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stephenxiii

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 12, 2009
156
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Glasgow
Im in need of help soo badly.
I have an 20" intel aluminum imac (2007) i think.
it since has been sluggish etc so i decided to do a clean instal with a previous
version Lion to Snow Leopard
So i entered my Snow Leopard disk - Disk Uility- Erase disk
so i can do a clean instal, After reboot i get a boot screen with my disk spinning
and nothing happens.

Now i cant eject my disk (ive tried all the usual stuff to eject)
and have no os to use
 

stephenxiii

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 12, 2009
156
0
Glasgow
Well it is something important as i have to get it ready for the morning.

i know its not booting from the disk as it has been idle for over 3 hours lol

i had forgot about Re-boot in verbose mode. But still no luck

anyone else want to try and help
 

stephenxiii

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 12, 2009
156
0
Glasgow
You must have the original media that was supplied with your Mac... If you don't have it, Apple will sell it to you. Contact them with model number, you can not install from incorrect media.

i have the 10.4 that was issued with with my imac
but as i said i have the wrong disk in my drive
 

stephenxiii

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 12, 2009
156
0
Glasgow
As I have said all the normal force eject stuff doesn't work.

If I'm to take it to my local apple store will they charge to fix it and how much
 

Macman45

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Jul 29, 2011
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