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Apple's line of PowerBook laptops was intended for the professional and power users. The PowerBook line includes the PowerBook 100, Duo, 500, and 5300 Series; the PowerBook 1400, 2400, 3400; the PowerBook G3, G4 Titanium, and G4 Aluminum.

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How can I get my PowerBook operational?

I have an Apple PowerBook G4 and Ive tried everything to recover the HD. I want to try DiskWarrior but I do not have another Mac Computer to use since my Mac is not booting up. I get to the Grey screen with the apple on it. That screen stays there. I do not have the software disk for it to reinstall. Dont know what I should do now.

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Sorry, you just don't have the tools to do a repair. Call Apple (1-800-SOS-APPLE) and get an original installation disk for your computer. This should cost about $15.00. You can then boot from it and try to repair your disk. I would certainly look at replacing your hard drive given the age of your machine. For instructions on this we need to know exactly which G4 PowerBook you have.

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Restart the machine, immediately push the disk all the way in and hold down the "C" key to force it to go to the optical drive.

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Ok I have the OS CD for my Mac.... how do I use this to boot the computer? Can I boot it with the CD through Verbose or single user mode???

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