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help reinstalling mac osx on my imac
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<blockquote data-quote="brak265" data-source="post: 1281617" data-attributes="member: 209694"><p>Did you read the first post of the topic? My optical drive won't boot from my Snow Leopard restore DVD for some reason, it just hangs forever. Windows still worked, so I used my Windows 7 Install DVD to erase the hard drive after I had messed everything up. So now it's completely blank. But the OS X restore DVD will still not boot, even through USB. The kernel panic I get by using Verbose Mode when booting from the restore disks leads me to think my DVD isn't above OS X 10.5.4, which is what I am assuming I need since my computer came with that version. The replacement disks I have don't list the version of OSX they have in them. I checked with Apple, and they said they'd send me another set, but that the set I already have should be correct. For some reason, my Mac just won't accept running an OS X Installation disc. Are you familiar with EFI Boot or whatever that means? Because when I use my OS X DVD, it always shows up with the label "EFI Boot". That could be a sign or something maybe? I have no idea. I'm most likely going to end up going two hours to the Apple Store. I feel like I messed up some software or something in the iMac, because the hardware *should* be fine (DVD Drive worked perfect in Windows 7), this just all started when I started messing around with a Windows 7 installation and formatting the Hard drive, partitions, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brak265, post: 1281617, member: 209694"] Did you read the first post of the topic? My optical drive won't boot from my Snow Leopard restore DVD for some reason, it just hangs forever. Windows still worked, so I used my Windows 7 Install DVD to erase the hard drive after I had messed everything up. So now it's completely blank. But the OS X restore DVD will still not boot, even through USB. The kernel panic I get by using Verbose Mode when booting from the restore disks leads me to think my DVD isn't above OS X 10.5.4, which is what I am assuming I need since my computer came with that version. The replacement disks I have don't list the version of OSX they have in them. I checked with Apple, and they said they'd send me another set, but that the set I already have should be correct. For some reason, my Mac just won't accept running an OS X Installation disc. Are you familiar with EFI Boot or whatever that means? Because when I use my OS X DVD, it always shows up with the label "EFI Boot". That could be a sign or something maybe? I have no idea. I'm most likely going to end up going two hours to the Apple Store. I feel like I messed up some software or something in the iMac, because the hardware *should* be fine (DVD Drive worked perfect in Windows 7), this just all started when I started messing around with a Windows 7 installation and formatting the Hard drive, partitions, etc. [/QUOTE]
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