[I WAS the One]

suddenly I start up my iBook and nothing happens, just a gray screen standing there, no apple, no folder with question mark no nothing,

so I try to boot up with the CD that came with it and it loads perfectly but when I open disk utility to re-install the OS, is NO hard drive there to select, it seems that the HD dissapear. it doesn't show up,

so, somebody told me that I can access it thru another Mac using a Firewire Cable, I put in target mode my MDD and it load perfect inside the iBook but it does not show me any HD inside my iBook,

so I tried to start up the iBook with Disk Warrior, it didn't start. I tried TechTool Pro 4, and nothing, I tried disk rescue and nothing... the only CD that boot up the iBook is the one that came with it, but when I select the drive that its named MEDIA (I dont know why?) and tried to erase it, it freeze!

I can see the hard drive when I open the disk utility application but everytime I click on "erase" it freeze! how I can see the iBook hard drive in my MDD G4? like an external drive.

I just want to see the iBook HD inside my MDD G4, and be able to re-format-whatever it again! please help!

[bourgeoisie]

sounds like maybe your hd might have died. how old is it?

[Hi I'm Ben]

Regardless of how broken the HD is I would think he would still see it in Disk Utility. Makes me think his ATA connector has malfunctioned or come undone.

[ghporter]

RIP your drive. The computer can't see a drive whose controller OR whose IDE circuitry (that's the logic board OR the drive electronics) have failed. Of course the Mac will probably tell you if the IDE controller has bit the dust, so you're left with the drive's electronics.

Did S.M.A.R.T. report anything during bootup before this failure-or did you ever watch the boot process?

[I WAS the One]

Originally Posted by ghporter

RIP your drive. The computer can't see a drive whose controller OR whose IDE circuitry (that's the logic board OR the drive electronics) have failed. Of course the Mac will probably tell you if the IDE controller has bit the dust, so you're left with the drive's electronics.

Did S.M.A.R.T. report anything during bootup before this failure-or did you ever watch the boot process?

guess what? I get tired of that machine and went to a Mac technician, and I trade the iBook G3 for a Blue and white G3 with max ram two HDs, OS X Panther on it keboard and mouse and the original Blue monitor!!!! what do you think of it? it was a bad move? I mean I already made that move, thoug... I hope it was a great idea....

[bourgeoisie]

i'm personally attached to the portability of the ibook, but that sounds like a pretty sweet trade, congrats!

[I WAS the One]

Originally Posted by bourgeoisie

i'm personally attached to the portability of the ibook, but that sounds like a pretty sweet trade, congrats!

I knew it!!! HA! WooHoooo!