G3 B&W New Hard Drive Installation Problems

I got a G3 for free just recently and when I booted it up the question mark folder icon came up. So I figured the hard drive had entirely quit. I had a second drive that I had come across, loaded that into my G4 and cloned the G4's Hard Drive. I was also in need of the OS. Swapped out the hard drives, booted the G3 up and the same question mark folder icon came up. I am just curious if anyone has any good advice on how to upgrade this G3 to a new hard drive so I can try to get Tiger on it. My mother only uses a computer for iTunes and browsing the web so I should only need bare minimum requirements.
Also the board is a Rev 2.

The question mark comes up when your Mac cannot find:
• the preferred OS version
• of the preferred OS type
• on the preferred Startup Disk
all these items are stored in the parameter RAM and Non-volatile RAM and preserved by an "always-on" 5 Volt power supply that works whenever there is AC power, even if the Mac is nominally off.
When there is no AC power, a 3.6 Volt 1/2 AA battery supplies backup power. When that also goes too low, parameter corruption can cause the exact symptoms you describe even if the Hard Drive is perfectly fine.
Reset the PRAM using the tiny button on the motherboard near the battery. Hold the button for a quarter minute, then wait at least five seconds before doing anything else. Avoid momentary presses. You will probably need a new battery. Any drop in AC power after the reset and before you replace the battery will send you right back to were you were (or worse). Also, after replacing the battery, you will need to do the reset again.

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