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OS X completely screwed up..
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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 501166"><p>If you had your restore disk, you could boot from it and then try stuff. </p><p></p><p>The alternative would be if you can find someone that has a Mac with a FireWire port and cable and use it in Target Disk mode to access your PowerBook, then run Disk Utility on the hard drive: see if that wouldn't help. </p><p></p><p>Or find a full install disk of Tiger, boot from it by holding down the C key and repair the disk with Disk Utility.</p><p></p><p>Another would be to run DiskWarrior on your PowerBook.</p><p></p><p>A few things to try:</p><p></p><p>- starting up in Safe Mode, by holding down the <em>Shift</em> key then restart normally</p><p></p><p>- <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238" target="_blank"><strong>reset the NVRAM/PRAM</strong></a> </p><p></p><p>- booting into Open Firmware by holding down the <em>Command</em> + <em>Option</em> + <em>O</em> + <em>F</em>. This will boot your PB with a Terminal-like white window where you need to type at the prompt: </p><p><strong><em>reset-nvram</em></strong></p><p>hit the <em>Return</em> key then at the prompt type:</p><p><strong><em>reset-all</em></strong></p><p>then hit the <em>Return</em> key to restart normally.</p><p></p><p>Let us know how these go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 501166"] If you had your restore disk, you could boot from it and then try stuff. The alternative would be if you can find someone that has a Mac with a FireWire port and cable and use it in Target Disk mode to access your PowerBook, then run Disk Utility on the hard drive: see if that wouldn't help. Or find a full install disk of Tiger, boot from it by holding down the C key and repair the disk with Disk Utility. Another would be to run DiskWarrior on your PowerBook. A few things to try: - starting up in Safe Mode, by holding down the [I]Shift[/I] key then restart normally - [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238"][B]reset the NVRAM/PRAM[/B][/URL] - booting into Open Firmware by holding down the [I]Command[/I] + [I]Option[/I] + [I]O[/I] + [I]F[/I]. This will boot your PB with a Terminal-like white window where you need to type at the prompt: [b][I]reset-nvram[/I][/b] hit the [I]Return[/I] key then at the prompt type: [b][I]reset-all[/I][/b] then hit the [I]Return[/I] key to restart normally. Let us know how these go. [/QUOTE]
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