G4 ibook hard drive needed, internal
yes, making a horrid lawn-mower or hellicopter sound at times,
then crashing. so i need to replace the hard drive,
but where do i get it and what kind?
2.5" IDE/ATA laptop hard drive. You can buy it at any computer supply and electronics store which sells those drives.
You can't use a SATA (serial ATA) drive.
For an installation guide, check www.ifixit.com/Guide/
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Ibook hard drive needed, old one is going out....
yes, making a horrid lawn-mower or hellicopter sound at times,
then crashing. so i need to replace the hard drive,
but where do i get it and what kind?See your thread "g4 ibook hard drive needed, internal".
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Cloning iBook Hard Drive onto iMac - How?
Hello Again Mac Experts:
You guys have never failed me yet so here's another:
Situation: I want to upgrade my internal hard drive on my iBook and so want to clone the original Hard Drive, OS and files onto my iMac before doing so. I was told "Carbon Copy Cloner" was an easy, solid program to do this operation with and so I downloaded it onto my iMac.
Issue: I have my iBook connected to my iMac via Ethernet cable and can bring up it's hard drive easily via Shareware. No problem there. The problem occurs when I start the Carbon Copy Cloner software. It immediately pops up with a window that reads - "CCC cannot find any local disks located on your system besides the start up disk. Please mount another local disk and try running CCC again" - and I can get no further. I've tried fooling around with different "mounting," rebooting, and such but nothing changes.
Problem: What am I failing to understand or negotiate properly here? Do I need to do this operation via a Fire Wire cable? Am I not mounting something correctly? What gives?!
Lost at sea again. S.O.S. Thanks!
chaemo
P.S. Truthfully, I would prefer to install the OS for my iMac onto the iBook new hard drive (when I get it installed) and so did a pre-run trial but it said it couldn't install because of "bundling" incapatibility or something. Any thoughts on getting around that one!??
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) iBook OS X 10.3.9Shoot, on the previous, I forgot to click the "Yes, my questions has been answered" button.
Anyway, Dale thanks for your comments and suggestions on this matter for me. Your advice worked! FYI - here's what I previously posted:
chaemo
Great, I think I'm good now!
Thanks for your help with this, sorry it took so long to respond, I had to purchase a Fire Wire and try a few things before I could figure it out.
As you suspected, I did indeed need to get a Fire Wire to do the cloning (Ethernet is not the proper cable to do it with it turns out). So while I'm at my local Mac store I asked the tech guy about it and he told me the cloning was easy to do simply by using the Mac Disk Utility app and that I didn't need to bother with any outside software to do it. So I tried that but couldn't ever get it to work because it kept indicating that the disk was "too large," and again, I could get no further. So I went back to CCC, got further along this time, but again, ran into the size problem (I'm thinking here, that if my technical computing skills were a bit further refined, either one of these apps should probably work) . Finally, I tried the Superduper software, as you and Dale suggested, and that did the trick!
I now have a cloned copy of my iBook Hard Drive on my iMac. Next step is to get a new hard drive installed on my iBook and then put the clone back into it. Any suggestions on how that is accomplished? Is it just a matter of copying it onto the new hard drive or is there certian procedures with certian protocols involved?? Still riding the clueless train as you can tell!
Thanks again very much for your help with all this, once again you all come through for me! Sincerely,
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Ok me and my wife brought our MBP to a computer guy( a non apple authroized repair guy ) to get the screen replaced.When we picked it up the computer started acting funny and 1 1/2 weeks later the computer would not even start up. My wife just left the apple store and they called her back saying the hard drive needs to be replpaced. I have a strong feeling that these computer techs that fixed the screen did something to our MBP. Is there anyway I can prove this? I called them and they said before they do any repairt they check the hard drive and make sure it passes thier test. Once it dopes thay went ahead and repaired the screen. They said they don't even go inside the computer to fix the screen.
THanks.You also have to sometimes accept that everytime you open up and unplug things, you run the risk of disturbing something.
No matter how experienced you are, I have seen many times where just the act of swapping a CPU or changing RAM has triggered a failure elsewhere in the system.
I think the culprit of these occurances is voltage remaining in the capacitors. It is widely acknowledged that holding the power button down for 30 seconds after unplugging devices can restore function, so it is equally likely that failiing to do so, and failing to release the charge held in the capacitors before doing work can lead to internal discharges when plugging and unplugging devices and therefore lead to unwittingly damaging equipment.
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Can I purchase Mountain Lion and make a flash drive bootable? I do not want to install it on my Macbook Pro. I have Snow Leopard on my Macbook Pro now, and due to my hard drive needing repair, I need to boot off of another source, like my flash drive. I am in Paris and my Snow Leopard DVD is in Texas.
Mac OS X has a built-in disk diagnostic and repair program called fsck or file system consistency check. Here’s how to verify and repair your startup disk with fsck. As soon as you hear the startup tone, press and hold Command-S on the keyboard. Keep holding down those keys until you see a black screen with white lettering. This is called “booting into Single User Mode.” As the Mac boots in this mode, the screen reports each step of the process. The line should end in root#. Right after the root# prompt, enter the following: /sbin/fsck -fy
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I made a bootable disc on an external hard drive, with Yosemite on it. I am running Snow Leopard on my iMac. How can I open the Yosemite disc from the desktop on my iMac? Does the external hard drive need to be connected to my iMac by firewire to do that?
kahjot wrote:
Snow Leopard's Startup Disk pref can’t see Yosemite volumes. So the only way to switch from Snow Leopard to Yosemite is to do what Niel mentioned. Doesn't matter whether it's connected by USB or Firewire, although performance via FW would be faster.
Are you saying that Yos/10.10, as a volume located in a mounted external drive won't appear as an option in Snow Leopard's Startup Disc, in Sys Prefs? I've never heard this one before. AFAIK any mounted volume, regardless of OS, should appear there. I would think that, if it appears in the Boot Picker/Startup Manager it would also appear and could be booted to from Snow's Startup Disk. I can't test this myself, since I don't have Yos. Is what you are saying documented somewhere? -
I have replaced my ibook hard drive but when I start up I get a folder with a flashing question mark. I have tried installing the OSX disk using the "C" key but can't get any further than the flashing "?." What do I do? What is the problem?
Which iBook do you have?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1772?viewlocale=en_US
Which version of the OS is installed, and which version are you trying to install?
You could try starting up with Startup Manager and see if it will allow you to select the OS X install disc as the startup disk. If so, maybe you can proceed from there. I would recommend repairing the hard drive first since you are evidently having a bit of a problem with it. -
My hard drive needed to be replaced on my iMac. When I try to move the photos from my portable hard drive back onto the Mac, they are small and can't be edited or made any larger. How can I fix them?
YOu restore your phone from your icloud backup.
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I have Adobe Photoshop CS5 installed in two computers. The hard drive of my home computer crashed and I had no time to deactivate the software. The hard drive needed to be formatted. How can I activate the software CS5 again ? Thank you for an answer.
If it's the same computer, same CPU and same HD, no de-activation or re-activation should be necessary.
Install from scratch and apply all updates manually.
Please do a forum search. I and others have repeatedly answered the question about failed updates of CS5 a whole bunch of times recently.
Bottom line: the Adobe auto updater is utterly useless in CS5 and prior versions. You need to download the updates and apply them manually yourself.
I and others have even supplied the links for Mac and Win, which you haven't even bothered to specify. -
Acrobat Pro 9 for mac won't launch, reloaded from disk when hard drive needed to be replace. It's in applications folder but there is an X on the Acrobat Reinstall icon. What should I do.
Hi Janice,
What version of Mac OS are you using?
Adobe does not recommend migrating the software from one disk to the other.
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Upgrading to lion message Hard drive needs osx Journel extended to install
Upgrading from 10.6 to lion i get the message the hard drive needs to be installed on a "osx journel (extended)" hard disk. In disk utility it is in the correct format Any idea's ?
Are you sure it's journalled?
Preferably Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or, if necessary, Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, journaled).
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Installing 10.4.11 on External Hard Drive Needs to be Firewire Bootable
I have a PB G4 1.67 ghz. 2 Gigs of Ram 100 Gig HD The main hard drive failed, the first hard drive to fail on me in 24 years. In the worst place at the worst time away from all my support, tools and software. It goes to Apple Care.
The Drive was partitioned into 3 sectors #1 for the system and the software that installs with 10.4. #2 for other applications and # 3 for mostly storing my work.
#1 died and I tried all the goodies Disk Warrior, which told me it was bad and did manage to save some things where to put them where I am not sure, but there in the trash, not emptied yet on my
iBook G4 1.1Ghz. I also tried Data Rescue, both seem to be good programs but need to be installed before the crash. So am pretty new software burned out. But whatever works the best.
I will run the new external Hitachai HD off a G4 iBook 1.1Ghz with
I know how to format from Disk Utility, and install a new copy of 10.4.11.
I did keep pretty good backups of the Library so all my mailboxes, emails, address book, Keychain and all the essentials are there. Oh thank you..for those who say Back Up. I am going to be the back up Guru, after I get this one up and back into the world.
Now I used a simple drag and drop system to a separate hard drive, that I use just to back up these important files. Not flashy, but oh my gosh they are there. But they are on a seperate Hard Drive. Not the new one. No operating system on the back up hard drive and is only 50 Gigs. Only geez..
My question, what is the best way to get the essential files from Library on the Back Up Hard Drive on to the new fresh install of 10.4.11. On my new external 120 Gig Hitachi which is in a small little metal Firewire 400 and 800 case with the Oxford 922 chip.
I could simply drag and drop these files, a lot of manual labor, possible massive openings, but I want the best system and it seems there is software that is made to do not want this. But I am really burned out and do not want to learn another new piece of software that works pretty good for some and others like this.
I am open to ideas and do not want to create file folders within file folders or files within files, but it seems if I just drag and copy from the working Back Up files to the same empty folders , i.e. mail of the new Hard Drive applications , things should be OK ?? Ideas, don't do this...
I do have all my mailboxes, all 135 of them, plus the 10’s of thousands of messages that go with them and the info that goes into each box. The mail would probably be the most worrisom as it is rather big. Working on storage for that.
I have A New 120 Gigs HD, I had a 50 Gig partition before, and I was pushing that limit, mainly because of iPhoto and iTunes I was thinking 90 gig 20 gig and a small 9 gig Gig just for a small second install of a clean OS 10.4.11 just in case . This will ultimately be a storage drive as I am going to get a 160 Gig for the internal disk. But that is a repair trip away and I need to get this HD up and running be bootable
Thank You for any help ideas or maps. I have been fighting this for 2 days, so hope it makes sense, along with a whole other slew of of limited tools and books serial numbers.
GeoffreyOk my thinking on this has changed. To much time and too much trouble. Lets Just set up a new account set up the filters and boxes and get on with life.
I have the messages I restored, I will get more when there recovered off the hard disk that crashed is restored, so a long term solution is where I should be headed now.
Although I do not know what this means for getting my address book back and Keychain which is also very important and sort of goes along the line of mail importing.
So what is the recommendation for storing and being able to access in a similar manner large volumes of mail say 60,000 among 100 folders and then will grow.
I average 300 per day, much of it I want to save. I see I can save the messages I now have to any any folder I want, and if I save it in Rich Text then even a simple program like Text edit can open the message, read it and keep the proper format.
However, I by going to folders, I lose the strong search capability, that is so wonderful and strong in Mail and the threaded capability of messages that is also so wonderful when researching these letters to get the information I keep them for. Suggestions.? I have Office 08 but only use it when I have too. I have Apple works but it's getting dated. I am open to new programs. I prefer tested ones that last. There is some good shareware and I took a look at Mail Steward and have it. But shareware can come and go and for something as important as mail. I need proven product.
This storage of mail will keep my mail box size down, some had as much a 10 thousand letters. The nice thing about mail was you could search all that information so well. I know there are a fair multitude of shareware programs, but would like to keep it simple in a very stable program with the robustness of mail or even greater, but not a huge learning curve. Yes I want everything.
This is the real answer, backup is easy, but keep those mail files to where I can do a multitude of things with them and be safe. I think I read somewhere that Mail does not like more then a 1000 messages per Mailbox. That is small for my needs.
So suggestions from here, or start a new thread. Or. Plus should we go on to the keychain which is so vital. Plus address book. ??? Hopefully that will be easier.
Thanks for the input
Geoff -
Panther is installed but won't boot from iBook hard drive
Hello,
I made a similar post in the iBooks colors section of Discussions on this topic not quite knowing whether this was a hardware or software issue. I finally got Panther to install after using Disk Doctor to check for and fix errors on 9.2.2 (I would never use with OSX) and also rebuilt the directory while booted from an OS 9 CD and running Disk Warrior from a floppy and taking out the airport card. The Panther CD told me to restart the computer after installation. During the OSX start up from the hard drive I saw a gray screen and the dark gray Apple logo with the spinning gear then the computer crashed and a message appeared that I needed to restart the computer. After restart, the same sequence of events happened again. I have tried to restart from the OSX using the full retail CD used for intallation and the computer also crashes. I cannot start up from the Disk Warrior CD either. I have also tried make a Safe Mode start up and the iBook again crashed with the restart message appearing again. When I restart in OS 9 everything works perfectly, OS, airport and applications. I did have Jaguar installed on this iBook until five months ago, but incounterred issues with it and decided that more RAM would solve my problem. I then decided to initialize the hard drive and reinstall OSX after purchasing 256 RAM. The 256 stick of RAM was bought from ifixit.com and a guy there told me he thought that the logic board needed to be replaced. I explained to him that the computer works perfectly fine in the OS 9 mode, but he said that 0SX is more demanding and 9 can get by on less than perfect logic board. I also reinstalled the 128 MB RAM that was in the computer when Jaguar was running on it, but that didn't help either. I have scoured the iBook and Panther OSX sections of Discussions for any others having a similar problem, but not such luck.
I would appreciate any information or suggestion that you might have as to what may be causing this issue on my iBook.
Thank you.
Greg
iBook Mac OS X (10.3.5) 300 mhz 320 MB RAMGreg:
You have probably already tried this, but the first thing I would do is reset the PRAM.
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
6. Release the keys.
Also, check out this Apple article Your Mac won't start up in OS X.
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cornelius
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Upgrading original iBook hard drive
Hello.
I have just discovered the Mac with a new second-hand original blueberry clamshell iBook. It's come with a 3GB internal HD which I find is puny. I want to upgrade, but I admit I'm scared after looking at the instructions on www.ifixit.com. I know that I need a 9.5mm tall replacement, but I'm totally new to Macs (used to Windows) and want to know every detail about upgrading, i.e. how to put OS 9 back on, are there specific Mac hard drives? what will happen when I turn it on just after the HD upgrade etc.
I confess my ignorance, and thank everyone in advance for having read this message thus far.
Original iBook G3 Clamshell Mac OS 9.2.xThe process is a little involved. I recently upgraded my 10g on my iBook 466 SE Graphite to a Toshiba 40g that I had access to. It took me (I have built PC's from scratch-for years) 1:45 hours, only because I had never opened a iBook previously, and wanted to be careful. I used the instructions on www.ifixit.com. Most (if not all) laptop hard drives now are 9.5mm, only those that are (I believe) prior to 2000 are taller that 9.5mm. But any new hard drive you buy is the newer specification...9.5mm.
As for the upgrading to OS X, if your iBook, it would be better to upgrade to panther 10.3.9 and not to tiger 10.4.x, but it will run tiger. You may need to install a third party program called xpostfacto, because I believe you do not have Firewire on that iBook and Tiger looks for that as a requirement.
Also before you upgrade to OS X anything, you should hook that iBook up to internet and do a update to make sure you have most current firmware.
The most current firmware for colored iBook's is :
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117.
Lots of threads on this. any help just search threads or post back here.
Enjoy your new life as a MAC user. -
Backing up an external hard drive and internal drive to Time Machine
Hello! I have had my new iMac (21.5 inch, 10.6.6, 2.5 ghz Intel Core i5) for three days now. I am really nervous about losing my files. One thing I was really looking forward to on the Mac is Time Machine.
Here is my current setup. Time Machine is backing up my internal hard drive (500GB) to an external hard drive (500GB). Lets call the Time Machine backup drive "black" for simplicity. I have another external hard drive connected as well (500GB). Let's call it "silver." The silver drive has all the files I created on various PC's and Macs. It is formatted so that it can work on both PCs and Macs (MS-DOS FAT 32). There is 350GB on the silver drive, leaving 149 GB available. The black one is the Time Machine backup; it was formatted by Time Machine into Mac OS Extended journaled and is currently using 31 GB.
I would really love for Time Machine to back up the Silver drive (that has all of my files) and the internal Mac drive to the Time Machine black drive. In Time Machine's exclude list, it shows the Silver drive, but will not let me exclude it (it will not let me select it at all).
Is there something that I am missing? Why won't Time Machine include the Silver drive?
P.S. I am new to Time Machine, and most of System Preferences, so a little more explanation may be needed.
Thank you in advance!Just curious, why is it a bad idea to share with Windows? The files I created on Windows that I want to use on the Mac are things like PDFs, JPGs, MP3s, Adobe Creative Suite files, etc. I don't know very much about cross platform files other than I haven't had issues over the last four years sharing files with a PC here and a Mac at school (and now this Mac that I own).
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