At 6:03 PM -0700 9/28/2009, Dale Goodvin wrote: >i'm giving my older imac to a very deserving person and I want to >restore the harddrive to get rid of all of my personal information, >data, etc. > >White soccer-ball base, Power PC G4, 700mhz, current operating system 10.3.9. > >Everytime I put the first of the 4 re-store cd's in, turn off the >computer and re-start it, holding down the "c" key, the computer >ejects the cd during the start-up process and starts up normally. >Even if I re-insert the cd immediately after it's ejected, the same >same happens.
Clean the CD. Clean the CD drive. While booted normally, insert the CD then select it in the Startup Disk system preferences. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
