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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    Im in target disk mode, and I have the flashing firewire symbol. But the controlling computer has no other hard drives showing up in disk utility. Should I take it apart and check all of the connections? I hope I have the right kind of hard drive.
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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    Also this is the hard drive I put in my 2007 intel iMac http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148699 Should I check for any master/slave settings and do I need to worry about changing the heat sensor inside, (at the present, I just reattached the old one)?
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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    I reset the PRAM and NVRAM, which was interesting because then the start up chime started working again (I had installed a program to disable it and it still was disabled until I did the shift+option+p+r) Still flashing folder and not booting from dvd, just ejecting when I hold c. I will have...
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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    Unplugging the iMac for 15s got me back to gray screen. Now I'm wondering if I should be using Snow Leopard Install or just the OS X install discs that came with my iMac? I guess I should try the "c" button ? edit 1: I tried the "c" button and it just ejected, and after it ejected only then...
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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    No issues with the CD drive before crash. I have no other mac but some friends do, I will try Target Disk when I can. Do you suspect that could solve the issue of it not turning on at all?
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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    Its possible that I disconnected it but I want to think its working since it did eject? As for holding the option at startup, its not starting up since I switched the Snow Leopard Install for just OS X install
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    Replacing crashed hard drive in iMac, can't get OS X, stuck, please help

    So my hard drive died, I had the gray screen with the apple. I replaced it with a SATA drive (there was a Snow Leopard install disc in the DVD drive from me trying things after the hard drive crashed) but when I turned it on after replacing crashed hard drive there was only a gray screen no...
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