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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1000318" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums!</p><p></p><p>Do you have a boot disk for the present OS? If so, start your iMac from it (hold the C key on startup). Once the iMac is operating, go to Disk Utility > First Aid > Verify Hard Disk > Repair Disk (if necessary).</p><p></p><p>If DU finds faults it cannot repair, then yes, the HD is suspect and you should transfer as much of your valuable material to a separate hard drive. Start your iMac in Safe mode (hold Shift at startup), which should allow you access to the non-OS contents of the hard drive.</p><p></p><p>You have the option of the Big Gun of disk repair - Disk Warrior - but it's expensive.</p><p></p><p>The Seagate 1 Tb drive has bad reviews, so you may wish to replace it anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 1000318, member: 56231"] Welcome to Mac-Forums! Do you have a boot disk for the present OS? If so, start your iMac from it (hold the C key on startup). Once the iMac is operating, go to Disk Utility > First Aid > Verify Hard Disk > Repair Disk (if necessary). If DU finds faults it cannot repair, then yes, the HD is suspect and you should transfer as much of your valuable material to a separate hard drive. Start your iMac in Safe mode (hold Shift at startup), which should allow you access to the non-OS contents of the hard drive. You have the option of the Big Gun of disk repair - Disk Warrior - but it's expensive. The Seagate 1 Tb drive has bad reviews, so you may wish to replace it anyway. [/QUOTE]
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