On Mar 3, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Al Grappone <algrappone at comcast.net> wrote: > Slowing down, Spinning beach ball. Bought 10.5.8 install disk. Installed and installed backup TM twice. Was advised that HD was failing. Now I just want to erase the HD before I recycle. Computer over 6yrs old. I might be tempted to purchase a HD for it then sell it, raise some dough for whatever I have 2 Minis which are 8 years old each, and a Pismo which is 14 years old, so tho parts do fail, overall these Macs have long useful lives.. cat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20130303/962f7f4b/attachment-0001.htm>