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marzipanni

(6,012 posts) Sat Apr 16, 2016, 02:47 AM Apr 2016

We have a G5 mac from 2008 (?) that starts and has a normal desktop [View all]

but as soon as I click on anything the beachball spins.

Does this always mean it's the end of the hard drive's life expectancy?

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We have a G5 mac from 2008 (?) that starts and has a normal desktop [View all] marzipanni Apr 2016 OP
A couple of thoughts PJMcK Apr 2016 #1
I have tried to start with a OSX (Leopard) disk which is the 10.5 series marzipanni Apr 2016 #4
Try this site PJMcK Apr 2016 #2
The HD is working well enough to boot up ... sounds more like some system files corrupted. eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #3
It gets stuck partway through verify disk, then the ball spins. marzipanni Apr 2016 #5
Yeah, that's not good. Back up everything you can. eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #6
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