I just installed a new hard drive in my mac, and i installed the OS, and when ever i turn the computer on all i see is the folder with the flashing "?" in it. How do I install mac OS 9 properly so the hard drive will mount. Also the hard drive was a windows computer, nothing on it and i took it out and put it in. Not sure if this has anything to do with it.
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Jump to PostJust to clarify: is this the primary (boot) drive, or is it a second drive you've added to the system?
Jump to PostYou said it was in a Windows machine before, so two possibilities come to mind first:
1. The drive would have been formatted as as NTFS or FAT32; something didn't quite go right when it was reformatted as a Mac drive.
2. The drive was installed in the …
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