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New iMac got 3 partitions

byron321 said:
I bought an iMac a few days ago and there are 3 partitions (Macintosh HD, MaxDisk, DIAG). I have called the apple support (hong kong) but the guy had no ideas and he told me to call apple sales tomorrow. Do anyone see this before?
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That is odd. What does it DiskUtility look like? Is it new or used? If you only have 1 disk and it has three partitions, you should consider reloading from scratch.
 
i can only have a wild guess and you got one of the rare iMac's that got checked by quality control in the apple factory in china , and they just forgot to reinstll the OS again and wipe the disc
 
I think that's a good guess. I took a look in the MaxDisk partition and I found a tool called Indy that seems like a diagnostics tool for apple's internal use. There was a ReadMe file in the Indy folder that contains very detailed steps about testing the computer. From the filename of the video (cli_test.mp4) I found, I believe that video is used for testing.
 
byron321 said:
I think that's a good guess. I took a look in the MaxDisk partition and I found a tool called Indy that seems like a diagnostics tool for apple's internal use. There was a ReadMe file in the Indy folder that contains very detailed steps about testing the computer. From the filename of the video (cli_test.mp4) I found, I believe that video is used for testing.
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Upload the video to YouTube then link us!
 
It sounds like the OP was sent a refurbished computer. Apple has had so many returns, they cant just sell them at a loss or destroy them. Rather it seems, they sell them to unsupecting new buyers.

I would return this computer ASAP and order another one.

I just wouldnt be comfortable with a new computer that has existing data on it. Too fishy to me.
 
IndustrialSpace said:
It sounds like the OP was sent a refurbished computer. Apple has had so many returns, they cant just sell them at a loss or destroy them. Rather it seems, they sell them to unsupecting new buyers.

I would return this computer ASAP and order another one.

I just wouldnt be comfortable with a new computer that has existing data on it. Too fishy to me.
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You are speculating. I think the partitions are from quality-control testing (hence the test-related filenames), and the chinese workers just forgot to remove the partitions. But then again, I am speculating :eek:.
 
That is RARE :D

Hope I just can find new iMac with Lion, Windows7 and Ubuntu factory preinstalled .. and with so many games installed on Windows side, right from Apple Store :D

You may ask phone support about it, if I were you, I'd just reformat the HDD and install OSX as it should've
 
Reminded me of that *NEW* HDD I got from a local computer store.... I saw inventory and client / sales details in it. I took it back and watched their faces when I told them I formatted it... XD
 
I called the apple support again a few hours ago and they told me that those partitions are from QC and they somehow forgot to remove them (weird). They helped me to format the HD and reinstalled the OS.
 
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