Time for a new HD in my iMac?

[bgrinter]

I've had my iMac for about 3 years (24" with 500gb hard drive) and tonight it had problems. My wife said it froze today, and after rebooting iTunes complained about not being able to save.

I ran Disk Utility verify which said to repair the disk, but the repair couldn't save it and told me to back up what I can, format and restore.

I have a backup. No, I have two - a Time Machine backup and a weekly "SuperDuper" snap shot from last night (second is for off site storage - yeah I'm paranoid and its finally paid off).

Currently I'm trying to format the drive to restore however I'm wondering whether I should consider the drive suspect and replace it now? If so, can anyone recommend somewhere to replace an iMac hard drive that's good in Sydney / Western Sydney? I don't want to do it myself.

Thanks all for your reponse

 

[DoFoT9]

whenever a drive starts to show signs of failing, replace it!

it does sound like its failing, especially if Disk Utility cannot repair it.

at least hard drives are cheapish these days.

good man for having backups!

 

[Hellhammer]

Any reseller or Apple store should be able to do it. Even some non-Apple repair shops can do it as you're out of warranty