MY POWERBOOK G4 WONT GO TO THE DESKTOP

HELLO,
I HOPE SOMEONE COULD HELP ME MY POWERBOOK G4 ONLY GOES AS FAR AS THE GRAY SCREEN WERE IT SHOWS THE APPLE AND THE LITTLE CIRCLE LOADING UNDER IT. IT WON’T GO TO THE DESKTOP. HAS ANYONE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND HOW CAN IT BE FIXED?

Hello! First please turn off the key caps as all caps are hard to read and considered by some to be rude. As for your problem try booting from the install disc ("c" key down at startup with the disc inserted) and repair the disc. Run the repair multiple times if it reports any errors. Tom

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