How to boot a G4 running OS 9.1 from a CD

dbeat99dbeat99
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi,



I cannot get my Mac to boot from a CD so that I can defragment my hard drive.

Does anyone know what my options are?

I have severe fragmentation and really need to fix this.



Thanks in advance for your assistance

David

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    gordygordy Posts: 1,004member
    Have you pressed [Command]-C at startup? That should direct the computer to your CD/DVD drive for startup.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    dbeat99dbeat99 Posts: 2member
    Yes, I have tried that to no avail.

    I have also tried burning a System and Norton Speed Disk on a CD and setting the CD as the startup disk also with no good results.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    allinoneallinone Posts: 279member
    Did the 9.1 disk come with the G4?



    Does the G4 have 9.1 installed or did it ship with 9.2.x



    Some of the newer G4's might require 9.2.x to boot.



    Also when you burned your system disk did you use toast? did you check the bootable box?



    Hope this helps...
  • Reply 4 of 4
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    try holding CMD-Option-Shift-Delete if holding down C doesn't work. That forces the computer to look for different system folders.
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