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January 22nd, 2006, 06:36 PM
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| iMac won't boot with new drive? Today I replaced the 10G drive in my iMac G3 with a 80G drive. It will not boot from the CD's(either OS 9 or X). I tried changing the jumper settings but no good. I keep getting the flashing folder/Question Mark. I put the old drive back in so at least I have a working Mac for the moment. What else can I try. I am running OS 10.3.9.  |
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January 22nd, 2006, 07:15 PM
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| Assuming the new drive is default formatted for a PC. Your iMac is trying to find a bootable partition that is why you are getting the ? with the folder. Does your CD's boot the iMac with the older HD in? Essential you will need to get the new drive formatted in OSX to use it as a bootable drive? |
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#3
January 22nd, 2006, 07:22 PM
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| Did you hold down the "C" key while trying to boot? Your iMac probably tried to boot from the harddrive – which obviously doesn't have an operating system installed.
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January 22nd, 2006, 07:51 PM
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| Fryke, Yes I tried holding the C key with no results. Powermac, My mac started right up with the old drive in, so I did not try to boot from the discs. I thought if I could boot from the disc, I could format the drive with OS X. |
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