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One of my worst day in life: got my Panther upgrade cd and my POWERBOOK SCRATCHED IT!
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH , just got my panther upgrade cd..was excited... put it into my Powerbook....EHHHHH WEIRD SOUNDS!!!!!!!! BOOOM scratched...badly scratched!!!!!!!! can't install now ;(
I AM SOOO MAD AT MY POWERBOOK AND SO SADDDDD
(do apple store let ppl exchange upgrade CDs?!)
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Golden, CO
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You must have led a very good life if that's the worst thing that's ever happened to you. Want to trade?
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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You took the words right out of my mouth, you should be SO THANKFUL if the worst thing that ever happened to you is your panther CD got scratched.
You must be the luckiest person I've ever heard of.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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-_- gosh....thx for jumping on me...i posted this when it JUST happened and i was OVERWHELMED by it.... thx for your helps though!
-_- you guys are very nice ;o
so, anyone had similar experience and was able to exchange at a B&M apple store?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Santa Fe
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Just call 'em and see what they say. It'll only take a minute.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Trapped in the depths of my mind
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mackaikai: Sorry to hear about the Panther CD. Yes, call Apple and see if they can help. Good luck and I hope you can get another copy.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Memphis, Tn. USA
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Take it into Apple store and tell genius that you were unable to upgrade and could he help.... he will see CD is damaged and offer to upgrade for you! Being nice works...... acting stupid doesn't hurt.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Washington, DC
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ha ha... You must be young!!!
"worst days of my life"
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canada
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Reminds me of the day when Apple released Mac OS 8.5. I spent over an hour travelling to a Mac store by bus. Purchased the CD and spent some time watching demos. Took another hour to get home, of course. I eagerly opened the OS 8.6 box and guess what? There was absolutely no evidence of damage to the box, but the install CD was cracked clean through. Of course the CD wouldn't mount. So I had to spend another 4 bucks return bus fare and waste two hours going back to the store to get a fresh copy. Fortunately, there was still time (but not much) before the store closed. Nearly everyone wants to install a new Mac OS on the day of release, if possible. What a pain!
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Join Date: May 1999
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This reminds me of the many times i've put something much more valuable into a poorly-chosen slot...
The good old days!
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i vostri seni sono spettacolari
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Originally posted by Boondoggle:
This reminds me of the many times i've put something much more valuable into a poorly-chosen slot...
The good old days!
bd
Please, this is a family show!
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out West Somewhere....
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I don't think it is your PowerBook.
I put my disk in carefully (I read your post earlier today BTW) and the disk mounted and opened into finder.
Clicked on Install and nothing. It tries to open but nothing. Tried copying the files out of the disk and they won't read.
Take disk out, it has scratches all over it
You and I just got bad Install disks buddy. We're screwed. So we get to call Apple and get new ones sent out
Oh well...this is the first time I've ever had this happen so I'm bummed about not getting 10.3 installed tonight but well...at least I have a new girlriend as of this week
Hope all the rest of ya'lls installs went well.
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MacBook - 2010 MacBook, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out West Somewhere....
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Called Apple customer care.
They are sending out a whole new box on teh 27th or 28th with 2nd day delivery.
Oh well..you lose some you win some.
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iMac - Late 2015 iMac, 32GB RAM
MacBook - 2010 MacBook, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Montr�al
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Originally posted by mackaikai:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH , just got my panther upgrade cd..was excited... put it into my Powerbook....EHHHHH WEIRD SOUNDS!!!!!!!! BOOOM scratched...badly scratched!!!!!!!! can't install now ;(
I AM SOOO MAD AT MY POWERBOOK AND SO SADDDDD
(do apple store let ppl exchange upgrade CDs?!)
Try to buff it with toothpaste, and do a good clean and dry. Works well when well done.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Australia
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Originally posted by Lecynique:
Try to buff it with toothpaste, and do a good clean and dry. Works well when well done.
I find my method works better:
Get cross eyed twins to chew pumpkin seeds and cover the disk with them
Hand the disk from a north facing holly bush on a crossroads in a thunderstorm.
You disk will be fixed,
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