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  1. dylan4397

    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    I see that it does turn off one extensions when I hold shift, but I think that pyro isn't an extension. It might be its own program.
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    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    I haven' had time to try installing system 7 on the Mac yet, as I have been busy this morning. I just had a look at the files, will a need to use multiple floppy disks? As the files are bigger than 1.44mb. Also, do you just use the install.dsk and install2.dsk or use everything in the folder...
  3. dylan4397

    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    Thanks for the help! I will try this and see if it works. 
  4. dylan4397

    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    Yes I have an external floppy drive, but it seems all of my old floppies are FAT 16 formatted. The computer I am using to try and make the boot disk is a 2012 MacBook Pro.   Is the file in the picture what you would use to make the install disk?
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    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    Sorry, I just realized that the hard drive window was covering the system folder icon. The error message in the photo above comes up whenever I click anything in the system folder.
  6. dylan4397

    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    When I click on the hard drive it only shows games and programs, and when I go to the boot disk option, it shoes the system folder but won't let me open anything.
  7. dylan4397

    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    I tried again today and did mange to get booted into ROM. The keyboard and mouse do seem do work fine. I have opened the computer, and the battery and capacitors do seem fine. I removed the battery and will probably need to re cap the board at some point even though it wasn't leaking. Is there a...
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    Macintosh Classic stuck on screensaver and won't boot into OS

    Hello,  I've been a Mac user for a few years, but just go into classic Macs. If this is not the right place for this post I am sorry about it, as it's my first post in a Mac forum. I have had this Macintosh Classic that I got for free sitting around for a few months and finally decided to get...
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