i managed to find a spare hdd now unless i got THAT unlucky that its bad too, i'm right back at the orginal issue (apps bounce but no open/freeze up) i tested the ram but im Still thinking thier faulty and i dont have any pcs to run a ramtest on.
unless hdd + ram's bad i'm curious just how far i knackered my old iMac ;-; On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Thomas Fritsch <[email protected]> wrote: > update: redid the partitions. OS9 went fine but OSX fails every time on > "Installing Base System Part 1" so im pretty much sure now the drives > toast. > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Thomas Fritsch <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> i cant afford a Disc copy of DW, and yea it froze again for the 3rd time >> on the Catalouge File in the OSX Installer's Disk Utility. i'm not super >> bummed as the partitions are fresh so not much data outside the CallUp >> script i was using to make the dialup connection work. was on either >> partition. >> >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Google <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> > On Dec 22, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Ryan Waldon <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > On 22.December 2015 at 21:11:44 , Xion Dracari ([email protected]) >>> wrote: >>> >> Most likely but i wanted to get a opnion, >>> >> >>> >> yesterday i had to rush to shut it off as we had storm here and i >>> didnt have it on surge protector, i had to flat out pull the cable (a few >>> moments later luckily i did as power went out and the Breaker tripped in >>> teh main room) i turned it on today as i was using primarly my old iMac G3 >>> (Snow White 600mhz) to act as a Dialup Gateway for taking my dreamcast >>> online. (i dont have home phone services) to get online in Phantasy Star >>> online to notice it was taking Longer to boot. and Programs would Bounce >>> but not open. i thoght "I corrupted something with that sudden power off." >>> so i Plop in my CD1 of the 4disc OSX Set let installer window come up but >>> open Utilites -> Disk Utility to verify the Drive >>> >> >>> >> now thsi part's strange! Verifying's fine. but when i run Repair >>> instead of Verify it hangs then powers down the HDD on the "Checking >>> catalog File" >>> >> >>> >> booting from its small 4GB OS9 Partition its just fine and dandy. but >>> OSX seems Hosed. >>> >> >>> >> did the drive die? (No clicking) or do i Just need to redo the OSX >>> Installation? >>> > >>> > >>> > I would think that if the drive was completely dead, then it wouldn’t >>> boot at all, from any partition. I would try to redo the OSX installation. >>> > >>> > --ryan >>> >>> Since OS X was the boot partition, it’s very likely that the improper >>> shutdown did some damage to the disk directory or to volume information, or >>> both. Try repairing the OS X partition with Disk Utility while booted to >>> the OS X installation disk. If that doesn’t work or you get a message to >>> try something more powerful, and you’ve got DiskWarrior, run that. If all >>> else fails, then erase the partition and reinstall OS X. >>> >>> I’ve spent many an hour in ye olden dayes running DiskWarrior on Mac lab >>> G3 iMacs that wouldn’t start or freeze while booting. Why did they do that? >>> The teachers told students to shut down their iMacs by PULLING THE POWER >>> CORD OUT OF ITS SOCKET. Yep, true story. So I ran DiskWarrior and it fixed >>> volume information errors (start/stop blocks, etc.), and sorted out other >>> directory errors. Magically, the dual-boot OS X/ OS 9 iMacs began to boot >>> properly again. I tried educating the ignorant teachers, but met with >>> limited success. >>> >>> Jim Scott >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >>> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >>> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our >>> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "iMac Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
