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OSX/Hard Disk problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1074861" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Okay, just to clarify (and thanks for listing the specs, always useful - put the first three and the last one in your member profile):</p><p>1. Put Install Disk 1 in the drive tray</p><p>2. Reboot the Mac, and hold down the C key IMMEDIATELY after the chime sound.</p><p>You should hear the optical drive whirring away, and the startup screen should appear slightly later than normal, with a different appearance from normal. If none of that happens, and the usual screen appears, then the Install disk startup hasn't worked. </p><p></p><p>If so:</p><p>1. Leave the Install disk in the tray</p><p>2. Go to System Prefs > System > Startup Disk and select the MacOS X Install disk as the startup system.</p><p>3. Reboot the Mac. (you shouldn't need to hold down the C key)</p><p></p><p>If the Mac starts from the optical drive, you're in business! Go through the hardware check as outlined in Post #2.</p><p></p><p>BTW - the disk ring you refer to is normal (I think). Not all the disk may be used, and you can see a ring where the original burn finished (disks burn from the centre outwards). If the disk is faulty - and only another Mac will determine that - then Apple may replace it, you'll need to contact them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 1074861, member: 56231"] Okay, just to clarify (and thanks for listing the specs, always useful - put the first three and the last one in your member profile): 1. Put Install Disk 1 in the drive tray 2. Reboot the Mac, and hold down the C key IMMEDIATELY after the chime sound. You should hear the optical drive whirring away, and the startup screen should appear slightly later than normal, with a different appearance from normal. If none of that happens, and the usual screen appears, then the Install disk startup hasn't worked. If so: 1. Leave the Install disk in the tray 2. Go to System Prefs > System > Startup Disk and select the MacOS X Install disk as the startup system. 3. Reboot the Mac. (you shouldn't need to hold down the C key) If the Mac starts from the optical drive, you're in business! Go through the hardware check as outlined in Post #2. BTW - the disk ring you refer to is normal (I think). Not all the disk may be used, and you can see a ring where the original burn finished (disks burn from the centre outwards). If the disk is faulty - and only another Mac will determine that - then Apple may replace it, you'll need to contact them. [/QUOTE]
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