So...I have a Powerbook G4 and today it froze on the screen saver so I had to cold reboot it. Well, now...when it starts up it goes to a grey screen with a circle with a slash through it (like a non-smoking symbol) and won't go any further.

Any ideas what to do? I called the support guys, he couldnt figure it out and told me to take it to the store, but I figured maybe someone would have suggestions since I can't take it to the store til Tuesday.

12/23/2006 6:16:01 PM

dead drive

12/23/2006 6:27:05 PM

do you smoke?

[Edited on December 24, 2006 at 10:50 AM. Reason : if so, your computer wants you to quit]

12/24/2006 10:50:24 AM

erm... you need single-user mode and run a fsck... lemme try and find a link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh343.html

might have just lost a symlink or something

[Edited on December 24, 2006 at 1:18 PM. Reason : how to get to single-user mode]

[Edited on December 24, 2006 at 1:20 PM. Reason : misspell]

12/24/2006 1:17:04 PM

oh, and which version of the OS are you using? 10.3, 10.4, etc.?

there is a couple things you can do first:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

12/24/2006 1:23:26 PM