Hi, i'll try to answer your questions in their context below: 15 jan 2011 kl. 19.01 skrev Ben Mustill-Rose:
> Are you sure that the drive is actually spinning down? How functional > is the rest of the os? I'm sure because the motor stops and so does the reading/writing apparently. Furthermore nothing can be done to the OS you can't get out of programs, the whole thing has locked up, the only thing i possibly can do is to reboot. > Would it be possible to put the drive in a usb enclosure, boot to osx, > use it for a couple of days like that and see how well things work? > Have you looked at smart info for the drive and if so, how healthy is it? > No on both questions and i don't even know how you do to access "smart info" and if i could understand it should i access it. I would be greatful for info on what to look for and how to do that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.