New 60 gb hard drive installed, ibook will not reboot

This is my first time using this type of support. Please share your advice as I learn the appropriate "norms" of the discussion system.
Computer:
2001 apple g3 ibook
dual usb ports
500 mgh
320 DRAM
10gb hard drive just swapped out for a 60 gb hard drive
Operating System:
I started out with the OS9 and OSX system configuration... I have since changed over to OSX exclusively... My current system is OSX 3.9 .
I have the original install disks and all of the other OSX upgrade disks available...
Problem:
My ibook kept saying that I did not have enough space on my start-up drive... I bought and installed a 60 gb hard drive after backing my hard drive up on an external hard drive.
I am unable to reboot my ibook after the install. I have tried holding the C button on start-up. I get a smiling face folder with a question mark flashing every few minutes. I have tried holding the X button on start-up. I get a "padlock_________arrow button". I have tried to put in my administrative password in the space between the padlock and the arrow button. When I do this, I see lots of dots flashing from left to right. I was hoping that the ibook was trying to boot from the external hard drive.
I have not tried to reboot with the original install disks that I received in 2001. I will try this today.
I am assuming that I put the install disk in and hold the C button as the chime sounds... If this gets me into the system, then what do I do...
I thought I knew what I was doing...but...
Thank you for your help and advice.

First please confirm what sort of install disks you have. Your iBook originally shipped with 10.0.3. Do you have the 10.3.x Panther retail full install CDs?
Hello:
Thank you for responding so quickly!
I do have the 10.0.3 install disks. I also have the full 10.2 install disk. I have the 10.3 update disk.
Problem:
I have tried to boot up using the 10.0.3 and the 10.2 install disks. I held the C button down as the chime was ending. I released the C button when I saw the folder symbol appear on my desktop... The folder has the OSX image on it... I do not have a curser available...
Any ideas?
I am trying to think back... I backed up my original hard drive to an external hard drive... I was under the impression that the external would act as a "bootable" disk...
I installed a new 60 gb hard drive.
I tried to reboot my computer with the C button pushed for the disk start up... folder appears with OSX logo on it.
and with the option down... also the X down... padlock appears with an arrow to its right.
Regards,
Stearns Sensei

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