help.. can i wipe my drive clean... i want to install tiger

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This is the one thing i hate about Apple, if stuff doesn't work they want you to bring your computer to them... a pc i could just wipe out the drive and start fresh... Is there a way to do this on MAC? Please read on to see why i want to do this... I have had no luck, and my mac is running very poorly!


I am trying to install the tiger i purchased.. it is the upgrade DVD. I am furious cause Apple can't help me after i spent money on the stupid program, and they won't take it back cause it is opened. Anyway here is my problem...

I have a G4 dual 1.0

I try to install it with the computer on... when it directs me to restart i do and then nothing, it boots to the grey apple screen, but no gears start moving...the same thing happens when i boot from the disc! So i was gonna do a disc repair from disc, an old disc, but I don't have my original boot disc from my last upgrade to 10.3.9, but i do have 10.3.7 from my macmini, but that isn't working either... is there any way to wipe out and start from scratch, anything i can do? I want to do a nice fresh clean install... Please Help me. Thanks, i am goin nuts!
 
You could try running fsck on the drive. Boot to single user mode by holding down the Apple and S keys when you power up. At the prompt type fsck -y followed by return. This should repair the disk. If it ends by saying that the disk was modified run it as many times as it takes to say that the disc is OK then type reboot followed by return andsee if it starts.

I do agree about them wanting stuff returned. Not only did I have to return a 5 day old Powerbook 'cos it wouldn't power up I had to pay to send it and I will have to pay to get it back.
 
Tommo said:
I do agree about them wanting stuff returned. Not only did I have to return a 5 day old Powerbook 'cos it wouldn't power up I had to pay to send it and I will have to pay to get it back.
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Apple does not charge for shipping nor repairs on computers that are under warranty. If you had to pay to ship a 5-day-old, brand-new, under-warranty PowerBook back to them, something is wrong. What happened?
 
Tommo said:
You could try running fsck on the drive. Boot to single user mode by holding down the Apple and S keys when you power up. At the prompt type fsck -y followed by return. This should repair the disk. If it ends by saying that the disk was modified run it as many times as it takes to say that the disc is OK then type reboot followed by return andsee if it starts.

I do agree about them wanting stuff returned. Not only did I have to return a 5 day old Powerbook 'cos it wouldn't power up I had to pay to send it and I will have to pay to get it back.
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nah... tiger still won't boot from DVD
 
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