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G3 Hard Drive problem
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<blockquote data-quote="joe mama" data-source="post: 21391"><p>My sister has a iMac G3 DV 400MHz cpu w/128MHz RAM that ran with OS9</p><p></p><p>When it boots up it displays the 'System File Missing' '?' I booting off the Install and the Restore CD and it still cannot find a hard drive. I looked under the disk utilities and no HD icon is present. I also looked under the Apple System Profiler, Devices and Volumes and it is not there. It does not even mention ' Internal ATA 1' It shows the CD ROM connected to 'Internal ATA 2'</p><p></p><p>One of the half dozen times I booted off the CD, the desktop did show folders from the HD, but that only occured once and has not re occured.</p><p></p><p>I do not know if this is a HD problem or a problem with Internal ATA1. If It is a HD I could install a new one, but it does not appear to be a very easy task on this iMac. If it were easy I would put in a new one just to narrow down the problem.</p><p></p><p>If it is the Internal ATA 1 that has a problem, could I set her machine to boot and run off a firewire HD and just leave the internal HD?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joe mama, post: 21391"] My sister has a iMac G3 DV 400MHz cpu w/128MHz RAM that ran with OS9 When it boots up it displays the 'System File Missing' '?' I booting off the Install and the Restore CD and it still cannot find a hard drive. I looked under the disk utilities and no HD icon is present. I also looked under the Apple System Profiler, Devices and Volumes and it is not there. It does not even mention ' Internal ATA 1' It shows the CD ROM connected to 'Internal ATA 2' One of the half dozen times I booted off the CD, the desktop did show folders from the HD, but that only occured once and has not re occured. I do not know if this is a HD problem or a problem with Internal ATA1. If It is a HD I could install a new one, but it does not appear to be a very easy task on this iMac. If it were easy I would put in a new one just to narrow down the problem. If it is the Internal ATA 1 that has a problem, could I set her machine to boot and run off a firewire HD and just leave the internal HD? [/QUOTE]
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