Davefromchesterfield
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Q: how do you start a powerbook g4 in safe mode please

Hello can any one help me to start my Apple powerbook G4 10.5.8 in safe mode thanks

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 30, 2015 7:11 AM

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Davefromchesterfield

Q: how do you start a powerbook g4 in safe mode please

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  • by thunderzzz,Helpful

    thunderzzz thunderzzz Apr 30, 2015 8:22 AM in response to Davefromchesterfield
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    Apr 30, 2015 8:22 AM in response to Davefromchesterfield

    Hi. Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key

    Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign


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    Davefromchesterfield Davefromchesterfield Apr 30, 2015 8:28 AM in response to Davefromchesterfield
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    Apr 30, 2015 8:28 AM in response to Davefromchesterfield

    Many thanks for your reply but it appears i'm not getting a start up tone now, it was all good an hour or two ago as I tried to download Realplayer and it froze-up not been able to open it since the, i have new battery and power cord so i'm lost?Thanks

  • by K Shaffer,Helpful

    K Shaffer K Shaffer May 2, 2015 2:12 PM in response to Davefromchesterfield
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    May 2, 2015 2:12 PM in response to Davefromchesterfield

    Have you tried starting the computer with the OS X install DVD in the optical

    drive, (hold C key down on startup) and hope you could check & repair the

    hard disk drive from the booted Disk Utility in the installer menu bar options?

     

    You could repair disk, and also repair disk permissions, then see if the Mac
    would restart by choose a startup disk from the menu options in the Installer.

    It should be able to start in Mac OS X in the hard drive, unless other issues

    exist in the hardware or the software. You may have to try & reinstall  OSX.

     

    Hopefully you have an external archive of your content so if the computer's

    hard disk drive has failed or has corrupted data, you may later restore your

    files from the archive after re-installing and updating OS X. If it comes to that.

     

    Hard to say what happened, the RealPlayer version may be suspect; and

    depending on where you got the file, it could be corrupt or the wrong version.

     

    In any event...

    Good luck & happy computing!

  • by Davefromchesterfield,

    Davefromchesterfield Davefromchesterfield May 2, 2015 2:29 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    May 2, 2015 2:29 PM in response to K Shaffer

    Thank you for your help but I have just tried the OSX install DVD but unfortunately it is not responding at all, I think I had best take to the repair people and maybe look to updating once again thank you for your help.