help. please. im desperate

vwnat · #1 June 22nd, 2009, 03:53 PM

So. This is my issue. I have an ibook g4 that i have listed on ebay as is set back to factory settings. when i went to set it back to fact. i realized that i didn't have the os discs. so i thought hell ill try the ones from my new mac (stupid i know) so i did it and i got into the disk installer and reset the computer back to factory x7 to make sure everything is gone. now the computer wont boot up unless you have the leopard disk in and it only takes you to the disk utlity. i have since found my original os. disks, but all the do is load up to the apple and the goes to a black screen with a curser in the middle that won't move. or if there are no cds in the computer it will boot up to a grey screen with a small folder with an alternating mac logo and question mark. i did the start up with shift help and it says no driver was found for this platform. please help me. im lost.

vwnat · #2 June 22nd, 2009, 06:09 PM

so. i have the os disc in and i held down the option key at start up. i am now at a blue screen with two arrows. a right one and a circle one (refresh maybe) but there are no volumes in the middle to choose????

Satcomer · #3 June 22nd, 2009, 07:25 PM

Check to see if the hard drive failed after you erased the drive to "factory defaults". That drive is probably old and has failed.

vwnat · #4 June 22nd, 2009, 07:51 PM

how do i do that? on the leopard disk utility i can repair and test and they are all check out fine. but i can't get it to load the tiger disks. why