Mac OS 7 Rebooting Problem

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Hey, I have a slight problem ;)

Ok, I have a Macintosh Centris 650, and it was running Mac OS 7.1. I decided to upgrade it to Mac OS 7.5.3. When I did this, I tried to reboot and it showed me the flashing question mark inside a floppy disk. This means it can't find an operating system to boot from. For the full information on what happened, go to this URL: (http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ot...-centris-650-software-hard-drive-problem.html) So basically I have a few questions. In order to fix this, I figure I have to get new install/reboot disks. (I've lost mine over the course of the years). So since it originally shipped with OS 7.1, do I have to get that? Or can I get OS 7.5? If I can do that, can I get OS 8? Is there any way I can start up the computer from the CD drive and NOT the floppy drive? If worst comes to worst, how can I wipe the hard drive. Thanks a lot.
 
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Only OS 8 or later comes on CD, for OS 7.5 you use floppy discs. So if you do not have any 7.x discs, get hold of OS 8. The only places I know for OS 8 is auction sites like eBay IF you are lucky to find any or Torrent sites.
 
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It's been awhile but you might get it to boot from cd by holding down cmd-opt-shift-del at boot.
 
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If you really want a set of floppies IM me and i will hunt mine out and ship them to u - they came with a 520c so are either 8.? or 9.0.?
 
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Hey thanks you guys, as for the floppies thanks for the offer but I already bid on some from ebay. =]
 

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