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<blockquote data-quote="steadman" data-source="post: 1000345" data-attributes="member: 144132"><p>Thanks for the replies guys (and the warm welcome). I'm pretty good about backing everything up so I'm not too concerned about losing data, it's just the erratic behaviour that worries me. I'll certainly give the disk utility repair a shot when I get some time - I'll post what happens there.</p><p></p><p>As for replacing the drive myself, is it really advisable to crack open the iMac myself? I do have Applecare but I've already had to send it back once (faulty fan on the 1st one they delivered - was very noisy!) and they took over a month to send a replacement. Needless to say I'm exploring other avenues before I resort to that again. </p><p></p><p>I'm guessing it might be the hard drive opposed to a software problem strictly from the noise it's making. Perhaps others with the same drive (Seagate 1TB: ST31000528ASQ) can verify whether or not their drive is noisy (as in, I can really hear it working away - haven't had an HD make this much noise since the 90s!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steadman, post: 1000345, member: 144132"] Thanks for the replies guys (and the warm welcome). I'm pretty good about backing everything up so I'm not too concerned about losing data, it's just the erratic behaviour that worries me. I'll certainly give the disk utility repair a shot when I get some time - I'll post what happens there. As for replacing the drive myself, is it really advisable to crack open the iMac myself? I do have Applecare but I've already had to send it back once (faulty fan on the 1st one they delivered - was very noisy!) and they took over a month to send a replacement. Needless to say I'm exploring other avenues before I resort to that again. I'm guessing it might be the hard drive opposed to a software problem strictly from the noise it's making. Perhaps others with the same drive (Seagate 1TB: ST31000528ASQ) can verify whether or not their drive is noisy (as in, I can really hear it working away - haven't had an HD make this much noise since the 90s!). [/QUOTE]
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