Macintosh HD Erase and Repair

[Tomple]

i am about to restore and repair my HD

i am going to put in the imac instal disk then go to disk utility from the boot screen and then hit repair and erase or whatever

i am doing this because i think my hard drive is screwed up and i cant back up and external WD drive (heres the thread about it https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/735505/)

i did everything they told me in the thread and it didn't work so i am about to do this. i was just wondering if anyone knew if i was doing this right and if there is anything i should do before this, also if there is any point to what im about to do.

Thanks in advance

 

[obrien234]

SHould be fine.

You'll find Disk Utility as an option in a dropdown menu from the menubar after you start up with the install disk.

Just in case I would back up anything really important (essential documents, etc) onto a thumb drive or DVD in the tragic event that something happens to your internal drive (pretty low chances.)

 

[-tWv-]

Very low chances anything would happen to your internal hd. You aren't modifying it at all. If you follow the instructions that were suggested on the thread you will be fine. Just make sure you follow the instructions and be completely sure you select your external HD and not your internal. If you select your internal you will erase everything and that will not be good.

 

[Tesselator]

i am about to restore and repair my HD

i am going to put in the imac instal disk then go to disk utility from the boot screen and then hit repair and erase or whatever

i am doing this because i think my hard drive is screwed up and i cant back up and external WD drive (heres the thread about it https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/735505/)

i did everything they told me in the thread and it didn't work so i am about to do this. i was just wondering if anyone knew if i was doing this right and if there is anything i should do before this, also if there is any point to what im about to do.

Thanks in advance

Well, Dawg already said to do just that:

Ok, here is my suggestion...

1. Boot from your Leopard install disk

2. Open Disk Utility and completely reformat your external drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

3. Use Repair Disk on your internal HD on the iMac

4. Set up Time Machine

For Time Machine not to work, there is likely something wrong with one of the HDD. Either it is unable to read the internal drive correctly (repair disk) or it is unable to write to the external correctly (reformat drive)

You may want to also Repair Permissions while you are at it

Woof, Woof - Dawg

And you said you did it and it didn't work. So why start a new thread just to try the same thing again?

Anyway, I hope it works for you this time. And no, there's nothing special to know about before doing this. If the drive isn't busted it should just work.

 

[Tomple]

alright thanks you guys