I have a flashing icon when I start macosx

I have tried everything suggested the issue remains I am unable to locate the Hard drive. Tiger install will not locate irt Disk warrior cannot locate it help..................cheryl

If neither the Tiger install CD nor Disk Warrior can locate the drive, you're going to have to take it or send it in for repair. Could be something as simple as a loose cable or as horrid as a drive failure. Pray for the simple fix unless you have a really good backup of the data on the drive - I can tell you from experience that a data recovery service will charge a fee that rivals the cost of replacing the Powebook..
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