IBook G4 almost starts

Help! Was working fine. Today tried to power on....chime OK, apple logo OK, spinning lines at bottom for 10-15 seconds and it shuts off. Any ideas?
Thanks.

if you get that far everytime, then the logic might still be ok, but it sounds like the hard drive has or is failing.
try booting from the install disc. from the menu bar select Utilities > Disk Utility. select the hard drive from the left hand icon list, click on the First Aid tab, & click the Verify Disk button. if it throws errors, then click the Repair Disk button. If it tells you the SMART status is failing or errors trying to repair failed, your drive is likely on it's last.

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