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It would seem that the drive has failed, as it refuses to boot. Does anyone know if there are any easy DIY fixes, since I have lost my receipt?

It has always made grinding noises, and has always worked well in the past.

My iBook G4's Combo Drive refuses to accept any disks. It allows them to be inserted, makes grinding noises for several seconds, and ejects them. I have tried resetting the PMU, to no avail. I have tested nine seperate CDs and DVDs, including the Mac OS install DVD. Any ideas?

Thanks, I'll remember that Veljo. But what should I do in the mean time to speed this thing up?

I backed up my System, Library, and Users folders before repartitioning. I repartitioned, copied thee Users folder back, and things were good. Except for the fact that some applications (Photoshop, Dreamweaver) needed stuff in the systemwide Library folder to run correctly. Therefore, I booted...