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I got a Power Mac G4 from a friend. I realized i can store all my content on there and just access it remotely from my 2011 Macbook Pro. While my G4 was running remore desktop it froze. So i held the power button to shut it off and when i restarted it all i get is the Apple logo on the gray screen,and i t wont start in safe mode. I forgot to mention i started togo throught the G4 and take his name off and ad mine (hard drive name and user names). I took the hard drive out and attached it to my MacBook Pro. The hard drive works fine,And i can access everything. I tried running disc utility on the G4 hard drive with my MacBook Pro. and it said ALOT.

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2012-02-19 22:47:56 -0800: Volume repair complete.2012-02-19 22:47:56 -0800: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2012-02-19 22:47:59 -0800: Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.2012-02-19 22:47:59 -0800:

2012-02-19 22:47:59 -0800: Disk Utility stopped repairing “Chad ”: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk.Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

2012-02-19 22:47:59 -0800:

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