Installed new HD now all i see is system folder with flashing ?
i just installed a new HD on my clamshell last night. Everything went smoothly and it was easier than I had imagined. After I had everything put back together I tried starting it up and then put in my OS X update discs. But all I am seeing is the blank screen with the system folder and flashing question mark. I tried pressing C to boot the CD but nothing happened. These aren't the original installation CD's as I bought the ibook second hand on ebay. On the CD's it says "OS X Updates 10.3.6 - 10.3.9 Konfabulator - Widgets" I'm not sure if these are even meant to be installation discs. I'm thinking that my option is to buy new discs and start that, but if there is a way to get these to work I'd rather do that. I was running Panther before this mix up, and I'm wondering if I should run panther again or if I should upgrade to Tiger or Leopard (although I think that my computer isn't compatible for Leopard)
Any help would be appreciated, I can't seem to find any info anywhere else on this.
You cannot install OS X to a blank hard drive from an upgrade installer disc. You need the fully bootable installer disc such as the retail Panther installer or the original OS X installer discs used to install the version of OS X that you upgraded with the upgrade disc. The disc you apparently used is not an OS X installer disc.
If you have Panther installer discs they should have a black label with a large gray "X". There are three discs in the set.
Before you will be able to install any operating system on your new drive you will first need to prepare the drive:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.
Note that some options referred to above may not be present in Jaguar or Panther. Simply ignore them.
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