[Rangers4me]

I don't know how it happened, but all of the sudden the harddrive started clicking and the computer rebooted and now my powerbook won't recognize the harddrive (blinking question mark).

I first tried booting into safemode (shift on boot), no luck.
I then tried booting to applejack, just stays on a blank white screen on boot.
I then tried booting to the OS X CD (holding down c on boot), it won't recognize it.
I then tried accessing the CD again by holding option on boot, no go.
I then bought disk warrior and tried to boot to the cd, but it won't recognize it.

Is the next step freezing the harddrive or are there some other secrets I can try?

Thanks!

[Sherman Homan]

Oh, boy.
Let me start by wishing you "good luck in the new year" you are going to need it...
Sounds like your drive is dead, but that isn't a big deal because you have a full back up of it, right?!

If you do the freezer trick, or just take it out and give it a good whack to free the drive head, make sure that when you get everything re-installed, that you have a backup drive or FireWire target machine ready.

If you reboot with out a back up drive you are courting disaster, you will get one and only one chance to recover your data before the drive drops dead again.

[skyman]

If you can't boot off the CD then you have more than just a hard drive problem. Sounds like you have a logic board problem as well.

[skyman]

Originally Posted by Sherman Homan 

If you do the freezer trick, or just take it out and give it a good whack to free the drive head, make sure that when you get everything re-installed, that you have a backup drive or FireWire target machine ready.

DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!

[sielo_X]

I am having the exact same problems. If I have to buy a new hard drive, which would be the best option? I don't even know the specs to my own Powerbook. Hmm... Can anyone help me find out? Thanks.