I accidentally restored my Mac OS X with Mac OS 9 - how do I get X back??
(I'm not sure if I'm at the right place to be sending this stuff, but I'll try). My grandparents gave me a used Mac OS X computer. At first, it didn't do diddly-squat, but after about a month of hard work and a 17-hour operating system download, I got it to connect to the internet, work with our iPods, etc. However, when I tried to play Starcraft, it told me there wasn't a Classic system folder. I consulted the Help menu, and it told me to boot the computer with the Software Install discs that came with my computer. Let me remind you that I got this computer from my grandparents, so I must not have had everything. Very unfortunately, I accidentally booted off a Mac OS 9 System Restore disc instead of the OS X Install disc. I proceeded to restore my original OS X operating system with OS 9, thinking that I was doing the right thing considering Classic was made to run OS 9 applications. (Actually, the cd does say PowerMac G4 Cube on it, but I am assuming it is for Mac OS 9 because, well, it said OS 9 when I booted it). Anyways, later I realized my mistake, but to make matters worse, my computer seems to freeze up at the screen with the little smiling computer (from OS 9) when I attempt to boot it. This means I have to boot my computer off the disc that is stuck in my drive, considering I cannot remove it as long as the computer is running off of it. This means I also can't just find an OS X cd and reinstall it. Needless to say, I am very frustrated and hopeless for the fate of not only the hard work I put into it but for the fact that my several hundred dollar computer is just that much more plastic on the desk. Could you please help me out??? Thanks for your time... Very confused and frustrated.
Roadkill:
I can't say I understand all the intricacies of your saga, but here is a schedule for installing OS 9 and Panther from disk. I suggest a clean install as I think things are pretty messed up on your disk. If you do not have the right disks, you can get them at applerescue.
Clean Panther installation
This process will completely erase everything on your Hard Disk Drive. Be sure to Backup your User Folder and all third party apps you can't afford to lose
1. Boot from your OS 9 install CD holding down C key.
2. Go to Drive Setup and reformat your drive as Mac OS Extended (HFS+)
2. Reinstall OS 9
3. Update to 9.2.2: Mac OS 9: Available Updates
4. Update Firmware if necessary.
5. Boot from the 10.3.x install CD 1
6. Go to Installer Menu and open Disk Utility
7. Repair Permissions!
8. Install Mac OS X 10.3.x
9. Restart and Repair permissions (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility)!
10. Download and apply the Mac OS X Update 10.3.9 (Combo)
11. Restart and Repair permissions!
12. Run Software Update and apply all updates available
Post back with questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius
PismoG4 550, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS (10.4.4) Mac OS X (10.4.5) Beige G3 OS 8.6
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