I just keep getting the spinning gear forever. If I leave the drives connected while trying to boot the SSD. I have to disconnect all of my other drives first, boot from the SSD which is really quick and fast, then reconnect my other external drives. The only issue that I have is that the SSD enclosure doesn't seem powerful enough, even with its own power supply running it, to boot up with all 3 of my other connnected FW800 drives. It is faster than all of my other bootable FireWire connected drives, hands down! I am amazed how fast my Mac runs from this externall SSD. Plus tried to boot into the utility to format and re-install the macOS and it w. Running this external SSD from FireWire 800 IS faster than running a standard FW800 mechanical hard drive. Had to replace a late 2009 iMac hard drive because it didnt want to boot up.
Alas, the hard disk was a little small for my needs (video editing & color grading) so I decided to exchange the internal 500 GB disk with a new 2000 GB drive. enclosed, 480 Gbs storage SSD from OWC macsales. Recently I got me an old iMac 20' (version 7.1) for a reasonable price on eBay and was delighted about how well in shape it was.
Imac 2009 hard drive replacement install#
I couldn't pay for both a new internal SSD and the cost for my local Apple Authorised Service to install it and I didn't want to break into my only work Mac to do a DIY I have never done before, so I went with purchasing and using an external FireWire. Finally dying a slow death after only 6 years! My replaced hard drive in my late 2009 iMac is doing what yours is doing. Lots of different sized fasteners and small fiddly connectors to be careful of. If you plan on doing a DIY of your iMac, if you have never did a teardown/reassembly of any computer and, especially, an iMac, you need to be careful. OWC macsales has these and you can call or contact them for more information.Īn internal SSD in your iMac will be FAST! If you are going to replace that drive yourself you should look at the OWC macsales site and think about perhaps installing a much faster SSD ( Soild State flash menory Drive) into your iMac, instead.
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