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If you cannot use the CD and don’t have the system files on your hard disk,
you may need to call the Apple Assistance Center for help. (See the service
and support information that came with your computer for the telephone
number.) But before you call the Apple Assistance Center, try this:
1Insert the
Disk Tools
disk in your computer’s floppy disk drive.
2 Restart your computer.
3 Look for a Read Me file on the
Disk Tools
disk.
If there is not a Read Me file on the disk, call the Apple Assistance Center.
4 Open the Read Me file and follow the directions for reinstalling system software.
Doing a normal installation
Follow the steps in this section to do what is commonly called a “normal”
installation of system software.
If you’re installing system software on a hard disk for the first time, make sure
that your hard disk has been initialized, a process that prepares the disk to
store information. (You initialize a disk using the Drive Setup program on
your hard disk.)
To do a normal installation, follow these steps:
1 Start up your computer from the
Disk Tools
disk or with the CD that came with the
computer (by pressing
x
-C with the CD in the drive as the computer starts up).
2 Find and open the Disk First Aid icon.
After Disk First Aid starts, follow the instructions on the screen. Disk First
Aid checks your hard disk for any problems.
3When Disk First Aid has finished checking your hard disk, choose Quit from the
File menu.
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