On Apr 8, 2004, at 6:47 PM, James Morgan wrote:
We have a mirror door G4 running OS 9.2.2 and 10.2.8 that will no longer start up since we ran Tech Tool Pro Drive 10 on it. It just sits at the blinking question mark. It will start up from the Install # 1 CD that came with it and from the Disk Warrior CD.
I have Drive 10 and it never gave me this hassle. There are rare cases when
the drive is having problems and the disk utils make things *worse* rather
than better because of the extent of the corruption.
I'm thinking that Drive 10 must have damaged the system folder on OS
9.2.2? And, if so, if we run the software restore CD's that came with
the G4, will it erase our data?
At this stage in the game anything is possible. However, it does seem
strange that it "disabled" both OS 9 and OS X. That era restore disks will
erase the drive.
In the old days I would have just done a clean install to get a new
system folder but this G4 won't start up from the OS 9.2 CD, only from
the Install #1, from which one can only reinstall.
Anyone have any suggestions on where to go from here?
You could try an "archive and install" of OS X. If you boot to the OS X CD
can you see the drive? If so, will it let you install X on it? The archive
and install is like a "clean" install in OS 9. That should get you up and
running assuming no problems with the drive on the hardware front.
Thanks,
Glenn
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