I had a similar situation happen to me. It pains me that Apple is making it harder and harder to replace a simple HD in a desktop iMac. iFixIt was invaluable --Bob On Dec 24, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote: > The Western Digital drive in our iMac 2008 broke down. I had to replace it with the backup one I made with Superduper!. > It took me 2 hours to do so. I found the help I needed on the iFixit website. I borrowed 2 sucking caps from my garage to remove the glass in front. > It almost fall out of it. Just magnets keep it there. I also ordered a new (Toshiba now) drive to act as new backup. > > Paul Moortgat > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u