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NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - Jerry® - 03-05-2015
I had my 2009 iMac's internal drive replaced through an Apple Replacement Program about 3-4 years ago? because the internal HDD was failing. A support tech came to my house and replaced it. Now, after sending a copy error report to the makers of SUPERDUPER! they inform me my HDD is failing:
NOW what am I gonna do?!!?!?
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - Jerry® - 03-05-2015
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - C(-)ris - 03-05-2015
Jeebus. Do you ever shut that thing down? That is a massive amount of hours on the drive. That is 2.5 YEARS of constant spinning. Not surprised it failed. There is a lot of heat inside an iMac.
I'd replace the internal drive with your SSD.
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - sekker - 03-05-2015
It's DEFINITELY a sign - put the SSD inside that bad boy.
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - Jerry® - 03-05-2015
C(-)ris wrote:
Jeebus. Do you ever shut that thing down? That is a massive amount of hours on the drive. That is 2.5 YEARS of constant spinning. Not surprised it failed. There is a lot of heat inside an iMac.
I'd replace the internal drive with your SSD.
I have a 1TB internal drive and a 120GB ext. boot SSD drive. Can I install a 2TB internal drive in my model iMac (late 2009)?
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - Jerry® - 03-05-2015
sekker wrote:
It's DEFINITELY a sign - put the SSD inside that bad boy.
the SSD is only 120GB tho..... I have a 1TB internal.....
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - Jerry® - 03-05-2015
Here's my setup:
120GB external SSD boot drive
1 TB SATA internal drive (of which I have a clone)
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - sekker - 03-05-2015
Pretty sure you could put both an SSD and a 2TB drive into that iMac - remove the optical and use an external. You could even make it a BR optical, thus upgrading.
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - kj4btkljv - 03-05-2015
I just went and gave my 2 Mac Pros a big hug...
Jeff
Re: NO! Not again! My internal HD is FAILING - Jerry® - 03-05-2015
