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Complete Noob with a OSX Issue
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1328084" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>It sounds like your hard drive has failed. And yes, you will need a start up DVD in order to do repairs. First, you probably need to replace that defective hard drive and second, reinstall Tiger. If you haven't been making backups, chances are you lost all your data and applications.</p><p></p><p>A Tiger retail disk is what you need and can probably find one on eBay. The retail disk is black not gray - silver so be sure to buy the right one. A Leopard retail DVD is going to cost over $100 on eBay so you probably will be better off with the original Tiger. Forget Panther, it will not install.</p><p></p><p>Do the repairs yourself? Go to <a href="http://www.ifixit.com" target="_blank">iFixit: The free repair manual</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1328084, member: 46727"] It sounds like your hard drive has failed. And yes, you will need a start up DVD in order to do repairs. First, you probably need to replace that defective hard drive and second, reinstall Tiger. If you haven't been making backups, chances are you lost all your data and applications. A Tiger retail disk is what you need and can probably find one on eBay. The retail disk is black not gray - silver so be sure to buy the right one. A Leopard retail DVD is going to cost over $100 on eBay so you probably will be better off with the original Tiger. Forget Panther, it will not install. Do the repairs yourself? Go to [url=http://www.ifixit.com]iFixit: The free repair manual[/url]. [/QUOTE]
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