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#Mac powerbook pro circle with slash install
If you had an install disk.you could boot your computer from the OS CD/DVD.and that would also help us figure out if your hard drive is bad.īottom line is.you NEED a compatible OS install disk of some sort before we can figure things out further. But in that case you would still need an OS install disk to install an OS on the replacement hard drive. The only other possibility is that your hard drive may be "dead". Some of these OS install disks can run you more than $100 dollars.so not a inexpensive purchase. you cannot install OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard" depending on your iBooks cpu speed, you could install 10.5 "Leopard"
#Mac powerbook pro circle with slash mac os
"Kyle0614's" suggestion is a good one.except it doesn't help you, since you cannot boot your computer to follow those instructions.īased on what I can find.(at a minimum) you need Mac OS 10.3 "Panther" for your G4 14" iBook. That is definitely the indication that your iBook's hard drive does not have a valid OS on it to boot from. The only error message you mentioned so far was the folder icon with the blinking "?".
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Of course if your iBook is different than you describe (14" iBook G4).then that might change things. So this would mean that trying to install Mac OS 10.2 would not work on your computer, because Mac OS 10.2 is too old. It would help if I knew exactly what model iBook G4 you have (there were many different models, knowing the cpu speed would help).but using the info I have so far.the first & oldest 14" iBook G4 shipped with a version of Mac OS 10.3. a two disk set of Mac OS 10.2 "Jaguar" install disks The reason why I mention this is because the name of Mac OS 10.5 is called "Leopard".so this could lead to some confusion between OS 10.2 & 10.5. Mac OS 10.2 was called "Jaguar".so technically the photo on the OS 10.2 disks is a "Jaguar Skin". You said they are Mac OS 10.2 (no problems).but you mentioned "Leopard Skin". So when you say iBook or MacBook these are two totally different Apple laptop models (and not interchangeable terms).Ģ. "MacBook" & "MacBook Pro" are the names of the laptops Apple is currently selling. No problem here.but in your 2nd post you used the term "MacBook laptop". It sounds like you have an iBook G4 laptop, with a 14" display. I apologize for being such a "stickler" for details but some terminology you're using can be confusing:ġ.