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Disk ejecting when trying to format

I inherited an older iMac that dates back to 2004 which will not boot up correctly. When I tried to format it with OS X 10.4 (PPC), the disk ejects while holding 'C'. If I press/hold alt/opt during boot-up, it only shows me the Macintosh HD and not the optical drive. Could it be that the optical drive is bad? ...or might this be happening if it's an Intel that I mistook for a PPC?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 20, 2014 6:43 AM

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Disk ejecting when trying to format

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