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  • 30-03-2007 6:39pm
    #1
    adonis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭


    folks,

    my friends ibook wont start! it gives the grey screen and if i hold t (sometihng i remember picking up here) it shows the firewire icon..

    im wondering if there is a button i can press similar to f8 on windows pcs that will get me into a boot menu, or is there an automatic way of re formatting the hard drive with the originial OS cds...
    cheers for the help!
    yours in stable operating systems


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  • #2
    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    hold 'c' when restarting to boot from the cd.


  • #3
    adonis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭adonis


    and if i reinstall the os will i lose the data on the Hard Drive?
    or will the os just install on top of itself...
    cheers again


  • #4
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Seem to remember that you have 3 optioins -

    1. re-install (update) the OS
    2. Archive and install (that is it saves your present install but does a fresh install somewhere else on your HD
    3. Completely fresh install (erases your present install)


  • #5
    MACHEAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭MACHEAD


    Adonis,

    If you're seeing the Firewire icon it sounds as if the machine is starting up in 'Target Disc' mode, normally you'd have to hold down the 'T' key at start up for this. If it's doing this on a regular basis, it might be a boot rom problem on the other hand it might just be a corrupted file in the OS. Try doing an 'archive and install, this will 'back up' the existing OS and documents in a folder called 'previous system' so no work will be erased during the new install.

    Good luck!


  • #6
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Before doing anything that drastic try booting from the install cd by holding down the "c" key at power up and keep it pressed till it boots. Quit the installer and from the menus at the top of the screen find Disk Utility. Try a repair on the internal drive from here and when it finishes reboot the machine and see if it works then.

    You can also create a new account from the cd I think - not sure on this.

    ZEN


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