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Q: Lost Disc 2 of OSX 10.5 to finish installation, need help

Hi,

 

I have a Mac that has bee sitting in my room for a few about a year, I decided to see if it still runs and give it to my daughter. I turned it own and nothing showed up as a hard drive except that a disc was left installed on the computer. I finally got it out and tried to install it. The first disc went well and then it asked for disc 2. I don't have disc 2. I found a single disc of Snow Leopard or Lion and tried to install that, but when I try to install it, the only option it gives me is to install it on the first disc of 10.5, no hard drive.

 

So how to I get it to let me see the hard drive to install it on? Is there a way to wipe the drive of the attempt of installing 10.5 so I can install the next operating version that I have the disc's for?

 

Really confused.

 

Thanks

 

Tim

Posted on Oct 26, 2014 3:24 PM

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  • by tlahwright,

    tlahwright tlahwright Oct 28, 2014 3:16 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Oct 28, 2014 3:16 AM in response to BDAqua

    Hi,

     

    I have no disc's in the old mac. Before I go on, I need to know is there a way to get out of the installation mode for snow leopard.

     

    The old machine is an intel mac and has 8 gig a ram. It has disc 1 of snow leopard installed. When I start up the mac with the alt key pressed down, I have two hard drives appear, one is named DisOS2 and the other says hard drive. When I click the hard drive, after a while a circle appears with a line through it. When I click on the install image on the OS2 hard drive image, it will run the install but return to the installation mode.

     

    My new mac is about 1 year old with 8 gig a ram running the newest software.

     

    What do you think is my next step?

     

    Thanks

     

    Tim

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Oct 28, 2014 11:05 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Oct 28, 2014 11:05 AM in response to BDAqua

    Sorry, due to a bug in this forum SW, I have to post something to see the last reply...

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Oct 28, 2014 11:10 AM in response to tlahwright
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    Oct 28, 2014 11:10 AM in response to tlahwright

    I need to know is there a way to get out of the installation mode for snow leopard.

    We should be able to do that using alt key with Disc#1 in the drive, & choose that to boot from, then...

     

    "Try Disk Utility

     

    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

    *Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*

    3. Click the First Aid tab.

    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

    5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.

     

    We can even Erase the drive if need be & you don;t have important info on it.

     

    I doubt the newer Macs OSX will run on your older one, but need to know exactly which model it is.

     

    Do they both have Firewire ports?

  • by tlahwright,Solvedanswer

    tlahwright tlahwright Oct 28, 2014 2:03 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:03 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hi,

     

    I erased the hard drive and installed the one dsic snow leopard and it is in the process of updating all the software through software update. Thanks so much for your help. I am grateful you came to my help. Bless you.

     

    Tim

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Oct 28, 2014 2:19 PM in response to tlahwright
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:19 PM in response to tlahwright

    Great to hear, thanks for the report!

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