Lost destination disk

Ooops! As I was zeroing out the drive on my iBook G4 to reinstall 10.4, it froze. Stupidly, I restarted the computer. Now, when I try to reinstall system software, there is no destination disk. Have I totally messed up the drive? Is there any way to revive the drive?

Hi lost51
Welcome to the place when things go Ooops.
It may not have frozen just was taking a long time doing the zeroing.
Have you tried Booting from your Install Disk, hold the C key till the Apple logo appears, then run Disk Repair, then reinstall your OS.
regards roam

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You need the System DVDs that originally came w/the computer in order to troubleshoot. All Macs prior to & including ML came w/System DVDs.
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My MBP has crashed & won't start beyond the grey screen and spinning wheel. System restore from Time Machine backup won't work. I tried all these without success
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I’ve verified my hard disk (all appears ok) and run Repair Disk Permissions. This reports some problems, for example:
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I don’t know if they’re linked with my problem or an irrelevant side-issue. I don’t understand the ramifications of these wrong permissions that Disk Utility can’t repair. And I don’t have the headspace or time to learn now either.
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