[G4] Finder won't launch

[B G]

Did you try to boot from the install disc and see if you can run disk  
utility?

Or did you try a safe mode boot which forces disk first aid to run

BG


On Jan 8, 2010, at 7:56 PM, DavidW1235 at aol.com wrote:

> Well this is different.
>      My G4 decided to stop starting up. First it would just show an  
> Apple and the little clock running--which it did for ever. I tried  
> starting up in Verbose Mode but nothing changed. Then it decided to  
> start but the Finder isn't there... I can't find/see any folders on  
> the desktop, and though the dock is visible and i can launch Safari  
> and anything there, I can't get to my other applications like Dusk  
> Utility which I thinkmight be handy right now. iTunes won't launch  
> either.
>      As for Finder, the lighted dot under the icon in the Dock  
> blinks on and off but it never opens.
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