Hi Everyone,
I have recently acquired an iMac G3. It's blueberry tray-loading model with a 333mhz processor, 6GB hard drive and 32MB of RAM (which I am planning to bump up to at least 64MB).
The problem, however, is that the computer won't boot. When I got it and turned it on, the screen displayed a folder with a question mark, then a happy Mac face - this repeated infinitely.
Initially, I thought the hard drive might have been dead, so I put it in a Windows 98 machine and reformatted and deleted the partitions. This yielded no errors, so I think that the hard drive is fine.
When I put the drive back in the machine, it displayed the same images as before, then went to a picture of an original Macintosh, followed by a floppy disk with a flashing question mark. I believe this to mean that it wants the OS installed.
I have burned countless different copies of Mac OSes on CDs, from Mac OS 8.6 to OS X 10.2. These images have been burned with both IMGburn and Transmac on Windows 10 - I don't have access to any other Mac's.
Is anybody able to either provide me with a location to obtain a working disc image and a proven method to make the disc with Windows?
Alternatively, would anybody be willing to burn a working disc for me and mail it or loan me an original disc? I'll be happy to transfer money into your PayPal account to cover shipping costs and compensate you for your time.
I've always been a Windows guy and don't really know what else to try - my Mac experience is quite limited.
Thanks for your help.
I have recently acquired an iMac G3. It's blueberry tray-loading model with a 333mhz processor, 6GB hard drive and 32MB of RAM (which I am planning to bump up to at least 64MB).
The problem, however, is that the computer won't boot. When I got it and turned it on, the screen displayed a folder with a question mark, then a happy Mac face - this repeated infinitely.
Initially, I thought the hard drive might have been dead, so I put it in a Windows 98 machine and reformatted and deleted the partitions. This yielded no errors, so I think that the hard drive is fine.
When I put the drive back in the machine, it displayed the same images as before, then went to a picture of an original Macintosh, followed by a floppy disk with a flashing question mark. I believe this to mean that it wants the OS installed.
I have burned countless different copies of Mac OSes on CDs, from Mac OS 8.6 to OS X 10.2. These images have been burned with both IMGburn and Transmac on Windows 10 - I don't have access to any other Mac's.
Is anybody able to either provide me with a location to obtain a working disc image and a proven method to make the disc with Windows?
Alternatively, would anybody be willing to burn a working disc for me and mail it or loan me an original disc? I'll be happy to transfer money into your PayPal account to cover shipping costs and compensate you for your time.
I've always been a Windows guy and don't really know what else to try - my Mac experience is quite limited.
Thanks for your help.