Ok This is what I have:
I have an original 98 Mac G4 with a little memory upgrade
Mac OS 9 running on my original hard drive
Mac OSX running on an added internal HD drive (partitioned data and system)
Now at some point I had a OS X system running on the added internal HD with a copied system OS X on the same drive. This isn't a good thing right?I had to repartition my hard drive and I did't want to lose anything. I didn't take the time to figure out what system files I really needed. I believe this may have caused an issue but I am not sure.
The problem started when I couldn't use my printer to scan. I was having issues because the printer wouldn't work on my OS 9 applications as well. Anyway, I decided to trash that copied OS X system folder. Don't ask me why, but I did. Well I am not sure what happened but I think I ended up deleting the real system folder. The system also was acting funny while deleting so I ended up restarting while it was deleting? This was one of my blonde moments... Anyway, what happens now is my system will not boot and I get a bunch of error messages when I try to start the system. I can't seem to boot from the OS X disk either. I can boot from my OS 9 hard drive. I do see all my data though. My thought is to get an external drive to hook up and save all my data on it. Then reinstall the system. Now does this sound reasonable. Is there an easier way of doing things? My dilemma is what hard drive is a good one to get. I need to have a backup drive anyway. I need something with at least 20 GB. I am somewhat software literate, but not hardware literate. I haven't kept up-to-date on things in a long time... Also, where I live there are really no Macintosh literate people, so I couldn't get any help here...
Thanks for any advice.
Lisa
I have an original 98 Mac G4 with a little memory upgrade
Mac OS 9 running on my original hard drive
Mac OSX running on an added internal HD drive (partitioned data and system)
Now at some point I had a OS X system running on the added internal HD with a copied system OS X on the same drive. This isn't a good thing right?I had to repartition my hard drive and I did't want to lose anything. I didn't take the time to figure out what system files I really needed. I believe this may have caused an issue but I am not sure.
The problem started when I couldn't use my printer to scan. I was having issues because the printer wouldn't work on my OS 9 applications as well. Anyway, I decided to trash that copied OS X system folder. Don't ask me why, but I did. Well I am not sure what happened but I think I ended up deleting the real system folder. The system also was acting funny while deleting so I ended up restarting while it was deleting? This was one of my blonde moments... Anyway, what happens now is my system will not boot and I get a bunch of error messages when I try to start the system. I can't seem to boot from the OS X disk either. I can boot from my OS 9 hard drive. I do see all my data though. My thought is to get an external drive to hook up and save all my data on it. Then reinstall the system. Now does this sound reasonable. Is there an easier way of doing things? My dilemma is what hard drive is a good one to get. I need to have a backup drive anyway. I need something with at least 20 GB. I am somewhat software literate, but not hardware literate. I haven't kept up-to-date on things in a long time... Also, where I live there are really no Macintosh literate people, so I couldn't get any help here...
Thanks for any advice.
Lisa
