[iBook] Hard drive problems

[Mary]

At 8:10 AM +0900 2/7/05, Eric Richardson wrote:

>I have been having problems with my G4 iBook, 60 gig, 640 MB, using 
>Panther lately. The problem is that it will just freeze up on me and 
>when I reboot it can't find the system folder on the hard drive.

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Try resetting PRAM NVRAM. It can't hurt and it is sometimes the cure 
for the  AWOL System.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

I think it's rare for system freezes to occur in Panther. Could you 
describe what you mean by "it will just freeze up"? What exactly do 
you observe?

  Mary