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May 7, 2012

I have got an old iBook G4 from a friend how can't fix this problem, and unfortunatly I can't either.

I know this problem is posted here milions of times but I tried everything possible, I just can't fix it.

I don't have an Mac DVD so I can't boot from DVD to repair/reinstall. 

I have tried:Booting in safe mode - same problem, it's impossible to use the computerBooting in a single user mode - I can use the command line only, but when I but it's still the same problemClearing NVRAM 

I can't do anything so I don't know what's installed. I have made a video to describe excatly what's happening - but in short the iBook boots fine, Finder lauches and crashes imidieatly - you can't do anything, it's just stuck in a loop.

Here's the video (skip to 0:55 for the problem): [URL]

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