Seeking complete install/restore disk set

Help! I am looking for a complete install/restore disk set for my iMac PPC G5. Please advise where I might be able to get my grubby hands on a set. Would be interested in either copies or the originals (preferred).
Called the local Apple reseller and they didn't even know what I was talking about. EBay's no help either.
Any suggestions?

Called 'em. Said they were no longer available but was willing to sell me the OS cds similar to the original ones that came with the iMac G5, i.e., 10.1.3 and 9.2.2. A "mere" $46.00 US.
Moral: Don't lose (or miss place) the disk set that came with the computer.
Thanks for the phone number and lead.

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How many install/restore disks should there be?

Okay, in my MacBook box there is only 1 install/restore disk? I didn t bother to check before until now.

Probably. Nevertheless...after I've unpacked everything i plan to read every piece of literature front to back.
That doesn't mean you cannot be helpful here. People come here for help and most people here are pretty helpfule and curteious. Perhaps forums in the windows world are more casutic and you can project an attitude but this apple forum is reallly good because of the helpful people. Lets try to keep that going without copping an attitude.
btw as noted the manual really doesn't say anything about two disks so telling the to RTFM is even more pointless.
Mike
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Unable to run Software Install/Restore Disk, Help!

Hi,
Currently unable to run my original Software Install and Restore disk.
Can force the CD tray to open, Disk drive is working fine and can hear it whirring but not running the program on disk!
Tried holding C key not working (did run my Apple Hardware Test disk though)
Also tried Holding Command, Option, Shift and Delete keys (to disable hard drive as described in Apple help info)
If anyone has any suggestions Im know throwing in potential marriage to anyone with an answer thatll work.
(Please note: Id love to buy DiskWarrior but at £70 and currently being unemployed, that is definitely a last resort.)
MY ORIGINAL PROBLEM IS OUTLINED BELOW
Hi nice people.
I own a G4 imac 15 flat panel, running OSX10.2
Currently after turning on my computer I get the following-
The start up tone, then a screen with the grey apple logo, I then get the spinning grey progress wheel and this is how the computer remains, not progressing from this screen!
The hard drive is making an active noise for the first minute and then goes quiet.
Previously to this situation-
My computer kept locking up while I was using the Internet.
Seeing the progress indicator (spinning disc) it remained constant and I was not able to do anything from this point. Tried force quitting nothing.
Switching off the computer with the power button led me to me my current situation.
I have followed all online help advice that seems to be relevant and have tried the following-
Resetting PRAM_
Safe Boot_
I have also disconnected all additional devices and Ethernet connection.
Bugger.

Ok, well they don't actually have them anymore, but if one calls up and says they lost their cds, Apple SOS can send a duplicate, but whether or not its the actual 4 cds and two 10.2.1 cds that remains to be seen, but according to what they told me they no longer provide the cds unless the customer mentions that it was lost or misplaced.

How can I tell if I have the right restore disks for Intel Mac Mini

I have an "early 2006" (confirmed by S/N YM609***) Intel Mac Mini 1.66mhz Core Duo. I bought it used and the hard drive had been wiped. Both the HD and the DVD drive seem to work fine; hard drive passes SMART tests. I was able to boot using "Drive Genius" and can access the pre-install items like Disk Utility (and know that I need to use GUID formatting to create a bootable disk). Not knowing I could order restore disks from Apple I bought a set on eBay, p/n AHT VERSION 3A102 DISC VERSION 1.1 2Z691-5828-A, copyright 2006 on disks and included documentation (OS 10.4.6), but the install always fails 10-15 minutes along. I got the same results when trying to install via internal optical drive to a FW or USB external HD (told it to use GUID for the external HD), or external FW optical drive both to internal HD and to external USB hard drive. A friend tried to install full retail versions of 10.5 and even 10.6 for diagnostic purposes, using the built in HD and DVD drives, but those installs did not complete either; they did not try external drives. Is that the wrong restore version for this model, or even if the right "generation", does a set of restore disks only work with the specific Mac mini they were issued for like for example XP restore disks would? I've been told I can provide my s/n to Apple and for about $30 they will send me the "right" restore disks... anyone know anything about this? Could there be a hardware/firmware explanation for why the install fails like that? PS ran the extended version of the Apple Hardware Test with that restore disk set and it reported "no problems."
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Thanks. Actually I got the Mini from a computer recycling company I work with so I knew it might have problems and that I was taking an "as-is" risk. If the original disks were turned in with it, they'd been lost (that outfit took in huge piles of stuff every day; it was often luck of the draw for me to find something before it would be buried, damaged, etc., and not everyone who worked there had any idea of the possible value of things they received) for me to find things. The disks I got on eBay apparently were separated from the mini they'd been packaged for. An Apple Store rep said I could order restore direct from Apple just by providing my serial number; just wish I'd known that before I went to eBay. Since posting this I've seen another seller specifically claiming that the same-part-numbered-as-mine disc set they are selling will work with my specific type of Mac mini. I have an appointment tomorrow morning at the Genius Bar at an Apple store near me in case they have more suggestions. Will share what I know as things develop.

Powerbook g4 (1Ghz) 15 inch,Which software restore disk do I need

Hello, I recently acquired a powerbook 15 inch g4 1Ghz laptop. I dont know alot about apple laptops. It did not come with any system disks. I wanted to do a complete harddrive wipe and use a system install/restore disk to start with a fresh hard drive. What restore disks do I need to do this. The laptop has a superdrive. Will any system install/restore disk work if it says "15 inch powerbook". Or is there only one specific /original disk that will work with it. Thanks Dave

Hi, David, and welcome to Apple Discussions. A 15" PB G4 could be either the last Titanium model, with most of its ports on the back, or the first 15" Aluminum model, with all its ports on its end panels.
Your best bet in either case may be to buy a retail OS X installer disc set. Either model mentioned above can comfortably run the latest version of OS X 10.4.x ("Tiger"), though if you now have only 256MB of installed RAM, you'll soon want to add more to make Tiger really happy. Alternatively, either model could also run OS X 10.3.x ("Panther"), which would be a bit less expensive now that it's not the latest and greatest version. But if I were you, I'd buy Tiger and be up to date from the outset.
Duplicates of the original discs that were shipped with the Powerbook when it was new may (or may not) still be available for a nominal fee directly from Apple — by phone only, not through the online Apple Store. But those discs will install OS X 10.2.x ("Jaguar"), an earlier and markedly inferior OS version. You would then have to purchase the upgrade to 10.3.x or 10.4.x if you decided you wanted it later. Better to start right off with it.
Do NOT buy an OS installer set that is specific to (was originally shipped with) any Mac model other than yours. It is very likely not to install at all, and if it does, the installation is apt to be flaky or nonfunctional. You should consider ONLY a retail set, or a duplicate of the original set that went with your PB when it was new.

How do i install application disk

I received an applications disk with this used Macbook Pro, 2009 model. It says to insert the disk, reboot holding down the D key which is supposed to run a hardware test. It doesn't work, but always just shuts down after a few minutes. when I try to install it normally with the system running I get an error message that this package will not run on this computer.
This disk is supposed to install Garage Band and other applications that are no longer included for free.
Anyone know about this and how to get around it?

If the disc really is part of the correct original install-restore DVD set, it may be damaged.
For a replacement disc, you'd have to be on the look-out for a retail Garage Band version
from that era; or attempt to find one of the gray discs with the correct Part Number that
your computer shipped with that has all the original applications plus OS X installer on it.
You could get & try a utility known as Pacifist from the maker's web site to see if you may
be able to extract the files and then use this utility to build an installation from the desktop,
so as to get the Garage Band application from a DVD -- without the Apple installer software.
•Pacifist: http://www.charlessoft.com/pacifist_olderversions.html
While I've used Pacifist several times with older OS X (pre 10.7) there are a few things that
require you to try & try again. It is not simple, but can work well with older system discs.
With correct identification of the computer build model year, you may be able to find an
original correct install-restore disc set by part number. I've noticed http://MacTracker.ca
database download shows gray-label DVD part numbers for specific model Macs. [With
this information, it may be possible to contact resellers of older software sets, to buy it.]
Hopefully this helps somewhat.
Good luck & happy computing!
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When setting up Elements 9 from the disk I get the message "the wizard was interrupted before Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 could be completely installed. The mentioned application has failed to install th: Shared Technologies.

When setting up Elements 9 from the disk I get the message "the wizard was interrupted before Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 could be completely installed. The mentioned application has failed to install th: Shared Technologies.

Try downloading and installing the 9.0.3 updater from here:
mac
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I have a Mid 2009 Macbook Pro 13 with no restore disk; it has OS 10.8.4 I believe there is something wrong with the OS due to I can not install flash player to view Youtube videos and the when we plug in a Bose headset the sound out will work sometimes

I bough a used Macbook Pro mid 2009 that came with OS 10.8.9 it didn't have a backup restore disk with S/N W8******66D
When trying to view some youtube videos; a window would pop up saying "it needs adobe flash player is required for video play back get the latest flash player" but after downloading the file and during installation would have errors and will not installed.....tried to reboot and install again.....but still the same.
The othe thing I had noticed is when using a good Bose headset with mic the sound output would noticed the headset and then switch from headset to Internal speekers and headset.....thinking that there might be something wrong with the plug in port of the computer or the headset.....the headset works with no issues on my iPad so there must be something wrong with the computer.....tried to move the plugin around the port but no change....while the headset is plug in can hear a short clicking noise and the sound would get lost and back again......but with nothing plugin to the port there is no issue with the sound or mic.
Thanks for your feed back......it looks like I have two different issues one is a software issue and the outher is a hardware issue
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The "restore disk" is built into the Mac. See About Recovery.
Need more specifics about what error messages you got while installing Adobe Flash.
However, you can almost avoid Flash altogether by setting YouTube to play the HTML5 version instead.
Click the Try something new! link at the bottom of the YouTube page.
I don't know about the sound issue. Might be hardware as you think. Try other headphones to check.

Please help.. I have just tried to install lion on my iMac and it can't complete because of 'disk error'.. can i delete lion and go back to leopard as there was no problem there?? can't get past grey screen

Please help.. I have just tried to install lion on my iMac and it can't complete because of 'disk error'.. can i delete lion and go back to leopard as there was no problem there?? can't get past grey screen

Just restore your bootable backup/clone or Time Machine backup.

G4 quicksilver 800 - do software restore disks re-install os9 only

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I've got a g4 800 quicksilver machine. I want to do an disk erase and re-install of just OS9 without the 10.1.3 system that my machine shipped with. I've got a set of restore cds and a single 10.1.3 installer disk, but no single install disk for 9.2.2. ( I may have lost it, but I don't think it came in the box..)
Does anyone know if the software restore disks only re-install OS9 and not OSX ?
thanks
Simo

This Apple Article is intended for 10.2/3, but the process may be similar.
You can use "Advanced Search" to look further....

Installing iDVD from a system restore disk

Hello all-
I posted a question elsewhere looking at this problem from another angle, but I think this might be the way I want to go about it, if I can.
To make a long story short (or at least try): I just bought a six-month-old Power Mac G5 on eBay. I am planning on moving all my apps and data over from my old computer, a G4. The system restore disks came will put OS 10.3.5 on the G5. The G5 has a built-in DVD burner, and thus also came with iDVD. The G4 does not have a DVD burner, and thus did not come with iDVD.
I have a commercial version of OS X 10.4, and what I'd ideally like to do is make a totally fresh and clean install of 10.4 onto the G5, and then use the setup assistant to import all my stuff from the G4 over. However, my fear would be that in doing so I would lose iDVD. Is there any way to install iDVD from the install disks that come with the G5 without installing OS X?
Thanks in advance,
jf

Put your install disc inside your PC and right click and choose Show Package Contents on the main installer - then have a look in the sub folders for the iDVD package - it should be in there - this should work again once you re-install your machine.

Install Leopard on Tiger MBP using Restore Disk from Leopard MBP

As the title suggests, I just bought a new Leopard MBP which, of course, comes with the restore disks. I tried to install Leopard on my old MBP using those disks and it says "This software can not be installed on this machine."
I thought as long as it's the same machine (MBP) this would work?
I also tried installing using target disk (with FW), still the same message.

There are several different versions of restore disks, noted by the disk Version Number on the disks themselves. Only certain versions will work with certain machines. I have seen versions 1.0 through i believe 1.3 for MBP Leopard restore disks, so it is kind of luck of the draw. A straight Leopard will normally work on anything though. Also there is only licensing for 1 use of that particular copy of Leopard that comes with the purchase of your new MPB. Trying to install Leopard on both machines is illegal, breaks the EULA, and is considered software piracy. When/if you log online, your computer calls home to Apple to let them know what is going. If Apple would so choose, they can press charges resulting in at least a $250,000 fine and prison time. Just and FYI/cautionary piece of advice especially when asking those types of questions in an Apple owned forum.

Problems installing operating system from restore disks

Greetings all,
I recently had to change out the motherboard on my TECRA A11-S3540 due to a spill on the keyboard. The laptop worked OK afterwards for a week or so. It started hanging on bootup and continually got worse until it would only boot up in safe mode and then hang up at mup.sys.
I assumed the replacement motherboard was bad so bought and installed yet another one. Afterwards, I had the same problems as with the 1st replacement motherboard. I then turned my attention to the hard drive.
I removed the hard drive from the Tecra and then attached it via a SATA-USB converter to another PC so that I could run chkdisk on it. There were not errors reported. I then reformatted and repartitioned the drive and reinstalled it.
Now when I try to install the operating system (windows 7) with my restore disks, it seems to load information into the RAM, but hangs forever with the windows logo on the screen and the text "starting windows".
The motherboard has the latest bios, and indentifies the hard drive correctly. I am at a total loss and really need help on this...

Tecra A11-S3540
when I try .. with my restore disks, it .. hangs forever
We've seen occasional problems restoring to a drive with advanced-format technology.
Check into that.
-Jerry

PowerBook G$ (titanium) Software Install and Restore disk

My Powerbook G5 (titanium) Software Install and Restore disk will not function as described in the ReadMe document. I want to install OS X from this CD onto my new Iomega 160 Gig Hard Drive. I put the CD into my PowerBook and it comes up fine on the Desktop. However, when I click on the install OS X icon a pop-up appears and says I will have to re-start my computer and another pop-up appears and asks for my administrator password. When I type it in the computer attempts to re-start ( a blue shut-down screen appears) but it never does re-start or shut-down. The blue screen remains but nothing further happens.
Can anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your help. My email address is: [email protected]
15" titanium powerbook Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Cshepe,
try booting from your OS X CD directly: Leave the CD inside the PB and shut it down. Press the power button and hold down "c" for a while until you see a blue background and the OS X installation program.
Btw, there's no need to reveal your email address, since any (technical) discussion should always be public, so others can chime in or solve their own, similar issues.

Recovery disk set nightmare

Dear Lenovo, I recently worked on one of your H520 desktop PC’s for a friend. The hard drive died and I had to replace it. Initially I tried the USB recovery drive I had made on the system prior but without the recovery partition on the drive (original drive failed) it could not restore the pc.
So I found out I could order a Recovery disk set via you’re tech support service (I wanted to get back the recovery partition and reset the pc to the factory install). I called and placed the order for the disk set and I thought it would work no problem for this PC just like any other companies I have worked with in the past like Acer or hp etc.
In the mail, I got the 6 disk set but I was still waiting for a new a 1TB replacement hard drive. So I plugged in a 500gb drive I had as a spare to test the install. It loaded all 6 disks and prompted me to reboot. After that a new screen, the WINPE environment appeared then shortly after another reboot. Eventually I saw a screen with a BSOD type message “your pc ran into a problem and needs to reboot” asking me if I wanted to send to Microsoft or not. In the end all I ever got to was the login screen for windows 8 but with a error box saying the following:
Install windows Windows could not complete the instillation. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation.
This box had a button that when clicked just reboots the pc , creating a loop.
Upon greater investigation on my part I was able to read some of the dos boxes that run while in the winpe environment and there were errors in bold that read as follows: THIS SYSTEM UNCONTROLLED REBOOT DURING WINPE PRELOAD FAILED
And a few lines of things like: Could not find c:\swwork\reboot.tab Could not find c:\swwork\PEboot.tag
I called support, got a case # and during the first call I was instructed that the replacement hard drive had to be the same size as the original or the image would not work. Reluctantly I politely complied and when I got the 1tb drive new in the mail I installed it and tried again. Like I suspected, nothing changed and the system did the exact same thing after the install.
I called again, this time they said it could be the disk set and sent me another one. When I received it I tried again, and it did the same exact thing.
3rd call, the next tech I spoke to told me the hard drive had to be the Exact same model that was in the pc. I had access to the dead drive and looked up the model # I reluctantly ordered the exact same model new on Amazon but in my mind I really felt this was not the cause, yet I followed your instructions. When I got the new drive I tried again but the disk set did the exact same thing.
4th call Tech support told me it was the disk set and the person I spoke to took notes on all the errors I was seeing and he told me I would get a new disk set again but with modifications by the software team to work on this h520. I got a new set of disks and they appeared to be the same exact ones I was sent prior. I ran them and the set did the exact same thing.
The last call to tech support they had no solutions to fix this and I asked for a refund since the recovery set was faulty and it never installed correctly. I was given an new case # and told I would get a call from CR customer relations. When I got the call I was informed that I would not get any form of a refund.
In the end I wound up having to buy a oem license of windows which installed perfectly on the machine. This rules out a hardware issue. Nothing other than the hard drive was changed in the system. I tried all possible bios settings thinking it may be related to that but nothing ever corrected the software errors. When I spoke with tech support I gave them all the info from the pc’s label so they should know what system and any details to what hard ware was in the machine.
I now have to recoup the costs of your 69 dollar recovery set that never worked as well as the extra cost of buying two replacement hard drives due to your tech support team. The owner of the pc had to wait for almost a month due to all the waiting for things to get mailed out etc. Other companies also don’t charge as much as you for a recover set, Acer for example is 19.
When I ordered the recovery disk set, no one informed me that the replacement drive had to be the same size and model. Even though that was not the cause of the problem I did ask how do you support those users upgrading to a SSD which is typically smaller than the original drive and was told those customers are out of luck and have to buy windows again.
I’m at a loss that you can charge for faulty software that doesn’t work. Where the user has to pay upfront and there is no guarantee it will work. I don’t believe I’m the only person in the world who has encountered this issue with your recovery disk set and I can’t imagine how you don’t see how bad this affects your company.
Lenovo, this is unacceptable. I have worked on many pc’s and never have I seen a recovery disk set go this wrong.
P.S. My name shows "whats DOS?" I know quite well how to use DOS, grew up with DOS 6.22 thank you very much.
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Welcome BP.
What version Windows do you have.
32bit or 64bit???
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