James cuck
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Is it making any strange noises? I'm wondering if it's a failing hard drive.
ibook G4 not booting
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Satcomer
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If it's making noise, that something in the mechanical moving parts in the hard drive has worn out. So backup now and replace that drive ASAP! Backup your current drive with something like Carbon Copy Cloner before replacing it.
MustangChuck
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No strange noises. The install CD's diagnostics show the drive to be SMART capable and it shows the drive as good. Another symptom is: When the system boots, the initial Apple splash screen is now a striped dark grey, instead of the light blue it once was.
I am fairly certain that the boot loader (or the Mac equivalent) has become corrupted. It started when I installed a Safari update and rebooted. Is there a way to rebuild this?
Chuck
PS: I was able to boot with Ubuntu and copy all of my important files off when this first began. My data is safe, thankfully.
I am fairly certain that the boot loader (or the Mac equivalent) has become corrupted. It started when I installed a Safari update and rebooted. Is there a way to rebuild this?
Chuck
PS: I was able to boot with Ubuntu and copy all of my important files off when this first began. My data is safe, thankfully.
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MustangChuck
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I got the system working again. I had to repartition the drive, but that seemed to rebuild the boot loader partition and allow for a complete installation.
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