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10.3.9 Performance Issues?
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Jul 3, 2006, 02:45 PM
 
I haven't done anything to my computer in the past couple days out of the ordinary.

All of a sudden, programs are taking extremely long to load, booting up my computer takes literally ~10 minutes, and performance is increidbly slow in all applications. I am using Activity Monitor and it never raises above 35% CPU so it's not even like my computer is working too hard - more like it just stopped. Is it possible that I damaged my hard drive?

I have ample free space on my hard drive, and I haven't downloaded / installed any new applications in a very long time so I doubt it's a virus.

I tried to reinstall my software from the CD, but when I click the hard drive to install it just hangs there and gives me the pinwheel of doom.

This is a powerbook also, so is this a question more appropriately asked in those forums? If so, I apologize.

Maybe it's time to upgrade to Tiger? lol.
-Philadelphia, PA-
     
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Jul 6, 2006, 05:06 AM
 
maybe its the HD. open up disk util (on install CD) and see what it says. what does it say in SMART status?
     
   
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