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Q: Deleted the whole hard drive accidently and i dont have mac os 9

Deleted the whole hard drive accidently and i dont have mac os 9 and i only have mac os x 10.2 upgrade. its not able 2 be read anymore and i cant install it. what should i do when there is no program installed in the hard drive. And is the lastest mac os X able to be installed on the power mac G4 without mac os 9

Powermac G4, Mac OS 9.0.x

Posted on Apr 16, 2009 6:51 PM

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Q: Deleted the whole hard drive accidently and i dont have mac os 9

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  • by jpl,

    jpl jpl Apr 16, 2009 7:38 PM in response to Pyro1219
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    Apr 16, 2009 7:38 PM in response to Pyro1219
    pyro,

    Welcome to the Discussions.

    If you have the first Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics "Yikes"), it can support up to OS 10.4.11 Tiger. If you have the last G4, (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003), it can support the latest version of Leopard 10.5.x. Knowing which model G4 you have can narrow down Tiger and Leopard.

    You will want a retail MacOS 9.x CD (white label with big orange '9') or a retail MacOS X 10.x (black label, silver 'X') to install a new OS.

    You may wish to post in the Power Mac Forums here:

    http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=107

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Apr 19, 2009 6:53 PM in response to Pyro1219
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    Apr 19, 2009 6:53 PM in response to Pyro1219
    Deleted the whole hard drive accidently


    That is actually quite difficult to do accidentally. Are you certain that is what has happened, and not that you suddenly and unexpectedly got the flashing question mark for no apparent reason? The flashing question mark can sometimes be cured by less drastic means than a re-install.

  • by Hadye,

    Hadye Hadye Apr 25, 2009 3:01 PM in response to Pyro1219
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    Apr 25, 2009 3:01 PM in response to Pyro1219
    Mac OS prevents you from damaging or erasing system files, so it's improbable that you deleted your entire hard disk. After a simple re-install, you should be able to find all of your documents and programs that were on your hard disk.