>That's possible. But try hooking an external drive, either a floppy or hard disk, and >boot from IT and see >if your disk is indeed corrupt by using it to do the install to the internal drive >when the internal drive isn't >the startup drive.
I have already tried doing the install when the when the hard disk is not the startup disk, it gets as far as just starting the load the welcome screen to the installer and then bombs with a message - system error 41. Do you think it is worth a complete initialisation of the hard disk and doing a clean install? --- MacMail - the Webmail service especially for Mac users worldwide http://www.macmail.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
