> It's an Imac... :( And I suspect that the cd drive is locked, it
> doesn't read although it spins up. I'm looking into a USB 5.25 case
> since there is no floppy to try anything with. Thanks though.
Unless the CD-ROM is actually physically broken (i.e. it doesn't read
CDs) then you can boot up your computer using the Mac OS CD-ROM and
bypass the software (possibly... don't know foolproof).
1. Insert the Mac OS CD into the drive.
2. Restart the computer and hold down the c key until the CD-ROM
starts reading the CD and booting off the CD.
3. Do a search for "foolproof" and move anything related to it into a
separate folder (i.e. extensions or control panels).
4. Restart.
If 1 & 2 work but 3 & 4 don't then you can reformat the HD. If 1 & 2
don't even work then you'll have to remove the HD from the iMac and
reformat it in another computer.
Eric.
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