Hi,
I have a problem with my powerbook G4 (12 inch).
MacOS 10.3 will not boot. I used the cd included with
the mac to check the hardware. Everything seems fine.
On the other hand the disk utility program found many
problems that it could not solve. I thus tried to
reinstalled macOS with the system that was provided
with the computer choosing the option that would not
delete my data (last backup was in August of last year
), but it first said that it would take 8 hours! and
then blocked and nothing happened... I just shut the
computer down... probably a bad idea.
I then took a second powerbook with the same system
and connected it to mine using a firewire. I was able
to see the harddisk and start all my programs e.g.
powerpoint presentation or look at my pictures. All
the data is safe. The problem is that although I am
able to access it through the second mac I can't copy
it or save it. I tried to do the copy using the unix
command as well, as previously this blocked both
computer and I had to reboot. Regular data recovery
softwares blocked both computers as well.
I noticed a funny thing: when using unix I saw that
there was an "f" in front of the disk corresponding to
my harddisk. I have never seen that before but it
seems to me that the problem is a question of user
rights. I tried to change the rights to access to my
data and copy it but without success.
I then gave up and tried to get my computer fixed at
a macintosh shop in Karlsruhe, Germany called Gravis.
Avoid these guys, they are useless and expensive. They
basically tried the very same things I had tried
myself and charged me for that.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem or has
seen this problem before and can tell me whether there
is some hope to recover the data. It would also help
if you could tell me where to get it fixed. I live in
Brussels, Belgium.
Thanks a lot in advance.
