out of the blue , my iBook got slow

[Mindcrime13]

well like the title says, my iBook was running just fine, and for some reason when i start it up yesterday it took like minute and a half to start up, when it usually starts in a bout less than a minute, and once its up i get the beach ball everytime i do something, is driving me crazy! my ibook, is a g3 800mhz, 640 ram, mac os 10.4.10, what could be wrong with it?? 😕

 

[mick4394]

Could be the beginning of a dying hard drive.

 

[yippy]

Dying hard drive you are hard drive is completely full. Backup now!

 

[Mindcrime13]

i reset the nvram that seems to amke it a bit better

 

[mick4394]

i reset the nvram that seems to amke it a bit better

Good news. Hope it holds true.

 

[yotaguy]

I agree with everyone to backup your files.

When computers start to get REALLY REALLY slow, there is a good chance there is a hardware issue beyond the hard drive and they will fail very soon.