About 2-3 weeks ago, my DP 1.8 G5 ( June 04) had a bit of meltdown. Did not start in safe mode, was showing what seemed to be Disk errors. So after trying several courses of action suggested by the list, (Thank you Bruce!) I went and picked up a new hard drive, and new pram battery, installed both and did an Archieve and Install back to OS 10.5.8 . It did not start up correctly with just the new pram battery. No, I did not have Applejack installed at the time. Yes, I installed an unformatted drive, and yes, the computer only 'saw' the drive I had left in, a 700gb with two partitions and the old system on it. So now I have new and old system in one partition, on the older drive now running. I am planning on getting an external case for pulled drive, to see what is salvageable, or if anything is wrong with it at all. Q 1. Can I use Applejack to verify/fix my old System file? Q 2. What is the best way to move either new or old system file to new HD? Q 3. If Applejack can fix/correct the old system file to where it is running, How do I make a backup copy? and where should I put it, for the next failure? Q 4. Oh, yeah, when I reinitiated Apple Mail, it picked up the Gmail account with no problem. However, on the 10 year old account with my local server company it is just receiving, but not sending. I am accessing this account (old) via webmail now, as G3-G5 list does not recognize my Gmail account as a member. Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated. I have talked to my provider, twice about this issue and gotten two different answers, neither of which worked. Odd point? My iPhone (synced to the old system) can still send mail via the old provider.. copied the settings from it to the Mac, and that didn't work then either.
System particulars. DP 1.8 G5, June 04, 4gb ram, 700gb (with partitions Tom & Jerry) lower drive slot; 2TB New(partitions Kukla, Fran, Ollie) upper bay; lacie 150gb firewire external, GeForce FX 5200 64mb video card, Hanns-g 25" HDMI monitor, wired keyboard, wireless mouse, RadioShark, external USB hub, Cable modem and Airport Extreme (saucer ) for wireless. G5 is hardwired to the Airport. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
