Attempting Erase and Install...not booting install Disk!

So my G4 is stuck on the "blue screen". I rebooted with the install disk, performed a diagnostics test and everything was noted as "passed". So then I try to reinstall OSX from the disk and it says it can't perform the install.
The disk says "OSX for a G4 Disk 1". Is there any reason this would be occurring? Any solutions?
Is it possible that everything would pass the diagnostics test yet my harddrive is bad?
thanks-
r
Message was edited by: richup
Message was edited by: richup

Since 10.4.9 never came out for a G4, and a MacBook is not a G4, we need to make sure you have the correct disc. There are Powerbook G4s, which say Powerbook beneath the screen, and are silver colored. If it says MacBook, it is not a G4.
Use my FAQ* to identify your Mac:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#IDENTIFY
Next tell us what it says on the disc. If they don't match, you have the wrong disc.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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    Permissions differ on "Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
    Permissions differ on "Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/ CodeResources", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
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    Now I am prepared to erase and install, but when it comes time to select a volume to install to, nothing shows up. (this is the third step of the install process, before I actually choose erase and install vs. archive/install). does erasing through disk utility make it possible to install OSX again without taking up all my space? are there any other options to look into before taking my computer to a store or something and getting the hard drive replaced?

    Can you start/boot the computer from your hard drive boot volume?
    If so, after the startup process is complete, go to Application > Utilities > Disk Utility.
    Launch Disk Utility and select the hard drive at the very top of the drives and volumes window.
    Under the First Aid tab, what does the S.M.A.R.T. status indicate at the bottom of the window?
    If anything other than Verified, your hard drive is failing or has failed and needs to be replaced.
    If the S.M.A.R.T. status for the hard drive is shown as Verified, quit Disk Utility and boot the compute from your Tiger install disc.
    Select your language and at the Installer screen/prompt, navigate to Disk Utility via the Installer menu bar.
    If you are unable to boot the computer from your hard drive boot volume, select the hard drive at the very top of the drives and volumes window and under the First Aid tab, check the S.M.A.R.T. status. If shown as Verified, you need to erase the hard drive using Disk Utility. Be sure HFS+ (or extended) is selected as the format with Journaling enabled.
    When completed, quit Disk Utility and the focus will return to the Installer.
    Try performing an Erase & Install again.

  • TM Not backing up since Erase and Install

    I recently did an erase and install and since then TM just says "Preparing" but has not backed anything up. What should I do?

    Welcome to the Apple forums:
    Until you solve your problem I recommend downloading SuperDuper and cloning your system on a regular basis. If you buy the options, you can have it make regularly scheduled backups. I believe it can share the TM drive, but if yours is nearly full, I suggest getting another external drive for SuperDuper.
    Why did you reinstall Leopard? I was under the impression that all you need to do is boot from the Leopard DVD and in the Utility menu restore the previous system. This might be the problem - I don't really know. I also suspect that the interim Tiger install is part of your problem.
    If you use SuperDuper and create a bootable clone and test it, then and only then I would suggest erasing your internal HD completely - actually deleting and recreating the partition, and then booting into Leopard DVD and using it to restore your TM system.
    Don't do anything without a second backup.
    Here's the link for SuperDuper
    http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
    I find it the perfect supplement to TM.

  • Which is the Start-Up disk when doing an 'Erase and Install'?

    Basically I am doing the 'Erase and Install' process now and It says in the Support online that you need to erase the Start-Up disk on the left side. But I do not know which is the start-up disk? Is it the Macintosh HD option? or Disk 1 (that is a external hard-drive with all my back-up files on). Please Help!

    The start up disk is the one with the OSX.  Usually it is the internal HDD, gray in color, and usually called Macintosh HD.
    Ciao.

  • Mail will not recognize mailboxes backed up before erase and install.

    Since my computer was starting to slow down, I figured it was a good time for the old erase and install. Rather than backup the whole "Mail" folder in the library as I should have done, I only backed up the "Mailboxes" and the "POP-address@..." folders. I also backed up the plist folder to go in /preferences/mail.
    Now mail won't recognize my old mailboxes. The preferences list clearly worked, and my mailbox folders even appear on the left in mail, but none of my messages are there. When I try to use the "import mailboxes" command in mail, it says that "No valid mail for mac os x were found." The messages are clearly in these folders because if I double click on an individual message, I can see it.
    Please help me to get back to my former world. I miss IMAP.

    David Gimeno Gost wrote:
    I also backed up the plist folder to go in /preferences/mail.
    This doesn’t make sense. com.apple.mail.plist, if that’s what you mean, is a file, not a folder, and it should be in ~/Library/Preferences/, not in “/preferences/mail”.
    When I try to use the "import mailboxes" command in mail, it
    says that "No valid mail for mac os x were found."
    Pay attention to the instructions that Mail displays when choosing Mail for Mac OS X as the data format. In the next step, Mail wants you to select the folder that contains the mailboxes to be imported (i.e. the folder where the .mbox folders to be imported reside), not the .mbox folders themselves nor the Messages folders within them. If you select the wrong folder, Mail says “No valid Mail for Mac OS X files were found” because it cannot find any .mbox folders within the folder you’re selecting.
    Yes, sorry, the file is in library/preferences.
    Your suggestion about paying attention to the folder that the mailboxes are IN worked like a charm. The only problem is that now I accidentally deleted my trash mailbox and can't figure out how to create a new one.
    Thank you so much for your help, and I apologize for my ineptitude.

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    I need to erase and install.
    I need the cleanest installation. I was thing about "erase and install" from the disc.
    I know some people like to boot from the disc.
    What is best?
    Thanks.

    To do an erase & install, you'll have to boot from the disc.
     Cheers, Tom

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  • Erase and install?? a few problems...

    Hello. This is going to be a long one, so you might as well get a fresh cup.
    A little history. I started with a G4 Powerbook (10.4.11) some number of years ago. In November of last year I got a 24" iMac. Turned it on, set it up with a new user named "swank" (the same as on on powerbook.) After this, I realized I wanted to bring my old user over from the lappy. Using migration assistant, I tried to do this. I can't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure that because there was already a user named "swank", I had to change the one I was bring in. So, I changed it to "swanks." I also made a user for my girlfriend.
    So, for a long time I used m$ office 2004 on the lappy. Then I upgraded to 2008. Everything worked fine and dandy. Then I moved over to the iMac. Not so fine and dandy anymore. Word works just fine, but PP and Excel have issues with saving documents. If I email a doc to myself from school, I can open it and view it just fine.
    (on edit: actually, this is not true. I'm going over the details below and realized that I can access a file from a thumb drive, etc, but not email)
    BUT, if I save it afterwards or save it from the email BEFORE opening it, it disappears somewhere into the ether. I eventually found out where this "ether" place is, but that will come later. I tried to reinstall office a couple times, to no avail. So I went to the local Mac store (non-corporate) the other day and talked with one of the techs about it. He told me about some files that needed to get deleted along with the uninstall. I did that a couple times, did a repair disk from the install disk (per the techs request as well), restarted between doing everything, etc, etc. Once convinced all was clear, I reinstalled office 2008. AAAAHHHHHH. SAME THING!!!! I don't get it. I don't want to talk with m$. I tried that once. It failed.
    Now I am wondering about starting ALL over from scratch. I'm not sure how to proceed from this point though. I have a time machine backup (250 gb of stuff from myself and my gf) and I have a bootcamp partion (that time machine has NOT been backing up.) So I guess my questionS are:
    1. can I do an erase and install on JUST the mac partition?
    2. once reinstalled, will I be able to pick and choose stuff off the time machine disk? Or do I have to simply restore completely from it (which at this point I would rather not)?
    3. is step #2 a good idea (bringing in individual files, if possible)? Or will this possibly bring in the corrupted-ness that I am currently experiencing?
    4. is there a way to do this without a clean install?
    Details of office problem:
    1. I open a document (new)
    2. Type anything
    3. Save
    4. Right click on file name at top of window
    (this is what I was referring to as the "ether." *WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD SOMETHING GET SAVED HERE?* Even though I specified that it get saved in "Documents"?????
    5. Bang head against wall
    1. I ATTEMPT to open a document saved when office worked
    2. 1 of 2 things will happen:
    OR
    (No matter WHAT file I try to open, only the last document I made will open, AND it will be called "juan")
    2. Bang head against wall
    Anyway, if you've made it this far, your are brave. Maybe you have advice. Thanks for listening.
    Dave
    Also, now, after erasing the m$ stuff, when I open a finder window in the user "swanks", the one I mainly use, the window for "swank" shows up. You know, with all the little red circle with white line through it things on the bottom right corner of a folder?? What the heck?

    Before erasing the volume and reinstalling, there are a few things you might want to try first, which are less disruptive:
    1. Force Office to generate new preference files. Go to /Users/swanks/Library/Preferences. Create a folder called "Microsoft_old". Drag the folder /Users/swanks/Library/Preferences/Microsoft into the new Microsoft_old folder. Drag all files in your preferences folder which begin with "com.microsoft" in there as well. Relaunch PowerPoint and test it out. You may find it was just a wonky prefs file causing the behavior. If you aren't seeing it in any other application, this is pretty likely.
    2. Test the opening/saving behavior of powerpoint in the new user account. If it is fine, then you can just move your files over from one user to the other. There are a few ways of doing this, but the simplest is probably to put everything you want into the /Users/Shared folder and change ownership to your new user account via the Get Info window or the Terminal, if you are comfortable in the command line (using chown -R is usually faster and more reliable than using the Sharing & Permissions section of the Info window, in my experience). Also, you can use your girlfriend's account to test this - does PowerPoint work as expected when she is logged in?
    If a new user account behaves the same way, then you probably have deeper issues than just preference problems. At that point you may want to consider rebuilding the OS.
    To answer your questions directly:
    1. can I do an erase and install on JUST the mac partition?
    Yes. You do not have to touch the Boot Camp partition when reinstalling Mac OS X. When booted from the install disc, you will have
    2. once reinstalled, will I be able to pick and choose stuff off the time machine disk? Or do I have to simply restore completely from it (which at this point I would rather not)?
    Yes. When you browse your Time Machine Backup (with the fancy space-warp background), you can select individual files/folders to restore. It will prompt you to select a location where you want to restore the files.
    3. is step #2 a good idea (bringing in individual files, if possible)? Or will this possibly bring in the corrupted-ness that I am currently experiencing?
    I don't think you are dealing with actual file corruption, more likely broken preferences or damaged defaults. I wouldn't be worried about bringing over any non-OS files.
    4. is there a way to do this without a clean install?
    See above. Those are the things I would try first, before you do a clean install.
    I hope this helps. If you have any questions, post and I'll try to answer.
    Message was edited by: Duncan Wright

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