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Messed Up My G4 Sawtooth
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<blockquote data-quote="Chilbear" data-source="post: 762613" data-attributes="member: 32643"><p>How about inserting a new drive into the machine, unhooking the original. At least you can do an install and make it the startup drive while getting the others to mount. </p><p></p><p>Another trick I used is to unhook the HD and it can only find the CD/DVD and should start up. After it got onto it's feet I reconnected the power feed to the faulty HD and proceeded to install the OS. It may toast the drive but it did work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chilbear, post: 762613, member: 32643"] How about inserting a new drive into the machine, unhooking the original. At least you can do an install and make it the startup drive while getting the others to mount. Another trick I used is to unhook the HD and it can only find the CD/DVD and should start up. After it got onto it's feet I reconnected the power feed to the faulty HD and proceeded to install the OS. It may toast the drive but it did work. [/QUOTE]
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