Hi
I have a G3 ibook 600MHZ, 20gb HD 10.2.8 which my girlfriend was using when the harddrive started making continuous clicking sounds, about one per second, and the computer effectively hung on us.
I thought she may have filled the HD, so after restarting i managed to move some stuff to the G5, but it was a painfully slow process, and after clearing about 1GB the clicking started again.
I checked some responses to similar problems on this site, but am hampered by the faulty internal dvd/cd drive. I have an external firewire LaCie CDRW which i put the software restore cd1 10.1.2 disk into (i cannot find the 10.2 upgrade disks that i got), anyway i restarted the ibook, holding 't' down, i get the firewire symbol but no action.
each time i try to start the ibook normally, it takes about 10mins to log in, and each action i try to do with it either takes the same amount of time to complete, or it does not progress at all.
Is there a way that i will be able to check the harddrive and fix any problems with it, or at least find out if it has spun its last waltz?
I am ok with tech stuff once i know what i am doing, but am in the dark on this one, any help that can be offered will be much appreciated, two people, one machine = not good!
Bruce
I have a G3 ibook 600MHZ, 20gb HD 10.2.8 which my girlfriend was using when the harddrive started making continuous clicking sounds, about one per second, and the computer effectively hung on us.
I thought she may have filled the HD, so after restarting i managed to move some stuff to the G5, but it was a painfully slow process, and after clearing about 1GB the clicking started again.
I checked some responses to similar problems on this site, but am hampered by the faulty internal dvd/cd drive. I have an external firewire LaCie CDRW which i put the software restore cd1 10.1.2 disk into (i cannot find the 10.2 upgrade disks that i got), anyway i restarted the ibook, holding 't' down, i get the firewire symbol but no action.
each time i try to start the ibook normally, it takes about 10mins to log in, and each action i try to do with it either takes the same amount of time to complete, or it does not progress at all.
Is there a way that i will be able to check the harddrive and fix any problems with it, or at least find out if it has spun its last waltz?
I am ok with tech stuff once i know what i am doing, but am in the dark on this one, any help that can be offered will be much appreciated, two people, one machine = not good!
Bruce