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<blockquote data-quote="DeLorean81" data-source="post: 567415" data-attributes="member: 45119"><p>I just wanted to put some more info in here for anyone else that has this problem...</p><p></p><p>I ripped apart her machine, threw in an old 80gig HDD, and voila! I get that little folder icon with a flashing question mark, which I assume means it can't find the MBR or system files it expects to find. My wife has the OSX CDs at her workplace which she is going to bring home, and I'll try to load the OS on this drive.</p><p></p><p>So go figure, I guess the old mac boards can't even get through a freaking POST without a HDD attached? That would *NEVER* happen with a PC, and its so counter-intuitive to everything I've known that it makes me even more angry at macs. =) And at the "geniuses" at the apple store that wanted to charge me $350 for an 80 gig IDE internal drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeLorean81, post: 567415, member: 45119"] I just wanted to put some more info in here for anyone else that has this problem... I ripped apart her machine, threw in an old 80gig HDD, and voila! I get that little folder icon with a flashing question mark, which I assume means it can't find the MBR or system files it expects to find. My wife has the OSX CDs at her workplace which she is going to bring home, and I'll try to load the OS on this drive. So go figure, I guess the old mac boards can't even get through a freaking POST without a HDD attached? That would *NEVER* happen with a PC, and its so counter-intuitive to everything I've known that it makes me even more angry at macs. =) And at the "geniuses" at the apple store that wanted to charge me $350 for an 80 gig IDE internal drive. [/QUOTE]
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