#556975 - 04/29/1109:45 AMRe: Been a long time, HELP!!!
[Re: Jim_]
iBookmaster
WTF (Why The Face?)
Registered: 01/26/08
Posts: 1164
Loc: USA
iMacsoontobe, you could have a problem external drive. I have helped several people that had their computer slow down and beachball from having a misbehaving external drive. Eject it or startup without the external drive connected to see if that is the problem. Some of them have a reset button on the back and the drive gets in a unusable state and must be reset. Just another thing to try.
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#556979 - 04/29/1110:00 AMRe: Been a long time, HELP!!!
[Re: iBookmaster]
iMacsoontobe
Where's the RAM?
Registered: 01/10/08
Posts: 218
Loc: The Burgh
well the iMac drive was bad and has been replaced but...one thing that was strange, it only took about 2 hours to restore from TM, I did expect it to take longer
#557004 - 04/29/1103:32 PMRe: Been a long time, HELP!!!
[Re: iMacsoontobe]
Jim_ Number 9
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 12525
Loc: Columbus OH
Your permissions are hosed for sure. Have you repaired permissions yet? If not Run Disk Utility and repair permissions while booted from the HD, if it will launch. If not run Disk Utility permissions repair while booted from the install disk if you get that going, then reboot and repair permissions while booted from the HD.
Exactly what happens when you put the install DVD in?
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