Can i wipe powerbook g4 w/o install disk?

I have a g4 powerbook. It works great and I've never had any problems on it. But over the years it has become very slow, esp. when running processor/memory intensive programs such as PS CS4 and Maya.
I have since moved on to a MBP.
I am prepping my g4 to give to my 89 yr. old grandpa and would prefer a clean install (wipe out all my data). I did purchase a Tiger disk some years ago, but the chance of finding it quite slim. Is there any way to wipe my powerbook w/o the install disk or Tiger disk? or should I just shell out $ to buy it? does anyone even sell it still?
Thanks
Thanks for the help

It would be worthless without the Install Disc, the License to use it actually goes to the holder of the Install Disc.
See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9755670&#9755670
Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
* 512MB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
If it meets Leo's requirement you might be able to call Apple & still get a copy of that.

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Can't boot to any OS X Install Disk

I have a strange problem and this is going to be long. I just added a 2007 MacPro to our Apple family and am having an issue that I can not get past. First, I bought it used and the gentleman that sold it to me described what he did to prep it for me. He wanted to make sure that his data was completely gone so he performed a secure erase on all three HD. One 150GB WD Raptor 10000 and two 700 GB Segates 7500. I should mention here that this system has two DVD drives, one an Apple Super Drive, the other an LG BlueRay read write DVD. Once he did the erase, he said he was not able to reinstall because he kept getting a "can not install a lesser OS" type message. So he removed the WD Raptor and cloned it externally then replaced it.
Initially I was getting the ?folder icon on boot for a few seconds then it would seem to find the HD and boot up fine. However, any attempt to boot to any OS X install DVD results in the gray panic screen to reboot. I have the original disks to this system, which are OS X Tiger and I have a retail OS X 10.5 Leopard and neither will boot to do a fresh install.
I have done a PRAM reset and that has gotten rid of the ?folder screen. I have also booted to a Super Duper Boot Backup and performed a restore to the WD Hard Drive, repaired permissions and it boots great! Even reformated the two larger drives with disk utility and all runs extremely well. One other note... I have even been able to run Boot Camp, set up a partition on one of the large Hard Drives and successfully install Windows 7 64 bit Beta. So it does read DVDs.
But, I can not boot of any OS X install disk???? Below is a copy paste of the problem report that is generated after each failed attempt.
Any ideas????
Thu Feb 5 23:35:49 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A407F): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000098, CR3: 0x01236000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x0f21f004, EDX: 0x0f20fa24
CR2: 0x00000098, EBP: 0x50133a18, ESI: 0xffffffff, EDI: 0x50133a74
EFL: 0x00210206, EIP: 0x7c644bda, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x02b50010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x501337c8 : 0x128cdb (0x3c9a14 0x501337ec 0x131cdf 0x0)
0x50133808 : 0x1a407f (0x3cf788 0x0 0xe 0x3cefb8)
0x50133918 : 0x19ae94 (0x50133930 0xf20f804 0x50133948 0x7c6447a7)
0x50133a18 : 0x7c631bd8 (0xf21f004 0x7c7c3320 0x0 0x50133aac)
0x50133a58 : 0x7c60168c (0x0 0x50133a74 0x0 0x3c3ed4)
0x50133ab8 : 0x7c603765 (0x7c7c3320 0x0 0x68eed000 0x7bf40000)
0x50133b38 : 0x7c5fbbb3 (0x0 0x4ad9b0 0xf3000001 0x79f14000)
0x50133b88 : 0x7c5fcd1e (0xeb00800 0xedb4f80 0x0 0x0)
0x50133bd8 : 0x7c5fce30 (0xeb00800 0xef08500 0x6062213c 0x0)
0x50133c18 : 0x60627155 (0xeb00800 0x1 0x0 0x0)
0x50133c78 : 0x60621065 (0xeb00800 0x5 0x5 0xeb00800)
0x50133c98 : 0x38a1a9 (0xeb00800 0xe998a08 0xe998a08 0x0)
0x50133ce8 : 0x3b032a (0xeb00800 0xe998a08 0xe998a08 0x0)
0x50133d48 : 0x18d624 (0xeb00800 0xe998a08 0x0 0x0)
0x50133db8 : 0x12b498 (0xf223680 0xf196498 0x50133df8 0x11e03b)
0x50133df8 : 0x124af1 (0xf223600 0xe965340 0xf1fa480 0x0) Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.NVDAResman(4.3.8)@0x7c5fa000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x6042e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.4)@0x68b33000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.4)@0x60619000
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.4)@0x60619000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x6042e000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.3: Wed Aug 16 18:54:06 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.11.5.obj~1/RELEASE_I386

jravin wrote:
I have a strange problem and this is going to be long. I just added a 2007 MacPro to our Apple family and am having an issue that I can not get past. First, I bought it used and the gentleman that sold it to me described what he did to prep it for me. He wanted to make sure that his data was completely gone so he performed a secure erase on all three HD. One 150GB WD Raptor 10000 and two 700 GB Segates 7500. I should mention here that this system has two DVD drives, one an Apple Super Drive, the other an LG BlueRay read write DVD. Once he did the erase, he said he was not able to reinstall because he kept getting a "can not install a lesser OS" type message. So he removed the WD Raptor and cloned it externally then replaced it.
Initially I was getting the ?folder icon on boot for a few seconds then it would seem to find the HD and boot up fine. However, any attempt to boot to any OS X install DVD results in the gray panic screen to reboot. I have the original disks to this system, which are OS X Tiger and I have a retail OS X 10.5 Leopard and neither will boot to do a fresh install.
I have done a PRAM reset and that has gotten rid of the ?folder screen. I have also booted to a Super Duper Boot Backup and performed a restore to the WD Hard Drive, repaired permissions and it boots great! Even reformated the two larger drives with disk utility and all runs extremely well. One other note... I have even been able to run Boot Camp, set up a partition on one of the large Hard Drives and successfully install Windows 7 64 bit Beta. So it does read DVDs.
But, I can not boot of any OS X install disk???? Below is a copy paste of the problem report that is generated after each failed attempt.
Any ideas????
Thu Feb 5 23:35:49 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A407F): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000098, CR3: 0x01236000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x0f21f004, EDX: 0x0f20fa24
CR2: 0x00000098, EBP: 0x50133a18, ESI: 0xffffffff, EDI: 0x50133a74
EFL: 0x00210206, EIP: 0x7c644bda, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x02b50010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x501337c8 : 0x128cdb (0x3c9a14 0x501337ec 0x131cdf 0x0)
0x50133808 : 0x1a407f (0x3cf788 0x0 0xe 0x3cefb8)
0x50133918 : 0x19ae94 (0x50133930 0xf20f804 0x50133948 0x7c6447a7)
0x50133a18 : 0x7c631bd8 (0xf21f004 0x7c7c3320 0x0 0x50133aac)
0x50133a58 : 0x7c60168c (0x0 0x50133a74 0x0 0x3c3ed4)
0x50133ab8 : 0x7c603765 (0x7c7c3320 0x0 0x68eed000 0x7bf40000)
0x50133b38 : 0x7c5fbbb3 (0x0 0x4ad9b0 0xf3000001 0x79f14000)
0x50133b88 : 0x7c5fcd1e (0xeb00800 0xedb4f80 0x0 0x0)
0x50133bd8 : 0x7c5fce30 (0xeb00800 0xef08500 0x6062213c 0x0)
0x50133c18 : 0x60627155 (0xeb00800 0x1 0x0 0x0)
0x50133c78 : 0x60621065 (0xeb00800 0x5 0x5 0xeb00800)
0x50133c98 : 0x38a1a9 (0xeb00800 0xe998a08 0xe998a08 0x0)
0x50133ce8 : 0x3b032a (0xeb00800 0xe998a08 0xe998a08 0x0)
0x50133d48 : 0x18d624 (0xeb00800 0xe998a08 0x0 0x0)
0x50133db8 : 0x12b498 (0xf223680 0xf196498 0x50133df8 0x11e03b)
0x50133df8 : 0x124af1 (0xf223600 0xe965340 0xf1fa480 0x0) Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.NVDAResman(4.3.8)@0x7c5fa000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x6042e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.4)@0x68b33000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.4)@0x60619000
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.4)@0x60619000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x6042e000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.3: Wed Aug 16 18:54:06 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.11.5.obj~1/RELEASE_I386
I just did a check as you where smart & put what your problem was telling you
You had shown your Mac is Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.NVDAResman(4.3.8)@0x7c5fa000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x6042e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.4)@0x68b33000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.4)@0x60619000
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.4)@0x60619000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x6042e000
That Tell's me 100% you do have the same card the
_*(PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, display, Slot-1)*_
that needs OS X 10.5.2 or newer to boot from the install DVD. I went though this man, by myself is was not fun call 800-69-2773 (800-MY-Apple) ask for costumer care tell them it is the Old OS & newer GPU not the Mac Pro, So they can't try to say you need Apple Care for what in truth they never told people. I know you will get a replacement Mac OS X Leopard Install DVD 10.5.2 or newer it is white & has Replacement DVD Not For Resale on it.
I am give you my Email if needed at all in this (I know what a mess it is)
hess2 at mac dot com
Hope I helped you,
Thomas
*PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, display, Slot-1*
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Did my refurb PowerBook come with complete install disks or upgrade disks?

The 12" PB I purchased in January came with 10.3.X installed but the included DVDs have 10.4. I have been using 10.3.9 until now and will want to upgrade to 10.4 in the near future. How can I tell if they are full install disks. The number on the disk is: 2Z691-5517-A. I'd like to know what to expect.

The only discs which are not the full install say Upgrade or Update on them. Even those are capable of an Upgrade and Install and Archive and Install when it comes to 10.4. They can't install though on an erased drive Tiger directly, and need 10.3 installed first before they can install.
Before upgrading, follow these tips:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
Disclaimer: Reference to links I make to my Macmaps.com website are a for your information only type reference. I do not get any profit from this page, and it is open to the public.

PowerBook G4 With New Hard Drive - Can't boot from 10.2 OS Install Disk

My sister's hard drive died so I bought and installed a new Seagate 160GB drive. She has OS 10.2 OS disks but is not sure if they were for this computer. The fact that the computer is copyright 2004, and the disks 2002 makes me wonder. When I try to boot with the 10.2 disk, I never see the drive icon when I'm booting up. Holding keys results in:
Option - Return Arrow and Next Arrow, no drive icons
T - With attached USB DVD drive - only get the strange floating Y with the circle in the middle
None - just the folder and ?
I've also reset the PRAM.
Are these the right disks? If so, is there something else I need to do to have the computer recognize the CD when booting up?
The disks are white with the Jaguar(?) spotted X. The only text on them say Mac OS X v10.2/Install disk 1; Not for Resale; Version 10.2/2Z691-3706-A; the Mac and Apple logos and the copyright 2002 notice.
PowerBook G4
Model a1095; copyright 2004
1.3GHz/256MB/60G/Combo/BT/APX
W84200GUQHX

Hi, kjfrey55 -
Typically the OS version that a machine originally shipped with is the minimum OS version it can use.
Based on info from the s/n you gave, your machine is a PowerBook G4 (15 inch) model, with an estimated ship date of Aug '04.
That model originally shipped with OSX 10.3.3. It can not use OSX 10.2.
It can use a retail OSX Panther disk set provided that the version on it is OSX 10.3.4 or higher (if those exist).
It can also use a retail OSX 10.4 (Tiger) disk set.
You may be able to get a replacement original disk set for it from Apple's Customer Service -
http://www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html

Can I wipe my 2012 Mini and install Snow Leopard

I have years of apps, and files on my backup Time Machine using Snow Leopard, can I wipe Mountain Lion and install Snow Leopard?

Running Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) in Parallels:
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
NOTE: Computer games with complex, 3D or fast motion graphics make not work well or at all in virtualization.

Can't boot G5 even from OS install disk. Help?

I've trolled the message boards 25 pages deep and searched all the "Can't boot my G5" threads and still haven't found anyone describing what my machine is doing so thought I'd start a new thread in the hopes someone can help me out.
Ok I have a G5 dual processor machine. (Power PC chip, not Intel) Things went bad when I tried to do an Archive and Install of Leopard (OS 10.5) The install looked as normal until I got to one minute left on the install. At that point the install never progressed. I thought maybe it was doing some behind the scenes processing and decided to leave it over night. The next day my machine was still hung on that One minute left. So obviously it was a failure. Of course now the problem is I have an install that never completed of the OS and so that partition is, I assume, unbootable. Wiped away the Tiger OS and did a 99% install of Leopard. So I had to shut down by holding the power button.
I think to myself, "No worries I can just boot from my 2nd partition holding down the Option key to select it on the boot up screen". I always keep a partition with an OS on it for times like these. So I reboot, hold option key, select my other partition, things look OK. I get the grey screen with the Apple logo and I get the wheel animation turning. (Not beachball of death but the typical circular, almost sun ray configuration thing) At this point, usually the screen will go black for a moment before the desktop loads. However, in my case once the screen goes black after the load screen, it stays black. Now let me say the monitor does NOT turn off. There is a definite difference when I manually turn the monitor off. When off it's truly black. But this is like a power on black, not true black. (If you need me to explain this better feel free to ask me to clarify)
So the untouched, pristine Tiger partition boot is a No Go. I figured I'd then give up on trying to put Leopard on my desktop machine (I use it on my laptop) and reinstall the original OS and system software from the system disk that came with my G5. I boot machine holding down eject button, place the disk in, close the drive door and shut down again by holding power button. Reboot holding C key and the same routine happens with booting from the disk. Gray Apple logo screen, sun ray circle moving, screen goes black on the attempted transition to desktop .. but stays black. I also tried booting with my Disk Warrior disk to no avail. Same thing happens. (Also tried booting from disks by selecting them manually from booting with Option key down) At first I wondered if it was a monitor issue. That maybe my desktop was up but there was an issue with the signal being passed to the monitor on the resolution jump. Thought perhaps hitting the Eject key on the keyboard when I had attempted to boot from the partition (not from disk on this test) would tell me if it was a monitor issue. If it was a monitor issue, the disk tray should open. But alas, no.
So since I cannot boot normally from any partition or disk I decided to boot into single-user mode.
I did the fsck -fy thing and it told me everything was ok. I had also previously installed applejack and I ran that and short of correcting a few permissions and dumping some unneeded caches it came back with a system OK.
At my wits end I booted into target disk mode and ran Disk Warrior on both the original half installed OS partition and the back up emergency boot up partition from my laptop. Again, everything OK. Hoped against hope that I could actually install an OS onto my G5 from my laptop but I was only given the option of being able to do it from my laptop with the Leopard disk and it would only allow me to do it if I used Disk Utility to completely format that drive first. No, thanks.
Re-attempt to boot G5. Failure. So now I turn to hardware. Disconnected everything beside the keyboard and mouse. Try again. Fail. Pulled a couple sticks of Crucial memory out of the machine and left the stock RAM. No dice. Pressed the small power unit reset button under the RAM slots. No change. Zapped the PRAM. Still nothing. Try to boot in Safe mode holding down shift key. Doesn't work.
It seems to me if I can't even get the machine to boot from the Install disk that there is something going on that is much more major than software issues.
Bad motherboard? Any ideas? Because I'm all out of ideas.

Brother, Sound74, I thought I was the only one pulling the hair out of my chest one by one the past two days. Your situation is very similar to mine, and I'm just as clueless as you are. I started getting kernel panic screens, then nothing on boot, until finally I brought it to the local genius bar. They ran all the usual software/hardware tests, updated Tiger to 10.4.11, recommended I buy Leopard and do an erase-install. My computer, of course, was working absolutely fine by this point. I bought Leopard, came home, backed everything up, then tried to install the new OS. Like in your case, it just up and quit half-way through. Screen went black and a "No DVI Signal" message came on my display (it does this when I turn it on without first turning on the computer).
So I thought, well, maybe it takes a really long time to erase-install, and the monitor is just waiting for things to kick back in. I've always upgrade-installed before, so I couldn't tell if this was normal or not. But about half an hour later, my fans kicked in so fast I thought I had a P-51 Mustang taking off in my studio. I waited a bit more and finally force-shut-down my system. Not knowing what to expect, I nervously tried to re-boot.
Nothing. Zip. I can't safe boot, I can't boot from the installer disc, etc. The only thing I can do is the option-key thing whereby you choose the startup disc. And of course, it only gives the Leopard install disc as an option, because now the entire HD has been erased! But when I choose the Leopard disc, of course it doesn't work.
So I have a nice $3000 paperweight sitting in my studio. I guess I'll have to bring it back to the Mac store, where if it costs more than $300 to fix, I'm going to say screw it and put that dough toward a new iMac.
Sorry I couldn't provide any helpful info, but I just wanted you to know you're not alone in suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous technology.
Keep me posted on any solutions you discover, and I'll do the same.
Noochy1
PS My applecare expired a month ago! AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! **** Murphy and his stupid laws.

Can't start up from 10.5 Install Disk, but can from MB Pro Install Disk?

Many thanks in advance for your attention.
1. I was going to Verify (and then maybe Repair) HD by starting up my computer from the OS 10.5 install disk, but my laptop just blacked out (froze) each time I tried to start up from the 10.5 install disk. I tried starting up holding down the "c" key, the "option" key, and the "shift" key.
Each time my laptop just blacked out and froze. Odd as the 10.5 install disk has very rarely ben used and has no visible scratches, etc. I think I haven't used it since the original install.
2. So I tried instead the original Install Disk 1 that came factory specific with the MacBook Pro (which also has 10.5 and iLife, etc. on it). Held down the "c" key and I was able to boot from the Disk (and do a Verify Disk, etc.). No problems at all.
Anyone know what could be up with my OS 10.5 Install Disk? Is there a way to test if the Disk itself is somehow damaged?
Thank you.

Thanks again for your response.
I am all for these forums in helping people out. I know some questions/ answers can't be all black and white.
But - in the interests of clarity for others out there -
1. Again, I was not trying to INSTALL from the 10.5 Install Disk.
2. I was merely trying to insert it and use it to VERIFY my HD.
3. I know one cannot do an "update" INSTALL from (for example) a 10.4 Disk if one already has 10.5 installed.
4. But - through the incarnations of 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 - I had always been able to use the OS X retail install disk (no matter how old) to check out my HD, even if my HD had (for example) 10.3.5 on it and my Install Disk was just 10.3.
According to the link William posted, this may be different (I would guess on rare occasions), starting with Leopard.
5. But, given my history through all the incarnations of OS X, I was puzzled when it seemed my laptop could not read my very unused, mint 10.5 OS Install Disk. A mystery. But when I washed a seemingly flawless disk, it worked afterwards. So something must have been on it I couldn't see.

How can get a new OS Snow Leopard install disk? Please be specific.

Where can I get a new Snow Leopard OS X install disk? I'd appreciate anything you have to say.

You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.

Why can't I boot from my windows install disk using an external dvd drive?

My internal disk drive is broken on my computer, so I'm using an external one, but when I put my windows install disk in, it shows up when I'm using the computer, but it doesn't show up when I hold ALT on startup. Why is this?

Alt/Option Boot code is all in ROM. It shows an Icon for each potentially-bootable Volume.
Your Windows install DVD is not directly bootable, and so it does not show an Icon. (An OS 9 Installer CD would not show an Icon either.)
To install Windows, you need to research the use of Boot Camp, the software that provides Mac drivers and facilitates the Installation of Windows on a Mac. There are also Windows restrictions on the use of external drives which you may have to meet.

Where can I get a hold of the install disks?

I recently bought a Powerbook G4 from someone on Craig's list. It is just supposed to get me through school until I can afford to buy a better mac. Well she did not know the Admin password and everyone that I have asked for advise says that I need the start up disks that come with the computer when you first buy it. Does anyone know where I can buy a set? It there a special place to look on the apple store web page? Is there a way to change the admin password without the disks if finding a set is impossible?

Just a comment, but the fact that she/he doesn't know the admin password could be a signal that the PowerBook is "hot." You might want to check the serial no. of the machine against this resource:
http://www.powermax.com/stolen
On how to bypass the administrative password, you'll have to have either the original installation discs, or a version of Mac OS X equal to or after the version that was installed on your PowerBook in the first place. See these postings of mine in different threads:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5547383 (posts #'s 2 & 4)
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5063490 (post #10)
To get the administrative password reset, you can use the Reset Password utility when started up from a Mac OS X disc. The best thing to do is that, and the erase and reformat your hard drive, and reinstall software and apps so it's a clean system with only your stuff on it.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh655.html
**for help on erasing and reformatting your drive, let me know.

Can i recover from grey screen without install disk

i done an update on my iMac OS X 10.5.8 which required a restart when it came back on it only booted to grey screen with a question mark in the centre.
I have no install disc

If you are still on 10.5.8 probably not, however you can probably still get a replacement set of install discs from Apple. For a nominal fee they will ship them to you, all you need is a credit card and the serial number of the machine.
However before going to those lengths, try doing a Safe Restart, this might work if it's not a hardware failure. You can get instructions by clicking:
support.apple.com/kb/ht1455

Where can I get an copy of old install disks?

I lost my old adobe suites cd, and I'm not sure what to do. It was an older version, but still served me well. - My computer crashed a few months ago, and they weren't able to recover anything on my computer. Including the suites. When I went to look for my cds to "re-load" them onto my computer, I couldn't find them anywhere. I have moved a lot in the past couple years, and assume they've gotten lost in the moves. What should I do?
Message title was edited by: Brett N

From here.
http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html
Just be sure to read the instructions on how or the download links won't work.
(just put your serial into the trial version)

Can't boot install disk from usb drive

I bought a macbook pro back in late 2007 and up until now im getting ready to sell it. So now while restoring to factory settings, i wiped off the hard drive and i need to reinstall my install discs which i still have. However, the cd drive doenst work on the laptop. It hasnt worked since i can remember. I already imaged the instal disk into a usb flash drive and tried booting from there. When i turn it on and hold "option," it reads the flash drive as a backup, but it wont boot from it. I click the flash drive, and it loads, but then the apple logo gets replaced by a "no symbol."
I have a new macbook pro, but not a firewire cable or an external cd/dvd drive. Anyone know how i can get the old laptop to boot from the usb?
BTW, the install cd's are for tiger, but i installed snow leopard when it came out. Im not sure if i still have the cd for snow leopard, but i dont think that would help since the cd drive doenst work. Do i need to buy an external cd drive to reinstall my operating system?

chonke wrote:
the install cd's are for tiger, but i installed snow leopard when it came out. Im not sure if i still have the cd for snow leopard
Well that's your problem you used Tiger and the firmware was changed to prevent booting from the older operating system once you upgraded to Snow Leopard.
You will need a copy of the Snow Leopard disks, the white one's online at Apple will work
Then you need to follow this to make a 10.6 install USB
http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
Here are the instructions to install Snow Leopard, I advise zero erasing the entire drive first, this will clear any bad sectors and make the install work perfectly when you sell it and not get call back (although the cd drive is dead of course)
You might be able to extract the free iLife off the Tiger disks, then Software Update fully to bring it up to date using Pacifist from CharlesSoft.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
BTW, you can't boot/install off a external optical, only internal.

Did Mid-2011 iMac come with install disks?

I bought a new iMac today, and I want to sell the old one. Should I have install disks? I don't remember getting any.
How can I wipe the hard drive and install an OS without them?

Click here and try using the Internet Recovery system. If it's not available on that Mac, you need disks; if it is, it can be used to erase the internal drive and install a fresh OS.
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Is it possible to use the snow leopard install disk for bootcamp setup?

I'm going to be installing a windows 7 partition through bootcamp on my macbook, but I can no longer find the two original install disks that it came with. So my question was whether or not its possible to go through the bootcamp process with the snow leopard install disk?

Do you mean a "Retail OSX Snow Leopard Install DVD for USD 29" ?
If so, then yes. use it.
Sounds to me like the Original Install Discs you refer to are OSX 10.5 Leopard ones, right ?
These won't work with Windows 7 since Windows 7 requires OSX Snow Leopard DVD at minimum for the Driver Installation and BootCamp Assistant version 3.x as well, which is also only avaiable in OSX Snow Leopard.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899
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