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Hi folks,maybe you can help me.

Had to do a complete re install of my os x on my powerbook g4(15")as ive done before w/o a problem using the same start up disk.

Now when I get to the window where it asks the destination (after license agreement)I do not get an (option ie harddrive).

So thats where it sits and am unable to go further along the re install.


Thankyou

tincup101@excite.com
 
Guessing you are beginning the OS X install, so go to the menus at that same screen. Either the Installer menu, or the Utilities menu (whichever one you have) will show the Disk Utility, which you should select. Check if your hard drive is listed, and that it has at least a partition listed. So, you should have both an entry for your hard drive (something like ST300125A 113.7 GB, or other maker info), and an entry with the partition name. If you have only one, then choose the Erase tab, and choose erase, which will initialize the hard drive, and create a new partition. You should then be able to quit the Utility, and continue on with the install.
If nothing shows for your hard drive, then your hard drive needs to be replaced....
 
Hi DeltaMac,ty for the response...Tried the erase,gets hung up in the very beginning,window says "setting up partitions".

Did a hardward test,says everythings fine..I had one error message,read "invalid key length".


thankyou
 
Go back into your Disk Utility (booted to the installer DVD) and select the drive (the manufacturer's info line), then click on the Partition tab
Then click on Volume Scheme, and choose something else in that list from Current (1 or 2 partitions would be fine), then click OK, and click on the Partition button. If that will complete, then choose the Erase tab, and click on the Erase button. If that does not complete (or the Partition, either), then you are really done with that hard drive, and it needs to be replaced. If you can get a complete Erase this time. Quit, and Exit from the installer, and shut your Mac off, so fans and drives all stop turning, give it a minute, and reboot to the installer DVD again, Open Disk utility again, and select your partition, and click the Repair Disk button. If that completes OK, Quit, and continue with the OS X install. if, instead, you get errors, then get the hard drive replaced.
 
DeltaMac...tried everything you said to no avail...I think youre right in saying the hd is shot.

Since it need hinges,a clutch,clasp(keep it closed),a top deck and now a hd im going to buy another computer,another powerbook G4,maybe a 17".

Thanks again for all the help,you know mac's thats for sure.

T.V.M
 
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