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Help!! It Crashed everytime when I log on to my powerbook
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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 319945" data-attributes="member: 11647"><p>I would try booting off of the OS X system CD if you can and use Disk Utility to perform a Repair Disk action.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know DiskWarrior is used to fix your disk if it can. You boot off of the CD that DiskWarrior comes on and it will try to fix the drive. It has some very sophisticated ways to recover drives. People have reported that DW can take many many hours but it can work. It is not a miracle worker and cannot fix physical damage.</p><p></p><p>To backup your system I suspect your real options are to either put your Powerbook into <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583" target="_blank">Firewire target disk mode</a> or pull that drive and place it into an external case to read it.</p><p></p><p>The other backup option is to share out your system and log into with your appropriate username. You turn on Personal File Sharing in preferences. But it sounds like you can't get that far, so if it isn't already done your are SOL.</p><p></p><p>My personal preference is to try to get a backup first before repair attempts. I would start with personal files not used during the login procedure, and then Mail and then things like preferences last. Odds are the login is trying to read a corrupted area of the drive.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what else I can suggest. At least you have some kind of backup. Many people have zero for backup.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xstep, post: 319945, member: 11647"] I would try booting off of the OS X system CD if you can and use Disk Utility to perform a Repair Disk action. As far as I know DiskWarrior is used to fix your disk if it can. You boot off of the CD that DiskWarrior comes on and it will try to fix the drive. It has some very sophisticated ways to recover drives. People have reported that DW can take many many hours but it can work. It is not a miracle worker and cannot fix physical damage. To backup your system I suspect your real options are to either put your Powerbook into [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583"]Firewire target disk mode[/URL] or pull that drive and place it into an external case to read it. The other backup option is to share out your system and log into with your appropriate username. You turn on Personal File Sharing in preferences. But it sounds like you can't get that far, so if it isn't already done your are SOL. My personal preference is to try to get a backup first before repair attempts. I would start with personal files not used during the login procedure, and then Mail and then things like preferences last. Odds are the login is trying to read a corrupted area of the drive. I'm not sure what else I can suggest. At least you have some kind of backup. Many people have zero for backup. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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