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So I am able to connect my old iMac to the newer eMac via firewire and I'm transferring over the OS9 System Folder but it's taking FOREVER! Are there folders I can skip or a quicker way to copy them?

I'm using a 10.5.8 mac and have a LaCie burner attached via firewire. I have been using it for a couple years and all the sudden I have been getting an error message when I pop a DVD in, blank or not. And an error message for DVDs that were in there just the other day! Something changed and I'm...

Ok, it'll be a few days until I can mess with it but I will try what you suggested and post back. I don't go back to the school I got it from until next month, they may have it, but they probably recieved the computers with the OS already installed, or the traveling tech guys did it. I tend to...

No, I don't have the OS 9 installer disc. Just 10.3. Is there a way I can access the Mac through my newer eMac? Using an ethernet cable maybe? I have: 1) eMac running OS X 10.3 2) old iMac, locked, running OS 9 3) old iMac with wiped HD and no operating system

Ok, great! I added some extra RAM, equals 128. I started up the disc A OK. But now it says it needs a firmware update! I found it, downloaded it, put it on a jump drive, opened it, AND the computer gave me an error basically saying I didn't have sufficient privileges to open it! So, any other...

Ok, this is very strange. The computer is slot-loading. I can insert and eject a cd fine. The disc I've been using is the first of 2, DVDs that say "eMac Software Install and Restore 1 of 2". On these DVDs are the OS X 10.4 installers. But I also have 3 CDs, same stuff, they say "Panther Mac OS...

It was nice that the used HD already had OS Tiger installed on it...

I received an iMac DV+ from a school and I want to replace the OS with OS 10.3. I have the discs but the problem is the computer is locked down with an administrator password that I don't know. I can log in fine as a student but many things are locked down. All I want to do is wipe the whole...