Hiya folks, I wish my first post would be under better circumstances but...
Well anyways, my Powerbook locked up while watching a movie earlier today and I was forced to press+hold the power button to shut it off. After doing that, the machine came up with the little flashing folder with Mac face and question mark, so I went to the manual, popped in disc 1 of the install and went to disk utility to fix stuff up. Problem is, the Macintosh HD doesn't show up in the disk utility. I've tried it a few times with no luck and also tried resetting the PRAM. It seems like it's pretty screwed and I'm wondering if there's anything else I can try to see if I can get it going before I have to send it back to Apple, something I'd really rather not do as I haven't even had the machine for a week yet.
Well anyways, my Powerbook locked up while watching a movie earlier today and I was forced to press+hold the power button to shut it off. After doing that, the machine came up with the little flashing folder with Mac face and question mark, so I went to the manual, popped in disc 1 of the install and went to disk utility to fix stuff up. Problem is, the Macintosh HD doesn't show up in the disk utility. I've tried it a few times with no luck and also tried resetting the PRAM. It seems like it's pretty screwed and I'm wondering if there's anything else I can try to see if I can get it going before I have to send it back to Apple, something I'd really rather not do as I haven't even had the machine for a week yet.