Hello all. This past weekend, my iMac began freezing up. It's a 21.5' iMac purchased around January / February (before the sandybridge processors came out). I turned my computer off, thinking the issue was because the computer hadn't been shut down in a while, as my computer had been resting in sleep mode for a few weeks. When I turned the computer back on (which took quite a while), I found that the Finder was unable to be used. It would crash every time an application was minimized, or went into the background momentarily (ie - Finder would crash loading Safari). Items on the desktop could barely be moved, and afterwards Finder would crash and turn itself back on again.
Today, the problem became unbearable. I repaired disk permissions, and tried to verify the disc itself - it said I needed the OS X disc that came with the computer. I restarted the computer, and opened disc permissions with the disc that came with the iMac when it was purchased. It said the hard drive was corrupted. I repaired disc permissions again, and repaired the disc itself. Afterwards, I wiped the hard drive clean, and repartitioned it, allocating all memory to be used by the one partition. I then tried to reinstall Snow Leopard.
The Snow Leopard install took a bit over 4 hours, despite it saying 38-40 minutes. When it reached around 8 minutes left on the install, it quit and said Mac OS X cannot be installed. I'm wondering if my operating system discs are faulty, or if there is a hardware issue to blame here. My computer should still be under warranty, but I'd prefer to fix it myself if possible (and easy). Any advice would greatly be appreciated.
Today, the problem became unbearable. I repaired disk permissions, and tried to verify the disc itself - it said I needed the OS X disc that came with the computer. I restarted the computer, and opened disc permissions with the disc that came with the iMac when it was purchased. It said the hard drive was corrupted. I repaired disc permissions again, and repaired the disc itself. Afterwards, I wiped the hard drive clean, and repartitioned it, allocating all memory to be used by the one partition. I then tried to reinstall Snow Leopard.
The Snow Leopard install took a bit over 4 hours, despite it saying 38-40 minutes. When it reached around 8 minutes left on the install, it quit and said Mac OS X cannot be installed. I'm wondering if my operating system discs are faulty, or if there is a hardware issue to blame here. My computer should still be under warranty, but I'd prefer to fix it myself if possible (and easy). Any advice would greatly be appreciated.
