I had one of my PowerPC G5 iMacs sitting around shut down after I
upgraded to the latest Intel iMac.
I went to start it up but all I got was the spinning wheel. I tried
to use Disk Utilities from an external hard drive but could no to pen
the external hard drive for he same reason.
I had one of my PowerPC G5 iMacs sitting around shut down after I
upgraded to the latest Intel iMac.
I went to start it up but all I got was the spinning wheel. I tried
to use Disk Utilities from an external hard drive but could no to pen
the external hard drive for he same reason.
The problem could be the cold weather making the lubricant in the
hard disk too viscous to allow the disk to start spinning. If you
don't hear any disk noises during booting that is probably the cause.
In that case. allow the machine to warm up before starting. Putting
it in direct,
Hi Stuart, Ray,
If the problem is with the internal hard drive, it shouldn't stop you from
booting from an external hard drive, or from the install disk.
Stuart, when you say:
I tried to use Disk Utilities from an external hard drive but could not open
the external hard drive for he same
Did u reset the PRAM Stuart? Worked for me recently after G5 refused
to boot, Hold: option, control, P R down while rebooting,
best,
ken
On 02/07/2010, at 6:40 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:
I had one of my PowerPC G5 iMacs sitting around shut down after I
upgraded to the latest Intel
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