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iMac G3/400 - Broken slot-load drive, no OS, reinstall 9.2 without CD?
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<blockquote data-quote="IsakaTenshou" data-source="post: 1260885" data-attributes="member: 206614"><p>Hello,</p><p>I have 2 slot load iMac G3/400s, both of which have broken CD-ROM drives (takes in discs when the wheels don't slip, but doesn't read them, bad laser?) and blank hard drives. I want to get 9.2 back on them (don't think it would be efficient to run OSX on such old hardware), but neither have working optical drives. I'm aware of Target Disk Mode & installing from another mac, but my only other mac can not boot into OS9. Is there any way to:</p><p>1) Install OS9 back onto these systems?</p><p>2) Repair these slot-load drives to read discs again? </p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IsakaTenshou, post: 1260885, member: 206614"] Hello, I have 2 slot load iMac G3/400s, both of which have broken CD-ROM drives (takes in discs when the wheels don't slip, but doesn't read them, bad laser?) and blank hard drives. I want to get 9.2 back on them (don't think it would be efficient to run OSX on such old hardware), but neither have working optical drives. I'm aware of Target Disk Mode & installing from another mac, but my only other mac can not boot into OS9. Is there any way to: 1) Install OS9 back onto these systems? 2) Repair these slot-load drives to read discs again? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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