Hi everyone,
Well, my wife's PB just took a little dive. Now it's not booting up. I'm a reasonably tech-enabled kind of guy, and I have a plan, but as I implemented step one in my plan, the computer did something that I've never seen before.
So, step one of my plan was to start up my PB in target disk mode to see if I could get her computer to start up with my computer's drive (thus, in theory, isolating the problem to her hard drive). Then, when I started her computer up it popped up this message:
Well, I've never seen such a message before (never having had cause to try to get into open firmware). Further, when I type "mac-boot" to continue the boot process, it just gives me the folder with the question mark, even when my PB is plugged in and in target disk mode. So, not only is it not finding its own HD, it's also not finding an external HD. I'm wondering if anyone might have an idea what's going on.
FWIW, the next step will be to pop the HD out and put it into an external enclosure to see if I can access the data. (Keeping my fingers crossed!)
Well, my wife's PB just took a little dive. Now it's not booting up. I'm a reasonably tech-enabled kind of guy, and I have a plan, but as I implemented step one in my plan, the computer did something that I've never seen before.
So, step one of my plan was to start up my PB in target disk mode to see if I could get her computer to start up with my computer's drive (thus, in theory, isolating the problem to her hard drive). Then, when I started her computer up it popped up this message:
Apple PowerBook6,1 4.5.5f4 BootROM built on 01/14/03 at 13:44:26
Copyright 1994-2003 Apple Computer, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Welcome to Open Firmware, the system time and date is: 06:30:30 12/12/2006
The battery capacity is: 93 percent
To continue booting, type "mac-boot" and press return.
To shut down, type "shut-down" and press return.
Well, I've never seen such a message before (never having had cause to try to get into open firmware). Further, when I type "mac-boot" to continue the boot process, it just gives me the folder with the question mark, even when my PB is plugged in and in target disk mode. So, not only is it not finding its own HD, it's also not finding an external HD. I'm wondering if anyone might have an idea what's going on.
FWIW, the next step will be to pop the HD out and put it into an external enclosure to see if I can access the data. (Keeping my fingers crossed!)