iMac G3 Hard Drive Issues
Hello, I know that this product is likely way out of support, but I still have questions. I have a summer 2001 iMac G3 (600MHz, 10.4.11) in a small collection, and when I use it, it runs pretty slow. It takes a lot of time to load certain applications, and initially I thought it was just because of its age. But then, out of curiosity, I opened up Disk Utility and got this message after Verifying the disk:
Verifying volume âMacintosh HDâ
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid sibling link
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
When I went to Repair the disk, it couldn't do that, probably because it had to unmount the only disk it has, which is understandable. And, after reading how to repair the disk in Disk Utility, I found that I need an OS X install disk. However, I lost the install disk for 10.4.11, but I have Mac OS 9.1, OS X 10.0, 10.1, and 10.3. I'm wondering: will it still be possible to repair the disk even though they won't be running 10.4, or do I have to have the same operating system as on the hard drive?
Second: If it is possible to repair the disk using an install disk that isn't 10.4, will I be able to install one of those operating systems (9.1, 10.0, or 10.3) and keep 10.4.11 in its place? Or will I have to delete 10.4 and install one of those systems?
Thanks for any feedback!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G3