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illestration · Apr 20, 2003, 10:39 PM

my other computer is an iMac andi was on it the other day in classic, which i usually run and i decided to go into x to keep up with the newer versions of programs and when x loaded i noticed that everything ( i mean every single thing) was deleted with the exception of the trash. since everything was deleted i couldnt go into the system pref's to go back to classic and i tryed to re-install the applications and programs, etc. but so much of the operating systemwas deleted that i could not even install the hardware off the disks, rendering my mac a completely usless piece of machinery. could someone please tell me if there is a way to get into osx even though everything is deleted, or how to fix this problem or if you know that its useless could you please EMAIL me at illestration8973@hotmail.com if you can because i check that much more often than i check this site

Krusty · Apr 20, 2003, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by illestration:
my other computer is an iMac andi was on it the other day in classic, which i usually run and i decided to go into x to keep up with the newer versions of programs and when x loaded i noticed that everything ( i mean every single thing) was deleted with the exception of the trash. since everything was deleted i couldnt go into the system pref's to go back to classic and i tryed to re-install the applications and programs, etc. but so much of the operating systemwas deleted that i could not even install the hardware off the disks, rendering my mac a completely usless piece of machinery. could someone please tell me if there is a way to get into osx even though everything is deleted, or how to fix this problem or if you know that its useless could you please EMAIL me at illestration8973@hotmail.com if you can because i check that much more often than i check this site

YIKES !! How could you possibly have booted into X if everything was deleted ? The fact that it booted into X at all implies that you basic System is still there. When you say you were in "classic" do you mean that you were using OS 9 ? (I would think yes since you are talking about booting "back" into X. )

Start up your machine, open the hard drive (preferably in list view) and tell us what folders you see there (is there an Applications, Users, System, & Library folder at least) ?

juanvaldes · Apr 20, 2003, 10:57 PM

hold down option when you boot.

Mr. Blur · Apr 20, 2003, 11:02 PM

first of all, i doubt that "os x deleted everythging." - more likely scenario is that someone else was using the computer in os 9 and saw all this stuff and trashed it.

try booting off of your os x cd...i am assuming it is 10.2.x....and do a clean install.

moonmonkey · Apr 20, 2003, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by Krusty:
YIKES !! How could you possibly have booted into X if everything was deleted ? The fact that it booted into X at all implies that you basic System is still there. When you say you were in "classic" do you mean that you were using OS 9 ? (I would think yes since you are talking about booting "back" into X. )

Start up your machine, open the hard drive (preferably in list view) and tell us what folders you see there (is there an Applications, Users, System, & Library folder at least) ?

Some files weren moved or deleted, this has happened to me before.
Use the OS9 CD and hold the "c" key down on startup.

Krusty · Apr 20, 2003, 11:28 PM

yeah, listen to juanvaldes or moonmonkey ... you can boot into 9 using either method and then change the default startup back to 9 and then try to repair/restore your X system from there.

Also, when you get back in 9 --- check the trashcan