Powerbook G4 does not recognize hard drive
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yahs
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Sep 6, 2008 at 01:17 PM
littlemunsterLA Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday June 17, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 17, 2009 - Jun 17, 2009 at 08:41 PM
littlemunsterLA Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday June 17, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 17, 2009 - Jun 17, 2009 at 08:41 PM
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???
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???
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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
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.
Go to applications>Utilities>Disk Utility Plug in the Usb Then plug your power cord in it should appear
littlemunsterLA
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Jun 17, 2009 at 08:41 PM
Jun 17, 2009 at 08:41 PM
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?
He doesn't have the instal disk.. where can I get it?
i would turn the HDD into and external one, plug into another macbook, and erase everything from the utility disc. Reinstall
I'm having difficulty with a friend computer doing the same thing. Anyone have any answers? Ideas? Clairvoyance?
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Jun 17, 2009 at 08:18 AM
Jun 17, 2009 at 08:18 AM
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?
