PowerBook - Keeps timing out!

JankowskiCo. · JankowskiCo. #1 (**permalink**)

11-04-2008, 03:09 PM

I have the Powerbook G4 Titanium series with MAC OS X Tiger (v10.3.9). Recently I noticed that when I would try and access my hard drive the computer would just time out or hang up. And I would have force quit. Yet I could still access my applications, network drives, internet and items on my desktop. However, the online software updater always timed out as well. I tried to run Disk Utility and it would time out. So yesterday I tried starting the computer with the OS X disc in it hoping to run the disk utility off of the DVD. It started off running correctly, then about half way through I got this error, "Disk Utility lost its connection with the disk managment tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch." Well I did and got the same issue over and over again. Is my hard drive failing? What do I do? Thank you in advance.

xj6jaguar1985 · xj6jaguar1985 #2 (**permalink**)

11-07-2008, 01:46 AM

Sounds like your hard drive has seen better days, Sir. I would suggest replacing it.

xj6jaguar1985 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 06, 2008 Location: In a van down the river. Posts: 661 Mac Specs: 933 Mhz Powermac Quicksilver,1.5GB RAM, OSX 10.5, Tangerine 300MHz Clamshell, OS 9.2	11-07-2008, 01:46 AM Sounds like your hard drive has seen better days, Sir. I would suggest replacing it. Yes my name is Jaguar. No, it is not a joke. I don't find your "I'm a cheetah." joke funny.
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JankowskiCo. #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 04, 2008 Posts: 1	11-04-2008, 03:09 PM I have the Powerbook G4 Titanium series with MAC OS X Tiger (v10.3.9). Recently I noticed that when I would try and access my hard drive the computer would just time out or hang up. And I would have force quit. Yet I could still access my applications, network drives, internet and items on my desktop. However, the online software updater always timed out as well. I tried to run Disk Utility and it would time out. So yesterday I tried starting the computer with the OS X disc in it hoping to run the disk utility off of the DVD. It started off running correctly, then about half way through I got this error, "Disk Utility lost its connection with the disk managment tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch." Well I did and got the same issue over and over again. Is my hard drive failing? What do I do? Thank you in advance.
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