Horrific Disaster!

[kurani]

Hi all, I have an iMac running Tiger 10.4.7

I heard about bootcamp, and thought great! I can install WinXP and have best of both. Well, now I have nothing. My mac will not start at all - I just get a black screen with a flashing line (like a minus sign -) at the top left of the screen.

I've tried several things - first I held down option key to see if I had option to start up in OS - the option wasn't even there! I've tried holding down the shift key, which didn't make any difference, Apple + S/V and again nothing.

I am terrified that all is lost. Does anyone have any ideas or advice (apart from forgetting windows)?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Which exact model of iMac with specs?

Which version of Boot Camp were you using?

Did you follow the steps in the Boot Camp Assistant exactly?

C

 

[kurani]

I followed the instructions to the letter (had printed them out), I'm not 100% sure of the specs etc as I am doing a reinstall of OS - the entire drive was wiped clean , the only thing I can think of is there is something wrong with the drive itself...After reinstall of OS will try bootcamp again to see how it goes.