IMac Sluggish

[Inverness]

Hi

My Imac is getting a little sluggish. It was never like that when i bought it a couple of months ago.

I run disk utility and got the following message but i wasn't allowed to click on the repair button. Can anyone help?? I only have the 512 Ram (I should upgrade) But in the meantime can anyone help? THanks

Are there any freeware that could be used to clean up My Mac like the PC has?? Thanks

Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair

 

[frankblundt]

try repairing when booted off the cd/dvd. otherwise get an external drive and backup now.

 

[NightLord]

I agree, it sounds like your hard drive maybe going belly-up, so I'd make a back up to USB Drive/Firewire etc to avoid data-loss, and maybe if possible take it to the genius bar if theres one near by.

PS: iMac, not IMac ;P

 

[calebjohnston]

Remember: WARRANTY. You aren't going to pay **** for it if the drive fails.
MMM warranties.