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iMac G4 can't read Tiger install DVD, can read other DVD's though?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 539326"><p>The G4 iMac is in perfect working condition and here's why.</p><p></p><p>Your copied version of Tiger was made from your restore disks, it seems to me. The restore disks are hardware specific so it will not work on the G4 iMac.</p><p></p><p>Your friend will have to buy a full retail install disk to be able to install it on her iMac. She can try eBay. She should look for a disk that is NOT for a specified Mac model and the disk, if shown in a picture should be black, not grey. This is the correct disk she should be looking out for.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6600&d=1187537924" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>BTW a Combo-Drive can read DVDs just fine: it simply cannot <em>burn</em> DVDs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 539326"] The G4 iMac is in perfect working condition and here's why. Your copied version of Tiger was made from your restore disks, it seems to me. The restore disks are hardware specific so it will not work on the G4 iMac. Your friend will have to buy a full retail install disk to be able to install it on her iMac. She can try eBay. She should look for a disk that is NOT for a specified Mac model and the disk, if shown in a picture should be black, not grey. This is the correct disk she should be looking out for. [IMG]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6600&d=1187537924[/IMG] BTW a Combo-Drive can read DVDs just fine: it simply cannot [I]burn[/I] DVDs. [/QUOTE]
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