I want to BACKUP my files to an external hardrive and reinstall OSX.

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Albert Monaco

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My iBook G4 gives me the question mark on startup.

I have the installation disks.
I want to BACKUP my documents to an external hardrive, but I cannot access them.

What are my options?
 
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Your documents are probably gone, sounds like your hard drive might have died.
 
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Albert Monaco said:
Say it's not so!!!

Boot up using the OS X CD(put it in an boot while holding C), then go to disk utility, see if the hard drive even shows up there.
 

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