[G4] I need help with OSX (update)

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Seagate Internal Hard Drive (ST3160023A-RK)

•160GB capacity, 7200RPM
•8MB data buffer

•Easy installation
•For Mac® and PC

$39.99
after $10.00 savings & $70.00 rebates

I just got this email today from circuit city.

Brian

G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM

On Jul 12, 2006, at 11:25 PM, SLarsonIH at aol.com wrote:

> Thanks to all who gave me advice and knowledge. In short, Every  
> time I tried
> to install (Archive and Install) it would quit and say there were  
> errors. I
> eventually moved all the OS9 stuff and OSX apps to the other drive and
> reformatted the drive, including zeroing the whole disk. (40Gig) I  
> made to partitions
> and went to do a complete install. Installer quit with a message of  
> error
> during install. Falling back on what I do know, I booted of the  
> other drive and ran
> Norton's on the freshly formatted drive. A few minutes in, I  
> started hearing
> a grind, pause, grind, pause, etc. coming from the tower. I'm going  
> to take a
> wild guess and say I have a bad drive. I don't know if a good  
> formatting
> utility can map it out or even if it's worth it, considering it's  
> probably the
> original HD. I am assuming it's a mechanical HD problem, not just a  
> bad sector,
> since it's making a grinding noise, huh?
>
> So, has anyone seen a good price on a good 120Gig HD, preferably a  
> Seagate?
>
> STeve
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