I have a g4 ibook running OSX (Panther). After installing Norton System Works my system started running slow. I tried to remove the program, but when I tried to access my applications to do so everything kept freezing up. I restarted w/ the OS disk and ran Disk Utility. It was slow going, so I left it alone for a while and when I came back to check on it my screen was black. I thought it was on standby, but it wouldn't come back up (I even tried closing the top and reopening it but it did no good) so I powered it off by holding down the power key. I restarted and decided to do a fresh install of the OS, but when I get to the stage of choosing a volume to intall it the hard drive doesn't show up. I tried running Disk Utility again but the hard drive doesn't show up there either. Am I just screwed or is there anything I can do? Any advice would be appeciated.
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Jump to PostThat definitely sucks. I wish you'd asked somewhere before trying Norton anything for OS X. You would have definitely been disuaded. You did most of what you can do.. if you booted from the CD and the drive won't show up in Disk Utility, there's not much else you can …
Jump to PostDW might help, but it's not cheap to try on a longshot. But really, if you're attempting to erase it (might I suggest zeroing all data) and it's failing.. chances are that it's not going to be fixed by any software. Your best bet, IMO, take it in for service, …
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