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Trying to reformat old iBook laptop
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<blockquote data-quote="margieT" data-source="post: 798587" data-attributes="member: 85267"><p>Hi - I have an old iBook laptop that I'd like to give to a friend's daughter who is autistic. It only needs some basic programs, and the speed isn't a problem. So, I attached a firewire to it with my G4 and did a Disk Utility 7-pass erase of the old laptop,with the idea that i could then reinstall the old 10.2 software. Now I can't get it out of the questionmark stage.</p><p></p><p>I've tried to restart it holding down the C key with the 10.2 install disk, and no luck. Then I tried to load it using my G4 IBook and firewire. No luck. I know there's a trick that I'm missing. But it's been awhile since I did this... so... have i just ruined the laptop? Or is there a way to load the software?</p><p></p><p>sorry - I'm just techie enough to get myself in trouble. Not Techie enough to get out! <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Oops.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Oops:" title="Oops :Oops:" data-shortname=":Oops:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="margieT, post: 798587, member: 85267"] Hi - I have an old iBook laptop that I'd like to give to a friend's daughter who is autistic. It only needs some basic programs, and the speed isn't a problem. So, I attached a firewire to it with my G4 and did a Disk Utility 7-pass erase of the old laptop,with the idea that i could then reinstall the old 10.2 software. Now I can't get it out of the questionmark stage. I've tried to restart it holding down the C key with the 10.2 install disk, and no luck. Then I tried to load it using my G4 IBook and firewire. No luck. I know there's a trick that I'm missing. But it's been awhile since I did this... so... have i just ruined the laptop? Or is there a way to load the software? sorry - I'm just techie enough to get myself in trouble. Not Techie enough to get out! :Oops: [/QUOTE]
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