If the iMac fails to read the discs: As an FYI, I beleive the optical drive in the iMac maybe faulty, try other discs to confirm.
1) Burn at 1x speed or whatever the slowest burn speed you can choose on a different computer - maybe this can help. Disk Utility will suffice. ---burning slowly achieves a better burn in my experience and I believe this is commonly advised. I can certainly vouch for it. 2) Does the affected iMac read other CDs, particularly the original discs it shipped with? It should unless the drive is faulty in which case it should be cleaned. 3) I think you can choose English if you choose to "restore" or "resinstall" and choose "options" from the installer. A little fuzzy on this point right now. 4) Insert the CD you wish to boot from and then hold the alt (option on N.AM keyboards) immediately after turning on the iMac and then you should see the boot menu. Of course you can hold the C key unless the C key is faulty in which case you can simply try another USB keyboard. 5) Please check if any of these updates apply to your iMac, especially look for firmware updates but from what I remeber the firmware was specific to getting OSX installed but I'm not sure if it was for your model. Still it wouldnt hurt to chec this, http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT2560 Hope this helps sorry if I repeated what others have already mentioned. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
