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Solved iMac G5 iSight 2006? HD boo boo, dvd internal or external
I bought it new and had no problems for years before this, except the dvd drive was iffy.
The computer wouldn't let me sign into an existing account ...
( login would accept password, disappear, desktop color would change slightly, then login box would reappear)
but by adding new accounts, I could still access all my data, so I only started burning data off of disk.
then I couldn't log into any accounts, so I hooked the iMac up to my xps420 Hac in Target mode and grabbed everything.
When I plugged in firewire, the Hac showed a "This drive is severly damaged and recommend reformatting" message, so I did and tried to reinstall 10.6 over the Target mode.
I didn't catch, I got the flashing System question mark folder. Then I held down Shift and it did the same thing.
I cannot reinstall with a dvd as the dvd drive is not working, so I swapped in a new HD "non WD", switched the temp sensor and tried to reinstall 10.6 over Target mode, got same flashing master folder.
Then I put the drive in my Hac and tried to install 10.6, then swapped drive into iMac, same flashing folder.
Lastly I tried to use Pacifist to install just Essentials, I screwed up and installed them into my Hac system folder.
$%^&^.
I new I should have either ran an update or tracked down the install date of the new files, but I switched off the power and couldn't get my XPS420 to boot as mac since then.
I tried a new sata cable switch and now wonder if it might be the motherboard or something else I can't troubleshoot. I plugged in a friends Lion USB drive and got the prohibited sign.
So I want to get the iMac going first and I need to decide if I should:
1. buy another WD drive like the one I took out ( does it make a difference as long as I switch the Temp sensor?)
2. buy a replacement internal DVDdrive and see if I can directly install to the HD
3. buy an external dvd drive ( can they be booted from by holding down 'c'?) and try to install to the HD.
So, what would you do?
I don't wanna take it to apple for $$$, but I want to run it as long as I can.
I bought it new and had no problems for years before this, except the dvd drive was iffy.
The computer wouldn't let me sign into an existing account ...
( login would accept password, disappear, desktop color would change slightly, then login box would reappear)
but by adding new accounts, I could still access all my data, so I only started burning data off of disk.
then I couldn't log into any accounts, so I hooked the iMac up to my xps420 Hac in Target mode and grabbed everything.
When I plugged in firewire, the Hac showed a "This drive is severly damaged and recommend reformatting" message, so I did and tried to reinstall 10.6 over the Target mode.
I didn't catch, I got the flashing System question mark folder. Then I held down Shift and it did the same thing.
I cannot reinstall with a dvd as the dvd drive is not working, so I swapped in a new HD "non WD", switched the temp sensor and tried to reinstall 10.6 over Target mode, got same flashing master folder.
Then I put the drive in my Hac and tried to install 10.6, then swapped drive into iMac, same flashing folder.
Lastly I tried to use Pacifist to install just Essentials, I screwed up and installed them into my Hac system folder.
$%^&^.
I new I should have either ran an update or tracked down the install date of the new files, but I switched off the power and couldn't get my XPS420 to boot as mac since then.
I tried a new sata cable switch and now wonder if it might be the motherboard or something else I can't troubleshoot. I plugged in a friends Lion USB drive and got the prohibited sign.
So I want to get the iMac going first and I need to decide if I should:
1. buy another WD drive like the one I took out ( does it make a difference as long as I switch the Temp sensor?)
2. buy a replacement internal DVDdrive and see if I can directly install to the HD
3. buy an external dvd drive ( can they be booted from by holding down 'c'?) and try to install to the HD.
So, what would you do?
I don't wanna take it to apple for $$$, but I want to run it as long as I can.