I changed permission setting on main disk...took forever now when I bootup I get the chime...apple icon...fan noise...thats it...internal drive is broken...no Mac install disk..I have a windows XP desktop with installation disk..if I was to get external d

I changed permission setting on main disk...took forever now when I bootup I get the chime...apple icon...fan noise...thats it...internal drive is broken...no Mac install disk..I have a windows XP desktop with installation disk..if I was to get external drive ...could I use windows XP styartup disk just to boot the "17"Powerbook-G4...have no intention of downloading XP on the Mac...just want to boot it up...or is there a way to boot the Mac from the XP desktop...cables...etc?

Hi Romko23, just pasted info from manual...PowerBook G4 "17" 5.3
Your PowerBook comes with a minimum of 512 megabytes (MB) of 533
MHz Double Data Rate (DDR2) Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory
(SDRAM) installed. Both memory slots can accept an SDRAM module that meets the
following specifications:
Â Double Data Rate Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR SO-DIMM) format
Â 1.25 inch or smaller
Â 512 MB or 1 gigabyte (GB)
Â 200-pin
Â PC2-4200 DDR2 533 MHz Type RAM
PS my keyboad is loose...I tighten the tiny screws...only...once ...tried all the key-strokes...Comand-option..P-R.....safe-mode... etc...Mac only reacted ...once...right after.. I tightend K-board >>C-OpT- P-R...mac chimed twice...the Apple icon in grey screen got smaller....now after trying ...keyboard .boot short cuts 10 times..nothing...it chimes ...grey screen....apple in window...fan noice ....thats it...do you think I need to tighten screws...again,
I actually think when I was changing permissions...on entire it was taking so ong...20 min...I just hit power,,shut it down...when it wasn't done...no patience.,...just thought of something ...sounds important...whern I resgisted on this site..I tried to use my Powrbook login name ..got message.... .. blocked...Secury problem....that has to be the problem..blocked..how do I unblock?
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