Powerbook G4 does not recognize hard driveClosed

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Hello,

My Powerbook G4 would freeze about 30 seconds after start up, so i tried to repair with disk utility and it did not help the problem.  I eventually gave up and decided to wipe the hard drive and do a reinstall of the system. It booted up and everything looked fine, and then i put the second instillation disk in and the amount of time to install kept rising, so i left the computer and when i cam back to it i saw the power cord had become disconnected, and the whole system froze.  I shut it down holding the power button, and now it will no longer boot up, and it gets stuck on the gray screen with the apple, and when i boot from instillation disk, it is not recognizing my hard drive, and when i go to disk utility, i get the rainbow spinning wheel of death and it continues to search to no avail.  Can someone please help me???

Broof4 · Accepted Answer

i am having the same problem. I got a western digital hard drive 2.5 inches and now i have no proccesser software and my disc will not work. I can not get my hard drive to mount or load anything on it. Help me please people

Murphy · Answer

I'm having difficulty with a friend computer doing the same thing. Anyone have any answers? Ideas? Clairvoyance?

g4 · Answer

exactly the same. bought a western digital hc, but my g4 can't recognize.

cwick · Answer

what shows up (if anything) hen u boot up w/ boot disk in after holding down "c"? 

anything at all?

pseudonym · Answer

Go to applications>Utilities>Disk Utility Plug in the Usb Then plug your power cord in it should appear

zaxs · Answer

I got a freeze halfway during a clean install on a PowerBook G4, Now i can only boot from a boot cd but i can no longer see the hard disk. Is there anyway I can mount the Harddisk for proper repair? I have tried with disk utilities to no avail.

maltese · Answer

i would turn the HDD into and external one, plug into another macbook, and erase everything from the utility disc. Reinstall

zaxs · Answer

thanks for the quick reply. I have tried to starting the Machine as a "target disk" but it does not appear on the other Mac thus i cannot erase and reinstall afresh... could this be a result of a permanent disk damage?

littlemunsterLA · Answer

Hey guys... My Friends iBookG4 says panic cpu unable to find driver for this platform "PowerBook6,5"

He doesn't have the instal disk.. where can I get it?

Powerbook G4 does not recognize hard drive

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