New hard drive ibook g3

I just installed a new, unformatted 40G HD in an Ibook G3 dual USB. With an external drive I am trying to install OS X 10.4 on it. Using the option key at start up I get to the page where I choose the Hard Drive or the Install disk. I choose the install disk, select my language and then agree to the licensing. When I get to the select a destination page, no Hard Drive is shown. What do I need to do to format (or whatever it's called) the drive so I can install OS X?
Thanks
Tom

In order to format the hard drive:
Start up from the Install disc by holding down the c key as the startup chime is ending. Hold down the c key until you see the progress indicator (which looks like a spinning gear).
Select the language and continue. (Do not go further.)
Go to the Utilities menu and open Disk Utility.
Click on the top hard drive icon in the left side panel.
Choose the "Partition" tab in order to format the drive to a single partition.
Click the Options button.
Choose "Apple Partition Map."
Click OK.
Choose to format as one partition.
Name the hard drive by typing the name in the "Name" field.
Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Volume Format.
Click on the "Partition" button.
Choose Erase tab.
Select the named volume of your hard drive in the left-side panel. (The hard drive icon which appears under the top hard drive icon — the volume you just named.)
Click "Erase."
The hard drive is now ready for the installation of the OS.

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I have an iBook g4 14" 1.42 ghz. I recently installed a new hard drive. I put the install CD in. Then, I pressed the power button, then the "C" key. Black screen and No chiming. Please tell me, what I can do to resolve this? What is the problem with it?

I have an iBook g4 14" 1.42 ghz. I recently installed a new hard drive. I put the install CD in. Then, I pressed the power button, then the "C" key. Black screen and No chiming. Please tell me, what I can do to resolve this? What is the problem with it?

Since it will not boot then a hardware test can't be run. You could try FireWire Target Disk Mode and if it works then access from another Mac to run tests on the new drive. You could also try installing the OS X software from the host computer. If this does not work then professional help should be considered.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661
http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/07/how-to-boot-a-mac-in-target-disk-mode/
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/answers/how-to-use-target-disk-mode-to-boot-from- another-macs-hard-drive

Hard drive on my mac died, installed new hard drive. When I try to sync my phone for the first time, will the computer wipe all the songs, photos, ibooks from my phone?

hard drive on my mac died, installed new hard drive. When I try to sync my phone for the first time, will the computer wipe all the songs, photos, ibooks from my phone?

Yes because that information is not located on the hard-drive of your new mac! If it is purchased content from the store, than this issue isn't as bad as it looks!
Here is a link explaining how to get your previously purchased content back:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
You also want to authorize your Apple ID account on the computer by following these instructions as well:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1730
Basically this link explains to go to the top left corner of your screen where you will see file, edit, view etc! Click on Store in that section and click on authorize this computer, also you want to make sure that the computer will not automatically sync by going to iTunes in the top left corner, just to the right of the apple symbol if iTunes is selected, and go to prefrences, and here you will see back up! Right under the back-ups has an option explaining to prevent devices from automatically syncing which is good cause you may be able to transfer your purchases from there which will put your content into the computer, and if that happens than we don't lose anything
Hopefully I was of some help:)

HELP w/iBook, New Hard Drive; OSX does not detect

couple of months ago, my ibook was acting up
I thought it was the Hard Drive... because at first, the position of the laptop affected it (it would like freeze, and all i had to do was stand the laptop up and then i'd be fine) so i thought it was hardware......
I checked the disk utility.....
and SMART was reporting serious errors......
so i felt it was the HD gone bad, after the many times of "banging" it around (nothing big tho)
and then......
it didnt start anymore
it would "freeze" and get error
so it was basically dead....
I FINALLY got a new Hard DRive for it and i was thrilled
I had CompUsa install it for me for $30....
I was gonna install osx myself.....
I picked it up
did the "Apple Hardware Test"
just to do it.....
everything checked out fine....... "Mass Storage - Passed"
I put the OS discs in and im clicking away "continue, etc"
it comes to the point where it asks me to choose a destination
a partition on the hard drive i presume......
and there's nothing there
my hard drive just isnt listed.....
I figured the hard drive just needed to be formatted......
aftere eventually realizing that there's a disk utility available during installation....
I thought i had figured it all out......
but upon opening the disc utility....
again, the utility did not detect the hard drive....
did CompUsa not plug the hard drive in right? is that even possible?
OR........
is the hard drive i bought not compatible?
I ordered from:https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
who specialize in mac stuff.....
I bought my laptop early 2004, and according to the site, i should be fine...
I then figure out my laptop is a 2003 model? 800mhz, etc. but even then,
the site says all 2003 models are supported.....
ahh.....
why is OSX not detecting it?
I wanna format, partition, and have my ibook back for good.....
and why does my "apple hardware test" say that my mass storage system is fine?
I tried searching for solutions....
I read someone whom had a similar problem....
and it turned out it was an OSX problem, not hardware....
anyways...
I sure dont hope that's the case, since i already bought the new Hard Drive...
im so confused....
do i tell CompUsa they didnt install it "right"?
someone please help
thank you

I'm not sure why everyone's so fixated on the hard drive's partitioning and whatnot... that wouldn't have any relation to whether or not you could boot from the Mac OS X install disk. From the sounds of it, your problem is that you have no bootable system on the hard drive and can't boot from the Mac OS X install disk, correct?
If that's right, then the problems are very simple indeed. First, your machine may not meet the [Snow Leopard system requirements|http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html], thus can't boot from a SL install disk. If this is a 2008 MBP, that's unlikely.
Second, you could be using a bad disk. The most likely explanation, in my experience, is that you're using the gray disks that shipped with a different machine. You did say that it was a retail disk, though, so I'm assuming that's not it. You could also have a retail disk with a system that's too old. You [can't install an older system than what your Mac shipped with|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2186]. That also doesn't seem likely if this is indeed a 2008 MacBook Pro. Or, perhaps the disk itself is defective.
The other possibility would be some kind of hardware problem, perhaps involving the optical drive.
One way to determine what's going on is to try booting with the gray disks that shipped with your machine. If you can't boot from those disks either, you're probably looking at an optical drive problem. If you can, try running [Apple Hardware Test|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509] to rule out other possible hardware problems.

Ibook wont recognize new hard drive

I put in a new and bigger hard drive and combo drive into my G4 ibook. Combo seems to work fine, at least it is running the OSX dvd. But the new 100GB hard drive isn’t showing up in Disc Utility, so I can't format it. I took it apart again and checked all the connections. Still no good. I can feel the new HD spinning, so I know it is getting power. Any suggestions?

Unfortunately the sound still doesnt work....still mad about that but what can you do...
Have you tried resetting the PRAM? Since the speaker volume is stored in PRAM, resetting it may help.
Thanks for reminding us that you have to format a new hard drive.

Installing a new hard drive and reinstalling Leopard 10.5 on a ibook g4

I have run out of hard drive space on my 30 GB ibook g4. I installed Leopard 10.5 about 8 months ago and hope to use Time Machine to restore the system. I also have made hard backups of my documents, photos, videos, address book etc. My question is do I need anything else besides my Leopard 10.5 install DVD to format the new hard drive and install the leopard 10.5 OS x operating system? I do not have a clone boot disc or firewire boot discs. Thanks for your advice.

Another alternative is to put a Seagate or Hitachi bare HD into a FireWire enclosure—basically, rolling your own (for a significant savings). Here's one http://www.amazon.com/Macally-Firewire-Storage-Enclosure-PHR-250CC/dp/B0000B3ALD
I have two Argosy enclosures with 200 GB Hitachi HDs. They used to be available at http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10500933 but apparently they ceased carrying them. However, a google search for ARGOSY EXTERNAL 3.5" firewir yields http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10502056%3Bc:100187%3Br:google which isn't a bad price.

New hard drive on ibook=troubled relationship between itunes/ipod/ext drive

A few months ago, I bought an external hard drive to accomodate my large music collection. I got wonderful advice from this forum about how to sync that with my itunes/ipod using 'preferences' and selecting the folder from the external drive as my itunes library.
Then, the hard drive on my ibook g4 had to be replaced. Very sad.
NOW, when I open itunes and set the preferences to the itunes folder on my external hard drive, itunes does nothing to show that it recognizes that folder.. the music doesn't appear in the itunes library (though it it still on my external drive.)
FURTHERMORE, since the new hard drive, when I connect my ipod to the ibook, I get a prompt saying that my ipod is connected to another library... but this is my only computer, the only computer my ipod has ever been 'married' to.
What should I do to get my itunes/ipod/external drive relationship back in sync now that I have the new ibook hard drive?

Hello
have a look at this
http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/
HTH
Pierre

Have Old Hard drive and want to move old data onto new hard drive in imac.

I am trying to get my files off of an old hard drive. I have it hooked up through a sata drive. I am able to access all the programs but for whatever reason I am unable to access any of the files, i.e- 1,00's of pictures, videos, music, and documents. Is there something else I need to do in order to get the files, or is it possible that all the programs could still be on it but the files are just missing? In the current Sata it only has two plugs but on my hard drive it looks like there is another place to plug something in.

Hello again Shadow,
The way I do this is to:
1) Install your new hard drive into your iBook
2) Get your iBook reassembeled
3) Place your old hard drive in your firewire enclosure
4) Insert your install DVD into your iBook and restart with the C key held down. When the installer launches, select your language in the first pane, click 'continue' and in the upper dropdown menu in the next page select Utilities > Disk Utility. After DU is open, select your hard drive from the list of volumes on the left (the very top one), and then click the 'Partition' tab to the right. Then select 1 partition (normal) and make sure that you have 'Mac OS Extended (journled)' selected in the lower section. Then click 'partition'
5)Quit disc utility, which brings you back to the installer. continue with your installation of OS X. In one of the first steps you will see a button on the lower left which says 'options' click on that and make sure that the option 'Installs OS X for the first time' is selected. It will normally be selected by default with a new drive.
6) After the installation, the Migration Assistant will ask if you would like to transfer your information from another mac. click yes then follow the instructions. but instead of using another mac, connect a firewire cable from your enclosure with your old hard drive installed. The installer will think that this is another mac and will transfer all of your account information and user files (everything!)from your old drive to your iBook's new drive. Just diconnect when it says to and complete the installation sequence.
You're done!
Check back again if anything is unclear.
Randy
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Old data to new hard drive ...

I am about to upgrade both the RAM and hard drive in my early 2008 (black) macbook.
YIKES! I've never even changed the battery in a computer! Actually, though, I'm not so worried about the physical aspect but about the intelligence aspect.
I've purchased an enclosure for the current (old) HD and plan to do the restore from there. That was the suggestion of the very helpful people at Other World. However, just in case...
I have done a Time Machine backup to my WD MyBook. At least I hope I have. So, one question is:
How do I know that I've got a complete clone on my external drive?
When I look at "restore files" I don't see all of the applications, etc. But it doesn't really seem to give me the option to see that. I'm using WD SmartWare. (This may be a question for the WD boards but I'll ask it here too.)
Second question is - I know that when I turn on the computer again with its new HD I need to reinstall OSX. 10.5.8 is what I have but I'm assuming all that's on the disc is 10.5. Will I be able to just get the updates by going to software update? I am assuming that, like most things Apple, I will insert the disc and it will walk me through it? And then I plug in the old drive and manually just pull it all over to the computer again?
Third question is - while I'm doing this, does it make sense to go up to 10.6? and, if I do - when do I do it? Do I go to the store and buy a disc ($30?) and use that instead of the one that came with my computer? Or do I start off with the 10.5 and then go on line and update to 10.6?
Any advice appreciated.

Hello again Shadow,
The way I do this is to:
1) Install your new hard drive into your iBook
2) Get your iBook reassembeled
3) Place your old hard drive in your firewire enclosure
4) Insert your install DVD into your iBook and restart with the C key held down. When the installer launches, select your language in the first pane, click 'continue' and in the upper dropdown menu in the next page select Utilities > Disk Utility. After DU is open, select your hard drive from the list of volumes on the left (the very top one), and then click the 'Partition' tab to the right. Then select 1 partition (normal) and make sure that you have 'Mac OS Extended (journled)' selected in the lower section. Then click 'partition'
5)Quit disc utility, which brings you back to the installer. continue with your installation of OS X. In one of the first steps you will see a button on the lower left which says 'options' click on that and make sure that the option 'Installs OS X for the first time' is selected. It will normally be selected by default with a new drive.
6) After the installation, the Migration Assistant will ask if you would like to transfer your information from another mac. click yes then follow the instructions. but instead of using another mac, connect a firewire cable from your enclosure with your old hard drive installed. The installer will think that this is another mac and will transfer all of your account information and user files (everything!)from your old drive to your iBook's new drive. Just diconnect when it says to and complete the installation sequence.
You're done!
Check back again if anything is unclear.
Randy
Message was edited by: DesertSage

How Do I Put a new hard drive in

hi,
I love my 6 year old computer but i thought i would give it an update and put a new hard drive because its been a good computer for these 6 year BUT i cant get into it because its got a metal cage on it
Please Help
My Mac Needs YOU!!!
iBook G3 333Mhz Mac OS 9.0.x Original iBook! (the Best)

Hello Little KZ.
Here is a link to a website of guides which teach you how to upgrade and repair Apple Laptops.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/
The guide you actually want
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/iBook-G3-Clamshell/HD-Replacement
Its quite easy but make sure you get the right tools first.
You need a T8 Torx driver ($8 from your local Dicksmith electronics store)
The 5mm nut driver comes as part of set and if your lucky you might get a T8 Torx driver with it. ($22 from your local Bunnings warehouse)
Make sure you download the guide and print it out so you can use the convient screw guide.
Your new hard drive will be a lot more quite and faster.
The particular hard drives that you need (if you don't have one that isn't compatible already) is here
http://www.ifixit.com/cart/customer/home.php?cat=7
Good luck and take care, when I did it on my other iBook 300mhz. I cut my self quite bad trying to put the uppercase back on. (my finger sliped and hit the metal spikes below the sign which teaches you to install a ram card and AirPort card)
Enjoy your new Hard drive, Good luck.

New hard drive for G3

My nephews HD went in his iBook G3. I am a PC expert, I know very little about Macs. I got the old HD out, it's a 30g ATA-IDE. I was going to order this HD as a replacement:
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD800BEVE 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive
However the old HD was config’d with it's jumper pins ( ie master, slave, etc), I was going to config the new drive the same.
I have a Mac 10.3 os disk. With that disk, will I be able to format the new hard drive and install the 10.3 OS on it. Will this all work? Any pitfalls to look out for?
Thanks…..mac newbie

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Yes, it should work. However, without the original system CDs, some of the applications that came on the iBook (such as AppleWorks) will be lost. If your nephew can live with that, then you should be fine with the Mac OS X 10.3 CDs, as long as they are a black, retail full install set (not an upgrade CD or gray system CDs that came with another Mac).
The correct Mac OS X 10.3 CDs look like this:
If that's what you have, then it would be fine to proceed, assuming he doesn't care about those extra applications that are not on those CDs.

We had to intall a new hard drive and upgraded to Windows 8.1. We can see all our music on I-tunes but when we try to sync the gen 5 nano our new music (since upgrade to 8.1) does not end up on the i-pod. Any ideas.

We recently installed Window 8.1 and now our new music does not sync to our i-pod nano. Any ideas?
We have tried both a generation 5 Nano and new Nano.

Hey Terrible Teddy,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are experiencing issues with the iTunes library on your PC. To begin, I see that you recently installed a new hard drive. Did you happen to copy over files from the previous hard drive? If not, I suspect that the iTunes library is no longer locally stored, and what you are seeing is your iTunes in the Cloud purchases.
Do the tracks have a download icon that looks like this?:
If so, you’ll want to download these purchases as they are not locally stored on your computer:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
After doing so, go ahead and attempt to sync your iPod once more.
Additional Information:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Symbols used in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12306
iTunes 11 for Windows: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491
Thanks,
Matt M.

New Hard Drive: Mac Face/Question Mark on boot

I installed a new hard drive in my fathers iBook G4 1.33 GHz and installed Leopard. I instantly had problems after the installation was complete and the computer restarted. I got the Mac Face/Question Mark for a second and then it booted to the installation CD.
I used disk utilities to verify and repair the disk and permissions which both finished successfully. I tried to reboot with the same result: Mac Face/Question Mark for a second and then it booted to the installation CD. I decided to erase and reinstall Leopard. Installation complete - Restart - Mac Face/Question Mark. I decided to turn if off for the night.
I powered up in the morning with short-lived success, as I got the Leopard Welcome video. I set up the system and did some software updates, which eventually required a restart. Boom. Mac Face/Question Mark. I decided to hold the option key on my next restart to see if I could select the hard drive installation over the install CD. I was able to do so, and it booted fine to the hard drive. I continued my software updating, installed some more software like iLife '08, Firefox, Open Office, Stuffit Expander, etc. After all my installation and updating, the system operates great, except when I have to start up. I still have the Mac Face/Question Mark.
I have a theory that the hard drive jumper is set incorrectly, but I don't want to waste 45 mins. cracking the thing open to find out. Can anyone confirm? I'm open to all other theories, of course.

No jumper means Cable Select (CS). This would mean that the cable from the motherboard to the drive has a blue connector at the motherboard and a black connector on the end where the drive plugs in. The gray connector in the middle is the Slave position. Master/Slave relationship is determined by where on the cable the device is plugged in.
The CS cables and the setting was not used very often until around 2004 or 2005. Until that time all of the connectors on the cable were the same color and the Master/Slave setting was determined by the jumper on the drive.
It's very possible that you are trying to use a drive that's been setup for the newer systems as Cable Select, when actually you should force the drive to be a Master by installing a jumper on the proper pins.
Are there two deviced on the cable besides the motherboard, and are all of the connectors the same color? Or is the connector that plugs into the motherboard black? Then you are probably not looking at a CS buss.

The new hard drive is in - now what?

Hi everyone,
Please bear with me. I've suddenly become possessed by the idea of taking apart a Mac and putting new stuff in there. I am a complete novice in this respect, but I figure everyone has to start somewhere, right?
I've got an iBook G3 Clamshell (300 MHz, 288 MB RAM) that I'd like to soup-up. It's currently got a 3 GB (867 MB available) hard drive and is running Panther 10.3.9. Eventually, once I work up the courage, I'm going to undertake the (apparently) monumental task of prying this thing apart and putting a new hard drive in there. I'm hoping to put an 80 GB hard drive in there and put Panther on it.
I've looked around on the Net for a post-hardware installation guide, but I can't seem to find anything that addresses my needs or speaks my limited tech language. If it would be possible for a Mac-savvy person on this board to walk me through the steps immediately following the installation of the hard drive, I'd be very grateful. I know that there are several things that need to be done - I want to make sure that I don't do them in the wrong order!
So, I've (incredibly) taken apart the iBook Clamshell, stuck a new hard drive in there, put everything back together, and I've got my black retail OS X Panther installation CD's ready... now what?
Issues that are of particular concern: formatting the hard drive. How do I do this?
Also: firmware. Do I need to update this? If so, do I do it before or after I format the hard drive? The iBook's current system profiler is quoting me a 4.1.7f4 figure for firmware. Will this change and have to be 'redone' after a new hard drive is put in?
Of course, there are probably a whole bunch of other issues I haven't even considered. What do you do to ensure the smoothest and most efficient installation of the OS?
Again, as I'm very new to this madness, I appreciate any advice or info you guys have to impart. Thank you!
PowerBook G4, iBook G3 Clamshell Mac OS X (10.3.9)

JJJJS,
I suggest you install OS 9 first anyway. By doing that you also ensure you install the OS 9 hardware drivers required for OS 9 native-boot. Your iBook originally shipped with OS 9 and therefore all firmware upgrades are OS 9 installers only. In order to apply a firmware upgrade you have to boot into OS 9 natively. Once you installed OS 9 and updated it to at least 9.2.1 (Mac OS 9: Available Updates) apply the firmware upgrade for your iBook: Mac OS X: Chart of Available Firmware Updates.
Regarding the boot-question: It actually does not matter how you do it. Turning power on will show the ? anyway. All you need is electricity to open the optical drive bay. Restart by presssing CTRL-Eject.

New hard drive but bookmarks still there

Is it even remotely possible that a "new hard drive" with Mavericks freshly installed could have my old bookmarks on it?? Are they stored with our Apple ID or something? Because I'm on my 3rd replacement drive within a couple of months from this Apple Certified dealer/repair shop, and I just got my computer back yesterday and they said they replaced hard drive, and installed Mavericks, but my Safari bookmarks from my original replacement hard drive were still there! There was no other trace that I could see from the old drive though.
I'm going crazy because I keep bring my computer to this place and they keep "replacing" the hard drive and I can't WORK. It always ends up completely freezing after bringing it home and using it for less than a day. I spoke to them yesterday and they said when they ran the diagnostics on my machine, everything else checked out ok. But is it possible that some other component is destroying my hard drive, or that maybe its not the hard drive at all? Even though their diagnostics say everything is in check? Or do they keep giving me the same hard drive (I never wrote down the serial number of it unfortunately, so I can't check) after they "fix it" or something? I'm going crazy.

What build model (identifier) MacBook do you have?
Since this series was manufactured, upgraded, and continued as the main
MacBook model (not MB/Pro, not MB/Air) from 2006 through 2010, you'd
have to specify so replies to technical questions have a specific basis to it.
If not a MacBook basic series, then it may be a MacBook Pro, etc.
•How to identify MacBook models
•How to identify MacBook Pro models
•How to identify your MacBook Air
You may have to consider getting a hard disk drive from a reputable third
party source and if the MacBook is one that isn't too difficult for the user
to upgrade or replace a hard disk drive, use instructions to do so yourself.
An example of such a HDD & upgrade source, with video & other instructions
is OWC or macsales.com, where you match up parts using the Model identifier
or look through their page and read what they say about identifying your MB,
which is helpful if you choose to also upgrade the RAM chips correctly.
A general reference of what a mac-centric reputable vender can offer includes:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/powerbook-ibook-macbook/
If you had access to an official retail Apple Store with Genius bar, they'd likely
be able to perform a diagnostic test to see what the problem(s) are with your
MacBook. Then their staff specialist could suggest a course of action, even
if the computer is out of warranty (likely is) they usually do this for free. Where
an authorized reseller may not be set up to do this, without a service fee.
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
There may be other Apple Authorized Service Providers not too far from you.
Or there may be a retail Apple Store with Genius bar within half a day away.
Find an Apple Authorized Service Provider
Visit an Apple Retail Store
The device should have a complete and thorough diagnostic by those who
seek to resolve the issue and not just throw a limited array of parts at it.
For your own security and complete backups of your system & software, you
could get an externally enclosed self-powered hard disk drive that can support
a bootable full system clone (use carboncopycloner or superduper utility) then
you could restore your computer from that, in addition to a separate device for
use with Time Machine, and so on. Be your own first line of tech support. I am.
You could use Disk Utility to see the serial numbers and other HDD info; also
if you can access the system profiler (different name in Mav 10.9 than old OSX)
that too will tell you a cross-section of hardware items and software in the Mac.
Good luck & happy computing!
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New hard drive ibook g3

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