[Ti] Mac is completely Down (Platinum Powerbook 1g mem)

[Barbara Needham]

m_flynn at comcast.net on 9/30/06 said

>Hi Folks,
>
>I am in a bind. The other day I was in Microsoft Internet and the Mac
>Powerbook just went into a loop. I powered it off and attempted to
>restart. Got nothing but the Apple ant the cirular busy icon contiuosly
>turning. Tried putting in CD and it will not boot as well, unless I need
>to do something while it is rebooting.(not that familiar with Mac
>anymore). Any help would be appreciated.

When you put in the CD to boot from it you need power off and then when
powering on hold down the "C" button. It will ask if you want to install.
Say "yes" even though you don't really want to and then you will a
restart menu and get to choose your hard drive.