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Installing Leopard on new hard drive?
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Hello all,
First post here. I'm getting a new hard drive in my iBook G4 tomorrow, as well as more memory, and was wondering if there is anything special I will need to do to install Leopard on this HD that has nothing on it.
Thanks.
You'll need to format the disk with Disk utility if you are swapping out the HDs yourself. You can do that from utilities>Disk utility on the Leopard disk.
The guy at the computer store is putting the new HD in for me. I havn't bought leopard yet.
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It depends if he formats the drive first. Changing the HDD in an iBook is a real bugger.
boot from the Leopard DVD (when you hear the chime, hold the "C" key until you see the apple appear on screen). You will get that scrolling circle for a minute or so (takes longer than booting from internal HD). After a minute, you should be dropped into the Leo install menu. Click NEXT. At this point, you will have a menu across the top, select UTILITIES > Disk Utility. Select your hard drive and format it for HTFS (journaled). Once thats done, close the disk utility (make sure to close the program, not just the window). Then continue on with the install. You will know it worked as it should when you can select your HD as an installable location for Leopard.
Mac OSX extended (Journaled? or case-sensitive and journaled?)
Hi! I'm in the same position. Question on the format though. The drop down menu doesn't have HTFS as an option. Instead, it has a mac osx extended. Should I choose journaled? or case-sensitive and journaled? Thanks!
Hi! I'm in the same position. Question on the format though. The drop down menu doesn't have HTFS as an option. Instead, it has a mac osx extended. Should I choose journaled? or case-sensitive and journaled? Thanks!
Mac OS extened ( journaled ) not sure why,but it's never recommend to use case-sensitive ( maybe someone could inlighten me as to why? )
No chime and no apple
Help!
I just had the drive in my ibook G4 replaced and thought that the rest would be simple.... when I power it up there is no chime and no apple on screen, only a suitcase with a flashing question mark.
When I power up I insert the Leopard Disc and hold down the C key but nothing happens.... where have I gone wrong?
Help!
I just had the drive in my ibook G4 replaced and thought that the rest would be simple.... when I power it up there is no chime and no apple on screen, only a suitcase with a flashing question mark.
When I power up I insert the Leopard Disc and hold down the C key but nothing happens.... where have I gone wrong?
Now that you have the Dvd inside the drive, switch off the mac and power on again. Remember to hold "C" when you power up.
Restart your computer. Hold down the option key before it chimes. You should be presented with a gray screen and a few icons. One will be a hard drive icon and the other a DVD. Use the arrow keys to select the DVD and hit enter.
If the DVD pops out during start up wait till the menu described above appears. Push the DVD back in and it should appear. I'm not sure why you're experiencing this.
If the DVD pops out during start up wait till the menu described above appears. Push the DVD back in and it should appear. I'm not sure why you're experiencing this.
Hello all,
First post here. I'm getting a new hard drive in my iBook G4 tomorrow, as well as more memory, and was wondering if there is anything special I will need to do to install Leopard on this HD that has nothing on it.
Thanks.
just clone the drive you already have in it... unless you don't want your old information of course. i think it's the easiest way if you don't want a clean install