I get Welcome to Mac OS X Installer which is Installer 1.4.1. (v253.2.1) Is that right? I click on Hard Disk (to be erased) and then the circle continues. My OS is 10.3.9 The disk I have used is Software Install and Restore 1 of 2. Sorry and thanks Keith Mills On 5 Apr 2011, at 10:34, Randy B. Singer wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:12 AM, Keith Mills wrote: > >> Am I being dense? > > From what you have told me, I can't tell what the problem is. Unless you aren't really started up from the optical disk you are using. > > ___________________________________________ > Randy B. Singer > Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) > > Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance > http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html > ___________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies