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My PowerMac G5 is stuck on the desktop screen when booting up.
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1612841" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Yes...by install I mean take the boot drive from one of the working Powermac G5's...and put it into the non-working Powermac G5. In addition...keep the original boot drive that's in the non-working Powermac G5...in it.</p><p></p><p>Powermac G5's can have two internal hard drives...so you should have two hard drives installed in the non-working Powermac G5 when you are done.</p><p></p><p>Since both of these hard drives have an OS installed on them (both bootable hard drives). When you boot this computer...hold down the "option" key. Both hard drives should show up...you need to choose the proper hard drive to boot from (which should be the hard drive from the working Powermac G5).</p><p></p><p>Once the computer (hopefully) boots up normally...hopefully you will have access to both drives. And of course this would hopefully mean that you have access to the files on the original HD from the non-working Powermac G5.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds great. Always nice to get a faster computer!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> By the way...the Powermac you currently have can be upgraded to OS 10.5 (Tiger is 10.4). And I'm 99% sure CS3 is compatible with 10.5.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Please post back with your results. I'm curious how things turn out.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Good luck,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1612841, member: 56379"] Yes...by install I mean take the boot drive from one of the working Powermac G5's...and put it into the non-working Powermac G5. In addition...keep the original boot drive that's in the non-working Powermac G5...in it. Powermac G5's can have two internal hard drives...so you should have two hard drives installed in the non-working Powermac G5 when you are done. Since both of these hard drives have an OS installed on them (both bootable hard drives). When you boot this computer...hold down the "option" key. Both hard drives should show up...you need to choose the proper hard drive to boot from (which should be the hard drive from the working Powermac G5). Once the computer (hopefully) boots up normally...hopefully you will have access to both drives. And of course this would hopefully mean that you have access to the files on the original HD from the non-working Powermac G5.:) Sounds great. Always nice to get a faster computer!:) By the way...the Powermac you currently have can be upgraded to OS 10.5 (Tiger is 10.4). And I'm 99% sure CS3 is compatible with 10.5.:) Please post back with your results. I'm curious how things turn out.:) Good luck, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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