Power Mac G4 stuck

I was working in an adobe pdf file in my Professional adobe reader and was trying to copy a page and when I entered to save the page I guess it started to save all 600 pages in the pdf file instead of just one and so all of these jpg files started showing up on my desktop and it piled files all on top of my Operating System Hard Drive and now I can not delete any of those files and I cannot click on my Operating system harddrive icon because I have a load of jpg files sitting on top of it. I tried to stop it but it would not respond. I have relaunched, bebooted but nothing happens. If I could delete all those jpgs and get them off of my harddrive icon I could get to my hard drive. I cannot click on the blue apple and my finder window will not respond. I can only relaunch but the file are still there. The applications I have in my dock can still pull up files like my photoshop.I cannot double click and open files on my desktop. What can I do?

Paste the following into the address bar of any web browser:
applescript://com.apple.scripteditor?action=new&script=do shell script "mkdir ~/Desktop/DesktopItems; mv ~/Desktop/*.pdf ~/Desktop/DesktopItems"
When the Script Editor has appeared, press the Run button; the Finder may soon become responsive by itself, or you can relaunch it. All of the PDF files previously on the desktop will then be in a folder named DesktopItems on the desktop; go through this folder, move the PDFs you want to keep to the desktop, and then throw away the unwanted ones.
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Cheers

I am confused...it sounds to me like what you wish to do is to make an exact copy of the hard disk in your Gigabit Ethernet and apply that copy to the drive in your MDD, correct?
From what I understand, you are saying you cannot access your GE's hard disk using target disk mode? Or am I mistaken? Also, can you not boot up normally on the GE's hard disk? Is there something wrong with it?
The easiest way to clone a disk is to just make a disk image of the hard disk you wish to keep, and then apply that disk image to the destination disk. Disk utility can perform all this very easily, and pretty quickly. Of course, if you are having trouble booting in target disk mode, this can be a problem...
I'm still kind of confused on what exactly is the problem, and what you are trying to accomplish. Could you please explain a little more and answer the questions above? Much appreciated.

Power Mac G5 stuck on light blue screen at startup.

My mac starts normally *until after the Apple/loading screen. After that it stays on a light blue screen.
I have tried a new video card, different RAM. What is the problem?

Hello,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Power Mac disc stuck in my G4 Cube

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is a button i press other than edject??

Yeah, using another Mac's install CD is a big no no! Not only does it not work, but it is also in breech of the user licence agreement. If the suggestion of restarting while holding down the mouse key doesn't work you can also try to burn some data to disc either by using Toast (if you have it) or buy creating a new burn folder and burning it. When you click 'burn' it will eject the nefarious disc. You can buy 10.4 (Tiger) discs online quite cheaply if you hunt around.
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Power Mac G5 stuck on grey screen after swapping machine

Greetings Friends,
I have changed my two HD out of one casing to another casing. Both HD worked fine, Both machines worked fine.
I have booted up the computer and now the computer sits on the Grey apple logo, with no loading wheel. After 2 mins, the fans kick into overdrive.
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Hello, first thing that comes to mind is a BAD HDD, does the other one boot with only the one original drive? Maybe I'm misunderstanding if it was added in the second slot or not!?

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HI, have you blown the dust out lately?
Does it boot better/further if allowed to cool?
If you're sure the RAM is good, try the Hair Dryer trick...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13240047#13240047
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15223603#15223603
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15499912#15499912
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15613068#15613068
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3270112
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16053892#16053892
No power light at all...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3692775?tstart=0
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http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/pmg5.html
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/power-macintosh-g5.html
And see this last one in particular...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16781690#16781690
Heat gun better...
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If we don't get more help or answers here, feel free to join my site & ask...
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You'll need to power down the Mac, then Repair the Hard Drive.
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Power Mac stuck at light blue screen

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bildungsroman wrote:
Actually, this post gave me the first (temporary) solution I have yet to run across: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3263472?tstart=0
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I should have asked earlier, but did you do the basic trouble-shooting step of resetting the PRAM.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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As a test, you can try creating a new admin user account in System Preferences Accounts pane. Log out and log in to the new account. Do you have the same problem in the new account? If you do not, the problem is somewhere in your current user account. If you do have the same issue, the problem is with your overall system or with hardware.
If the latter (the issue recurs in more than one user account), do you have a place, such as a second internal drive or external FireWire drive, where you can install a fresh Mac OS X system, and boot from it? If it works with a new installation, you have narrowed the problem down to your current overall system. You can focus your trouble-shooting there. Or you can do an +Archive and Install+ option re-install. This option will give you a fresh system while preserving your user data, but be sure to do a backup of at least your personal data in case something bad happens.
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I'm using a G5 right now with 10.4.11 & 10.5.8, the DVD drive works fine, what exactly is the problem with yours?

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Hi Radcock, and a Warm Welcome to Apple Discussions and the Power Mac G5 Forum!
Hopefully your data is backed-up.
You could try:
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300341
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88215
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh1018.html
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301269
and use only the most recent Disk Utility you have to repair your boot drive.
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Welcome to the forum.
Was your Beige Mac booting up OK previously? When
did this beeping and freezing start? Did you add,
delete, or change anything, hardware or software
around the time that the problem started?
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in the dark but, it seems like some required startup
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