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Ok, I finally made the move to macs after a few years of PC use, and I like the overall feel of OSX, and considering I got a great deal on the powerbook ($340) I couldnt pass up this offer, everything works fine but I think I messed up a setting or something, cause now when I try to open any .dmg files, or msn, it doesnt work, it eventually comes up with a popup saying ’The device could not be mounted’ and shows the file and beside it it says the device could not be configured, is there a solution to this or am I out of luck, IE and firefox and almost everything else works, but no .dmg files will open
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can anyone help, its been a couple days like this now, I think its because of a software update or something, now the entire pb is running slow and freezing often, I dont even have the installation discs...
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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There is a system component that handles the mounting of .dmgs. I would try a disk repair utility, and if that does not fix the issue, I'd next do an Archive and Install of the OS using the install disc(s).
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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hmm so if anything a clean install of the OS should do the trick right? right now I dont have any install discs, I was planning on downloading them on the mac and burning them cause my pc doesnt have a dvd drive...
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Originally Posted by mecca 
hmm so if anything a clean install of the OS should do the trick right? right now I dont have any install discs, I was planning on downloading them on the mac and burning them cause my pc doesnt have a dvd drive...
What OS are you running? You can buy Panther cds on EBAY or opt for Tiger for more money.
Ask seller if they have CDs unless they sokd you a hot PB.
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hmm, I dont think its a hot pb cause ive known for a while he had one (my friend), now if I had a copy of the install discs, a clean install would fix most of the problems right, and would I need a serial # when reinstalling
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No serial number needed. This is Apple, not Microsoft.
Steve
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You guys rock, apple rocks  now is there anything I should need to know when doing a clean install of mac os x or is it a simple process, Ive done plenty of reformats for my winxp (I actually schedule it to every 2 months due to viruses lol)
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