imac g3 stuck on log in

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when i try to log on the computer it say logging in but dosn't log on .if some can help i will be great full
 
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Your Mac's Specs
Silver M1 iMac 512/16/8/8 macOS 11.6
Got whatever system installed boot disc? If so boot from that and check out the hard drive.
 
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Your Mac's Specs
Main-11" Air, iPhone 6+, iPad Mini 3, Hi-Fi Extras- Too many to count
Try reinstalling the OS that is all that it should need.
 
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Your Mac's Specs
Black MacBook 2.2GHz C2D, 4GB Ram - iMac G4 700MHz, 512MB Ram
It sounds to me like the Hard Drive is either dead or dying. Is this a tray-loading or slot loading iMac G3? The Hard Drive replacement methods are quite different from each other. (although neither are terribly difficult)
 
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Black MacBook 2.2GHz C2D, 4GB Ram - iMac G4 700MHz, 512MB Ram
You can find old IDE hard drives 60GB and below for next to nothing nowadays, (literally $5 or free, some people have tons of them lying around.) Size doesn't really matter as long as it's below the iMac G3's max size of 128GB.
 

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