the iMac will live

Post #368,070 by Bman 12/17/12 5:04:47 PM Reply	the iMac will live it seems just be the hard drive but I got a good deal on a new hard drive they're going to give me 1 terabyte for the price of a 500 gigabyte drive it will cost me 220 installed should get it back by Friday "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #368,092 by folkert 12/17/12 10:37:11 PM Reply	Good enough. Though $220 seems a bit steep. All it takes is a couple of suction cups and a proper screw driver. $94 with shipping for a 1TB drive form NewEgg. About 3" of tape to hold the wires again, replacing the tape that was ruined or dried out. Took me 10 minutes tops to put in a new drive and then about 1/2 hour of waiting around to install the OS on the drive. But, I hope it works for you. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #368,102 by Bman 12/18/12 12:54:03 AM Reply	Re: Good enough. To much work Just let them do it That price they will put the os back So all I have to do restore from my back up drive "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #368,103 by folkert 12/18/12 12:56:36 AM Reply	40 minutes? 10 minutes to replace the drive and 30 to install the OS... After the drive its a 3-5 click process. Its the easy part. Restoring from backups... that'll take a long while and be finicky. Ehhh. Whatever floats your boat Dolla-Bill-man. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #368,104 by crazy 12/18/12 4:40:30 AM Reply	Money well spent
Post #368,114 by folkert 12/18/12 9:12:55 AM Reply	For him? Maybe/probably... For me... notta chance in hell. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #368,115 by Another Scott 12/18/12 10:12:27 AM Reply	You should post that picture of the server HD wiring again. You're an, um, outlier when it comes to working on computer hardware. ;-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #368,116 by folkert 12/18/12 10:31:01 AM Reply	Heck... I dunno if I have it anymore. That was a 2001 for one of them... and 2004 for another. Its been a while since I constructed a monstrosity like those. Though I still have a 600MHz machine downstairs... though its toast. One drive took out a whole array of drives. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #368,117 by malraux 12/18/12 10:43:07 AM Reply	You is you I put a new drive in my mother's iMac and it took me over an hour just to do the hardware portion. Yes, I had the suction cups, spudgers, tape, and everything else that was necessary. Same $220 charge, though, which she didn't have so I was glad to spend the time for her. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

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