[iBook] Re: New, Old iBook - how to access hard drive to change it

[George]

Yes, I had forgotten about formatting. I tore the iBook apart to 
install a working HDD. Ended up with several extra screws and the click 
function not working. Have to use a USB mouse. (I will try to fix the 
original HDD using a 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch IDE adapter inside my G4 
Sawtooth that has all the SW goodies installed (TechTool, etc.).)

The combo Jaguar update (10.2.8) did not fix the clicker, so it must be 
my handiwork.

It's a battered old iBook that I got for free on freecycle. It has 288 
MB Ram. The screen is ok for a 1999 model. I need a take apart 
schematic with both positions of and types of screws. This is the 
trickiest laptop yet (I've done a WS and a 3400 many times)!

I also have a chance to buy a D-Link USB 802.11b wireless adapter that 
works on a white iBook using OSX. Will it work on this clamshell?

Thanks to William Duquet and Clark Martin for their assistance!

George





On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at 07:00  PM, Clark Martin wrote:

> 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
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