What happens when you pull the bad drive out (disconnect it, leaving
the good drive connected) and then try to start up from the DVD?
Jerry
On Jul 10, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Robert M. Klein wrote:
> I am stumped. ?My silver G4 tower is ailing and I can?t find the
> remedy. ?If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.
>
> I have OS 10.3.9 installed (for months). It has 2 hard drives in it
> (of course, only one has the system on it) and plenty of RAM. There is
> plenty of space on both drives. ?I routinely do software update and
> occasionally repair permissions. ?This problem came with no apparent
> provocation or warning.
>
> Here?s what it is doing (or not doing): ?on startup, I hear the tone,
> then the little folder with alternative face and question mark for
> about 4 seconds, then the grey startup screen with the black apple in
> the middle and the spinning wheel below. ?And that?s as far as it ever
> goes. ?The wheel spins and spins.
>
> So, I tried Disk Warrior, the latest version, and was able to start
> up with that CD (holding down the C key on start up). ?I ran all the
> diagnostics on hardware and directories. ?On the startup drive, I get
> the message that the drive has failed or will fail; the other drive is
> OK. ?I rebuilt the directories several times and there were a number
> of errors supposedly corrected (such as overlapping files, date
> errors, etc.) ?When that didn?t work, I replaced the battery with a
> new one. ?Nothing. ?I reset the PRAM (P-R-control-option, and by
> hitting the button on the mother board). ?Nothing. ?I checked to make
> sure everything was secure, no loose RAM boards, etc. I can?t get it
> to start up on anything but the Disk Warrior CD, not even the Tiger
> install DVD or the old OS 9 Software Restore CD. ?I though that I
> could at least install Tiger on the good drive and replace the other
> one.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robert
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