daver07734
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hi all,
i am currently operating an imac g3 dv running os x 10.2.8, 512mb ram.
the system had been working fine until i (stupidly, in hindsight) performed an archive and install. [the reason for this was beacause i had been having problems in getting an external firewire cd-rw (sony crx140ei) to show on desktop]. anyway i tried everything i could think of and was down to this, my final option of re-installing OS.
so now i get the 'prohibited' sign. tried zapping PRAM, resetting NVRAM, holding X key on startup as per apple's instructions but still the same. even tried erasing and installing, but no. and now to boot i've lost all my data. oh dear!
that doesn't bother me so much as i've lost the use of the computer itself. if someone can help i'd be very much appreciative.
by the way, the istall disks are retail copies of os x 10.2 jaguar and did not ship with my system as i bought this second-hand with no software. yikes!
i am currently operating an imac g3 dv running os x 10.2.8, 512mb ram.
the system had been working fine until i (stupidly, in hindsight) performed an archive and install. [the reason for this was beacause i had been having problems in getting an external firewire cd-rw (sony crx140ei) to show on desktop]. anyway i tried everything i could think of and was down to this, my final option of re-installing OS.
so now i get the 'prohibited' sign. tried zapping PRAM, resetting NVRAM, holding X key on startup as per apple's instructions but still the same. even tried erasing and installing, but no. and now to boot i've lost all my data. oh dear!
that doesn't bother me so much as i've lost the use of the computer itself. if someone can help i'd be very much appreciative.
by the way, the istall disks are retail copies of os x 10.2 jaguar and did not ship with my system as i bought this second-hand with no software. yikes!