On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:53:26 +0000, Asshhh Lawrence wrote: > Should i just buy a formatted hard drive from ebay and > try the OS 9 disk on there? Not until you determine that there is something wrong with the installed HD. If there's no OS on the HD you might re-format the HD using OS9. Better: format and install OSX using an OSX install disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O'Brien