[X4U] Powerbook G4 problem

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Mon Jan 21 14:25:28 PST 2008


On 01/21/08, Cindy MOORE <cindypmoore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I was having some issues with my G5 tower so I used my Mac OS disc (Tiger)
>disk utility to correct the problem. While I as at it, I decided to do the
>same with my Powerbook G4 which was actually running ok. Disk Utility found a
>problem with the Powerbook - "Keys Out of Order"  and it could not repair it.
>Now I cannot boot the Powerbook at all without the OSX disk. I cannot even
>boot it with Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro disks. Do I need to restore my
>system with the OSX disk?

Put the PB into target disk mode, hook it up to the G5, ensure it mounts onto
the desktop, pop in the DiskWarrior disk, and restart holding down the C key.
You should be able to repair it.


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