On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Jimi Camel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > My faithful 1999 iMac Slot Loading has decided to stop working, when I > boot it up all I get is a grey boot screen with the Apple logo but no > spinning icon. The people in the Apple store told me to put in the > install disk and hold down "c", but I do not have the original install > disk. It was running OS X 10.3.9, and I have disks for 10.4.11 (iBook > G4) and OS 9. Is there any way I can revive my iMac whilst hopefully > keeping my files? If not, I would appreciate any help in just getting > the thing running again... > Thanks! > N.B: I would rather not have it permanently booting into OS 9 if > possible... > Do you still have the iBook that these disks are for? Does the iMac have firewire? If yes to both, try this: Boot the iMac into Target-Disk mode (Not sure what the key combo is, because my FireWire board is in transiet right now) and plug it into your iBook. Load up the Disk Utility from your iBook's native OS (Or from the install disk) Run the Repair disk test first, and see if that does anything. -Christian.
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