Good point Sam, I hadn't thought of that. Never really had to do it. And Jason, thanks for that tip.
Nick On 15 Jun 2010, at 20:00, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Nick > > If you do an archive & reinstall, preserving user and network settings, you > won't lose anything > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 15 Jun 2010, at 19:53, Nicholas Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sam, >> Yes that was what I was afraid of because whatever homework she had will be >> lost. >> But maybe that's a good lesson in itself. >> As its a G5 iMac, I am presuming it would be no later than Tiger but she >> doesn't know anyway (she's 12 by the way). >> I have a copy of Tiger. >> Thanks, >> Nick >> >> On 15 Jun 2010, at 18:59, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >> >>> Sounds like the OS needs reinstalling, do you have the original disks or a >>> retail copy of Leopard? >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> -- >>> MacAmbulance >>> Sam Mullen >>> 07747778022 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On 15 Jun 2010, at 14:28, Tony Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> On;y one man for the the job and that is Sam Mullen of MacAmbulance. He'll >>>> sort you out. >>>> >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> On 15 Jun 2010, at 13:28, Nicholas Holt wrote: >>>> >>>> A friend's daughter started to play around with iTunes while Software >>>> update was downloading/installing some files and there was a kernel panic. >>>> The black screen with lots of white type came up with the message to >>>> switch off or restart but every time she does that the same screen comes >>>> back. >>>> She has switched it off at the wall, then held in the power button for >>>> 30secs (as suggested by an Apple genius) and then tried switching on again >>>> but the same screen comes back. >>>> She also tried resetting the PRAM to no avail. >>>> It's a PowerPC iMac (probably running Tiger or earlier). Probably not >>>> backed up either but if anyone has any ideas how to get it up and running >>>> again I'd appreciate it. >>>> Many thanks, Nick >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
