DiskWarrior

Also consider getting IMHO the best disk recovery tool on the Mac, Alsoft's DiskWarrior. This program is so good that if DiskWarrior can't fix it, the hard drive is toast. ...

I've heard of diskwarrior will this fix it? ...

I was going to run DiskWarrior but then my ext. HD is a FAT32 which a format it doesn't support. ...

You have had a gaggle of problems lately. Maybe a hard disk change would be a good deal. Whatever you decided to do just do a backup now. I say this because I now in my heart it is just a matter of time before that disk dies for good.

DiskWarrior saved my bacon. Apparently the drive is going bad (I got a message from DW saying so). Regardless, it recovered EVERYTHING. Can't praise it enough!

If this doesn't help consider getting the the best sick Mac utility called DiskWarrior. If DiskWarrior can't fix it, your looking at either a reinstall or a new hard disk. ...

I freed up memory, then used Diskwarrior to repair the hard disk, then did an archive/install of OSX 10.4, and the problem was fixed. Thanks for your help!

If this doesn't help consider getting the the best sick Mac utility called DiskWarrior. If DiskWarrior can't fix it, your looking at either a reinstall or a new hard disk. ...

Yea, go to Maxtor's site and download the latest and greatest for Mac and that will help w/ sleeping issues. Not talking about Retrospect stuff. DiskWarrior is famous for its ability to bring back drives from the dead when no other utility, including TechTool, could do it.

DiskWarrior fixed the issue (slowness and freezing when too much was being processed at once). Thanks.