I bought a computer of e-bay that just needs an operating system. Well I have a operating system. I put the CD for OS X in the drive and restarted holding the "c" key down. It won't boot the CD up. I've tried not holding it and jut letting it sit. It shows on my CD drive that it's working on it. can see the light flickering. The screen shows a folder flashing a ?. Can anyone help me or give me some ideas on what else I can try. The harddrive is a G3 tower.
2007-01-24 12:22:32 · 3 answers · asked by Minnesota Gurl 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You might have a CD for a different type of Mac or an Upgrade disk rather than an Install disk. You should post a question either at Apple Discussions or macosxhints.com forums.
2007-01-24 13:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by Elbert 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to apple.com/support/discussions and ask how to install your os on a blank hard drive. They'll need to know about your machine, which os etc., but all the answers and help are there. good luck...costa (if it were a dvd it would have spit it back out at you)
2007-01-24 20:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by Costa C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off the top of my head, I'd have to guess that your OS X disc is in fact a DVD, and your tower doesn't have a DVD drive.
2007-01-24 20:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by almighty_malachi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋