[gshan]

My sister's old college notebook is an iBook G4 1.33 Ghz with OSX 10.4.7.

It is no longer under Apple Care warranty, and is unusable. It takes a couple of minutes for the OS to load. After that, any program or icon clicked on will take a few minutes to open. Etc., Etc.

Here's another catch: The CDs that came with the notebook are long gone. Missing. Forever lost.

I would like to format and make the lappy like-new again. Is my only chance of formatting to obtain a Mac OS CD?

Thanks in advance...!

 

[feckn_eejit]

Any strange noises from the HD? Sounds like similar symptoms to when the HD was going in my 1ghz 17" pbook.

 

[gshan]

Not sure about noises. The thing has always been very quiet-running. Maybe I'll give a closer look sometime. Is there a basic, free software utility or OS function that can let me know if there's a problem? Thanks.