Rev 2 G5 iMac Drive crashed twice. Call it in?

Question

We purchased this iMac in June when the new revs came out. Since then, the hard drive has had what can only be described as terminal corruption twice. The symptoms are as follows:
1) I get a disk full message - close applications to continue. This when there is at least 100gig left on the drive.
2) I close applications and reboot.
3) Grey Apple Screen with spinner
4) iMac does not boot.
5) Attempt mounting the drive in target mode to retrieve data. It will not mount.
6) Only solution is to reformat and reinstall the system.
This is on Tiger with most current updates. Thankfully I have good back ups.
As I said this has happened twice, and does not seem right.
It is working fine now, but for how long? Will Apple help me out on this, or am I stuck until it dies hard?

Answer 1

Richard,
You might try the following:
Boot from your install disk (hold the "c" key down with the install disk in the CD drive).
After it has booted, you will see a screen with install language selections. DO NOT select any of these languages. Instead, in the upper left corner, next to the Apple menu, you should see (i think), an Install menu. Click on this and you should see "Disk Utility".
Start the Disk Utility. From Disk Utility highlight your hard disk, and select "disk repair".
If Disk Utility finds a problem it will repair it. Continue to run Disk Repair unti no problems are discovered (it only fixes one problem at a time).
Assuming you are able to get this far, you may as well go ahead and run "Repair disk permissions".
All of the above done? Ok, restart your computer and see how it's running.
Still acting wierd? I'd find a local Apple Store and take it in for service (your 1 year warranty will work fine!)
Good Luck
Bob