At 5:00 PM -0500 2/8/06, George wrote: >Hello, > >This is a clamshell Tangerine model, family M2453, @1999. The >currently installed hard drive has OSX but an OEM Jaguar install CD >cannot repair the drive (which is not mounted or mountable). > >How to access the hard drive to change it? Have you tried reformatting it? The Apple disk utilities aren't that powerful and it's often the case they can't fix a problem non-destructively. But they can reformat which will often fix the problem -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" .