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hd is dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="ash" data-source="post: 362950" data-attributes="member: 29444"><p>hi guys, </p><p></p><p>i've had my ibook for about 2 years now and the other day i had problems logging in, after i entered my password it just scrolled for ages, and the laptop was making odd noises. Anyways, now when i turn on the ibook it goes automatically into single user mode, ive entered a number of commands and nothing is working, ive tryed rebooting it, putting in the osx instllation disc and holding c but thats noy working, also tried a few unix codes.</p><p></p><p>after searching the forums ive come to the conclsuion that the hard drive is dead? is there any way i can get it to work again? i dont care about wiping the disk, thats fine, i just want it 2 work again, are there any unix codes to wipe the disk? i cant get out of single user mode.....</p><p></p><p>thanks alot for your assistance guys and i would really appreciate help on this matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ash, post: 362950, member: 29444"] hi guys, i've had my ibook for about 2 years now and the other day i had problems logging in, after i entered my password it just scrolled for ages, and the laptop was making odd noises. Anyways, now when i turn on the ibook it goes automatically into single user mode, ive entered a number of commands and nothing is working, ive tryed rebooting it, putting in the osx instllation disc and holding c but thats noy working, also tried a few unix codes. after searching the forums ive come to the conclsuion that the hard drive is dead? is there any way i can get it to work again? i dont care about wiping the disk, thats fine, i just want it 2 work again, are there any unix codes to wipe the disk? i cant get out of single user mode..... thanks alot for your assistance guys and i would really appreciate help on this matter. [/QUOTE]
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