This afternoon, I restarted the machine, from operational, just to see how long it would take. I timed it at 7 mins 20 secs, to fully get me to the log on screen. That seems quite long, no?!</p><p></p><p>I'm going to try to get garageband 11 working now, to see if I can use it at all, of it the machine is simply not fast enough to cope.</p><p></p><p>Based on what I've said above, do you think my (internal) hard drive is dead? If not, is there anything else I can do to heal the iMac? If yes, should I just bite the bullet and purchase a new (internal) hard drive from Apple?</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for any help/suggestions. If you need any more info from me please request. I may not have given enough above.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>Will</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="williamhaviland, post: 1487651, member: 285307"] Right, as an update: This weekend I bought a 500GB hard drive, then followed bobtomay's instructions above for creating a USB install disk. I then completely reset/restored my iMac. The computer seemed to find Mountain Lion after resetting, not sure if it picked it up from the USB install (I don't think it did, but remember, I am 'fick') and so I now have a sort of factory reset iMac. The (internal) hard drive is clean and empty, and thus far I've not added any data/software to it. My findings, after a couple of days, are as follows: - The machine is behaving a little better. It's not so slow performing basic tasks. It's not a huge deal improved either. But it is better - This afternoon, I restarted the machine, from operational, just to see how long it would take. I timed it at 7 mins 20 secs, to fully get me to the log on screen. That seems quite long, no?! I'm going to try to get garageband 11 working now, to see if I can use it at all, of it the machine is simply not fast enough to cope. Based on what I've said above, do you think my (internal) hard drive is dead? If not, is there anything else I can do to heal the iMac? If yes, should I just bite the bullet and purchase a new (internal) hard drive from Apple? Thanks again for any help/suggestions. If you need any more info from me please request. I may not have given enough above. Cheers Will [/QUOTE]
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