HT201364 im running on 10.7.5 and want to upload to mavericks.

I purchased mountain lion from the app store and i cannot use it because my computer isn't compatible. I have a white 24 inch mac, I am running off a 3TB drive, how can i upgrade via the disk drive?? My mac wont run alone, if i unplug the disk drive my mac will start up and display a blinking file folder. My uncle somehow managed to put my os on the drive and i run from that.. my mac is essentially just a monitor, and the hard drive is in the external disk drive, if that makes any sense. the only logical reason i can come up with for my computer not upgrading is because it thinks there isnt enough space. I have 999GB available. Is there a way to upgrade to maverics? i thought i was good because i upgaded from snow leopard to lion, and i want to keep going. please help.

I shared my screen with an apple rep, come to find out my system was from 1975 or something like that,
That's not possible. There were no Macs in 1975. The first Mac was introduced in 1984.
White 24" iMacs were produced in 2006.

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