Can`t Boot From CD

[bd90]

Ok My Aunt Gave Me A PowerBook G4 And She Can`t Remember The Password To Login And I Can`t Boot From Cd To Reset The Password
The Powerbook G4 Is Runing Mac OSX If Any One Can Help Me Thanks
In Advance

[Rhisiart]

Why can't you boot from the CD?

[bd90]

I Don`t Know I Hold Down The C Key And It Just Boots Up From The Hard Drive

[Rhisiart]

I wonder whether the install disc is the one that came with the PowerBook?

Apple packs install discs that are particular to that item of hardware (i.e. I couldn't use my iBook install discs to install MacOS X onto my G4 tower).

Might be worth checking that out with your aunt (generous lady).

[bd90]

The Discs That I`m Useing Are My Cousins He Lent Them To Me
To See If I Can Reset The Password. Is There Any Other Way To
Reset The Password Without Booting From The CD Thanks Again

[ElDiabloConCaca]

No, there is no way to reset the password without booting from the CD -- if there were an easy way to defeat the password protection, what good would password protection be?

You need to acquire a set of CDs or DVDs that is compatible with that model of PowerBook. I would recommend purchasing a retail set of Tiger DVDs. The disks your cousin lent you are probably grey-colored disks that are specific to a certain model of Macintosh, and it probably isn't a PowerBook -- can you confirm?

[perfessor101]

Originally Posted by bd90

I Don`t Know I Hold Down The C Key And It Just Boots Up From The Hard Drive

Try booting with the install disk in the drive and holding down the Option key instead of the C key. I have recently become aware that with some Apple DVDs/CDs that will work when the C key will not.

[bd90]

The Discs Colors are One White With Blue X One Grey With White X And One
White With Orange Nine. And I Tryed Holding The Option key Only Thing That
Comes Up Is A Pic Of The Hard Drive