Q: I changed permission setting on main disk...took forever now when I bootup I get the chime...apple icon...fan noise...thats it...internal drive is broken...no Mac install disk..I have a windows XP desktop with installation disk..if I was to get external d
I changed permission setting on main disk...took forever now when I bootup I get the chime...apple icon...fan noise...thats it...internal drive is broken...no Mac install disk..I have a windows XP desktop with installation disk..if I was to get external drive ...could I use windows XP styartup disk just to boot the "17"Powerbook-G4...have no intention of downloading XP on the Mac...just want to boot it up...or is there a way to boot the Mac from the XP desktop...cables...etc?
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.3)
Posted on Sep 2, 2011 3:12 PM
by BGreg,Solvedanswer
You're toast. The Powerbook doesn't have the Boot Camp capability of the Intel-based macs.
Posted on Sep 2, 2011 4:12 PM