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Old February 1st, 2007, 10:00 AM
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flashing Broken File after attempting to install Osx

Someone gave me an old iMac G3 m5521 that runs/ran Os 9.
The machine has slot loading DVD drive and Firewire...
I tried to install Tiger on it and it rejected it saying that it cannot be installed on this computer.
Now when i start the iMac I get this file icon with question mark flashing forever.
When I restart the computer with the option button pressed I am not getting any start up disks....just too buttons on the screen (recycle) and (arrow pointing right). Pressing the latter 2 does not do anything.
I don't have the original OS9 disc to restore it.
Is there a way to fix it painlessly?
Thank you.

Last edited by mauve; February 1st, 2007 at 10:57 AM.
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