10.4.10 update, dead hardrive

hello
i have a powermac g4 mirror door.
per the automatic software update, i downloaded/installed OS 10.4.10
i restarted machine and everything was running very sluggish.
i decided to reboot one more time.
when the machine restarted, all i got was the flahing folder/question mark icon.
i attempted to boot from my installation disk and my hard drive was no where to be seen. basically, everything was gone.
im not sure what caused this. obviously, with the age of my machine, it is not intel based. i am wondering if this is the issue.
can anyone give a guess at what went wrong and / or, how i can fix?????
thanks
wayne

Wayne:
Thanks for posting back with an update.
they said that my drive is dying. i just find it odd that this happened on the heels of the new system upgrade.....
Purely co-incidental. While faulty software installation could foul up your formatted volume, it is very unlikely it will affect the hardware itself. I have installed the latest OS update and it works fine. At first my fan seemed to be running quite a bit. I repair disk permissions, installed the Tiger 10.4.10 Combo update, repaired permissions, and it works as cool as a cucumber.
In terms of backup, I have SilverKeeper I got with my LaCie firewire HDD. I used it once. I use SuperDuper, almost exclusively, occausionally resorting to Carbon Copy Cloner. Both of these will clone your entire HDD, or your Users Folder. SD will do incremental backups (smartupdate) if you register the product. Easy to use, and very efficient. Mac Backup Software Harmful is an interesting review of some of the popular backup software.
Please post back with further questions or update.
Good luck.
cornelius

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