Fred Moore wrote: >After reading your exchanges with nospam I think you have stumbled into >one of the classic 'dual-boot' traps. I have seen this many times and >experienced it myself with my TiBook 550. Despite what Apple advertised, >there is no better way to corrupt your operating system, both the 10 as >well as the 9 versions, than to switch boot systems. Part of the problem >is that 9's Desktop file routines don't deal at all well with the >plethora of OS 10 files (literally 10 times as many). Eventually, >something in both systems (don't know exactly what) gets corrupted and >the only solution is to re-install from the original disks or your >backup (you do have one, right? ;) ). Of course, it could be something >else, but I'd give 90% odds that this is the problem. > >If you're going to buy install disks off eBay, the full versions (will >boot any Mac which supports the OS version) are black and the >hardware-specific ones are gray. > >One more thing, I don't mean to be picky, but the custom on Usenet is to >bottom post, not top post. You'll get more help and be taken more >seriously if you bottom post. > >Good luck, Fred
Thanks for the tip. I believe you're right about the dual-boot trap because 10.3.4 was working fine while I was on it but as soon as I switched to 9, it crashed. I don't have an original disk or any start-up disks. This ibook was brought to me by my daughter from Michigan where it was used in the school system. They were given the computer but no disks. This is my first experiene with an ibook. I hear a clicking sound which, in normal computers, usually means a bad hard drive. I don't know if that's the case with this one. If I need a hard drive and operating system, is it really worth it? Thanks in advance! Sam
