Not Booting, Please Help!

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  1. mozeydozey, Jun 24, 2006

    mozeydozey macrumors newbie

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    I switched an Airport card from one G4 tower to another (swapping from one Airport base to another). The one I installed into did not recognize the card. Simply put, "The card is not installed". I did a search on troubleshooting with the Airport card and found that all I would have to do is reset the NV RAM (not the PRAM). Once I did that, it only tries to boot on sys 9 (not even all the way, it just freezes up). Now Disk Warrior says the disk is too severely damaged to rebuild OSX. What would cause this? Any suggestions out there?
     
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  2. FocusAndEarnIt, Jun 24, 2006

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    It could be just a failing HD, I'd back up the drive if possible.

    FireWire target disk mode it by pressing Apple + T while booting. Then connect a FireWire cable to each computer. Transfer your data.

    I don't think the AirPort card could/would do anything to your HD.
     
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