Help! Mac OS 9.2.1 wont install!

So I have been trying for about 3 almost 4 weeks now to install Mac OS 9.2.1 on my Power Macintosh 5200/75LC. So when I boot up and hold C down it gives me a message that says "Sorry, a system error occurred. error type 1010". So now I have another problem besides that, now OS 9 wont boot up at all because my friend copied everything from the OS 9.2.1 disc onto the desktop, and now when you turn the Mac on it says "The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media, not if copied to another drive." so if anyone knows how to fix both of my problems please help, thank you!

Hi, apple rOOlz -
Tom is quite correct - the highest OS supported by Apple for your PM5200 is OS 9.1 -
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114
That machine can not be booted to any OS 9.2.x Install CD, including a retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD. In addition, because the installer for the OS 9.2.1 download update is coded to check the validity of the machine it is being installed upon, it can not be used to upgrade an OS 9.1 install to OS 9.2.1.
At least not directly. If you must have OS 9.2.1 on that machine, there may be a way to do that using the OS 9 Helper utility available from here -
OS9Forever.com Home Page
Note that OS 9 Helper requires the use of the OS 9.2.1 download update; it can not use an OS 9.2.1 Install CD. And, since it works only on top of an existing OS 9.1, you'll need to get that back onto the machine.
Article #120030 - Mac OS 9.2.1 - Download and Info
As Tom mentioned, copying the System Folder from an OS 9 Install CD (of any kind) will not work in order to gain a bootable OS - the files in that System Folder are non-standard, and, as the message indicates, will function only when run from the CD iteself (not when copied elsewhere).
Note - such copied System Folders may (or may not - experiences seem to vary) be usable as Classic under OSX, but in that mode it is being used as a program, not as an OS.

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