Installing snow leopard on a imac that won't turn on

When I tried to turn on my imac this morning, the fans turn on, but the screen goes grey with the logo on it then turns straight back off again. I tried clearing the P-Ram to no avail. Then I tried to reinstall the disks but the computer says that the disk can't be installed because the harddrive can be configured. I've now got a snow leopard disk that I am trying to install instead but as the computer won't stay on it won't lwt me and when I try to turn on the computer holding the c key to start the computer from the disk it just stays on the grey screen with no sound from the fan. Has anyone any idea what I can do?

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Sylvia,
There is a Office for Mac Product Forums, if now one here is able to answer I'd recommend posting on that forum.

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Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on my MacBook that is currently running Tiger? I have heard rumors that Leopard must be installed before Snow Leopard will work. I bought a white MacBook about three and a half years ago with Tiger installed.

1. The Snow Leopard installer itself runs the equivalent of Disk Utility's verify disk step on the volume selected for the install, so while this remains a good idea when upgrading to Leopard or other previous OS versions, doing it as a separate pre-install step is not necessary or likely to improve anything when upgrading to Snow Leopard.
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3. Some users seem unaware of just how different the Snow Leopard installer is from the earlier ones. When Apple talks about streamlining it in the product's blurb, it refers to much more than just eliminating the old Archive & Install and Erase & Install options, notably:
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• The new installer doesn't create a "Previous Systems" folder like the old Archive & Install did. There is no reason for this largely redundant folder anymore, since the new installer selectively leaves in place user-added items from the old system folders that they previously had to move back into those folders manually if they wanted to restore their functionality. However, if the "Previous Systems" folder exists because a user did an A&I with an older OS installer, the new one leaves it in place. But since the new OS ignores it, just as previous ones did, this has no effect on OS operation.
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Hi I am trying to install snow leopard, Hi I am trying to install snow leopard onto my iMac g5 currently, Hi I am trying to install snow leopard onto my iMac g5 currently running 10.3.9. I open disk ,click install- nothing happens. Any ideas? Thanks Dan

Hi I am trying to install snow leopard onto my iMac g5 currently running 10.3.9. I open disk ,click install- nothing happens. Any ideas? Thanks Dan

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I am unable to install Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro as the DVD won't mount. This is an early 2008 vintage MacBook Pro, intel core duo...
I'm using a OS X Snow Leopard install DVD (family licensed). This DVD has been used to install 3 other Macs in my house without a problem (about a year ago), but cannot be used to upgrade my MBP. Actually, this disk mounted on the MBP exactly once - inserted with system up, the disk mounted. Upon running the installed (a year ago), the computer restarted but hung in boot. After getting the disk ejected and the computer restarted, the disk would never mount again. I've defered upgrade for a year but at this point need to upgrade my MBP at least to Snow Leopard and possibly Lion.
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http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
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Hello,
I am about to sell my late 2009 iMac 27". It came with Snow Leopard, but I recently upgraded to Mavericks.
I understand it is good practice to reinstall the OS which originally came with the machine, however I cannot boot from the grey installer disc that came with the machine. (It looks like it may be slightly marked).
I have erased the drive and come to the OSX Utilities screen, where I have the option of reinstalling Mavericks. I just wanted to know, if I leave it like this can a potential new owner use the machine? Can they enter their own Apple ID to continue with the installation?
I have trawled forums looking for an answer but just need someone to tell me if this possible.
Many thanks in advance!

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Clean Install of Snow Leopard
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         After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
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Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
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The disk drive in my 24" alu iMac is crap and has never worked properly and now wont accept most disks and I've had Snow Leopard for ages but not been able to install it.
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Actually, pretty much any iMac later than the second generation iMac G5 ALS (the "Ambient Light Sensor" model) are quite challenging to take apart & put back together without damaging something. Taking apart any of them after the ALS involves removing delicate items held in place by adhesives, removing hard to reach connectors, & so on. Not impossible but definitely not something the average user should try.
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