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Originally Posted by
tlarkin
I highly doubt the game caused the issue. It was most likely file system corruption or perhaps early signs of failing hardware, ie a bad hard drive. OS X is based off of NeXT which is BSD based Unix. If you installed a game, most likely that game was self contained and it would have to have your admin credentials to modify any of the system level stuff.
The harddrive was not damaged. In fact it is quite new (< year).
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Originally Posted by
methyl
iMac internal hard discs are liable to fail mechanically or corrupt at random.
Local Apple repairer said that total disc failure after only 3 years use was common.
Always take a backup and make sure that you keep your all your install CDs safe.
My purpose for posting this thread, was solely to see if someone could verify that it is not possible for a program (when crashing) to damage the UNIX installation.
I am not an UNIX expert myself, but I know that UNIX is regarded as a secure operating system.
My harddisk is quite new, and I have had no sign before or afterwards that there is something wrong with it.