Re: G4 laptop, Tiger OS

In article <ie6dnbAVs-kbbDPeRVn-uw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"j" <jok_54@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Daughter lost her drive recently. Computer only 6 months old, but I can
> understand the drive's reliability. It is often the luck of the draw.
> Positive side, she now knows what backup means.

[snip]
>
> Q1: Is there a quick way to determine that the drive is dead, versus
> corrupted?
[snip]

As another poster wrote: attempt to boot off of another volume, and
check the status of the internal disk.


> Q2: What about preventing disk corruption.
[snip]
Keep good backups. Very little that you can do will affect whether or
not hardware failures occur. Software corruption is unusual given
current OS X.

> Q3: I had to sign up for the care, but now I find out that maybe my
> step-daughters step mother may have purchased the care when she got the
> laptop. But, when on line with care hotline, they did not show record of the
> computer being under the 3year care policy.
> Ever hear of hiccups like this?

Well, lots of things are possible. The easiest solution is to check the
receipts for the computer. Apple lists their AppleCare separately when
purchased.

>
> Q4: What is a good book for a hardware/software literate person to learn
> more about the mac Tiger OS?
[snip]
There are a number of books on OS X. Just entering "OS X" into the
search at Barnes and Noble's website came up with plenty of books. I
recommend going somewhere that has them on the shelf, and browsing
through them. If one strikes your fancy, then you can buy it. Typically
the Visual Quickstart Guide, and Missing Manual series books are pretty
good, but I've not read any of them so can't really recommend anything.

--
Later,
John

johajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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