![I installed monterey on a usb on my imac 8,1 (2008) version with opencore than when it took me to the boot menu i erased the hard drive before installing it and I installed monterey on a usb on my imac 8,1 (2008) version with opencore than when it took me to the boot menu i erased the hard drive before installing it and](https://i.redd.it/b74vjl32esma1.jpg)
I installed monterey on a usb on my imac 8,1 (2008) version with opencore than when it took me to the boot menu i erased the hard drive before installing it and
![So I have this iMac from Early to Mid 2008 and Im trying to fix it so I can use it and have an Apple device... but I made a mistake and screwed up the MacOS on the HDD when I was trying to full on wipe and clean out the HDD (See comments for more info). So I have this iMac from Early to Mid 2008 and Im trying to fix it so I can use it and have an Apple device... but I made a mistake and screwed up the MacOS on the HDD when I was trying to full on wipe and clean out the HDD (See comments for more info).](https://i.redd.it/so-i-have-this-imac-from-early-to-mid-2008-and-im-trying-to-v0-iyxw50pp0hg81.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a43570a536e77bb39f42ee4a7a21c2aa9581af1b)
So I have this iMac from Early to Mid 2008 and Im trying to fix it so I can use it and have an Apple device... but I made a mistake and screwed up the MacOS on the HDD when I was trying to full on wipe and clean out the HDD (See comments for more info).
![Found this imac, tried booting it up and its stuck on this. Ive never used a mac before so im not sure how I could fix it. : r/applehelp Found this imac, tried booting it up and its stuck on this. Ive never used a mac before so im not sure how I could fix it. : r/applehelp](https://preview.redd.it/found-this-imac-tried-booting-it-up-and-its-stuck-on-this-v0-j8rrnjxg4m981.jpg?auto=webp&s=9a0145163d130071af90031f85edcadb2e17131d)
Found this imac, tried booting it up and its stuck on this. Ive never used a mac before so im not sure how I could fix it. : r/applehelp
![Apple: iMac 2008 Core 2 Duo does not list my bootable USB stick in the boot menu? (2 Solutions!!) - YouTube Apple: iMac 2008 Core 2 Duo does not list my bootable USB stick in the boot menu? (2 Solutions!!) - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nmiWdro2h48/maxresdefault.jpg)
Apple: iMac 2008 Core 2 Duo does not list my bootable USB stick in the boot menu? (2 Solutions!!) - YouTube
![iMac "Core 2 Duo" 2.8 24" (Early 2008) Specs (Early 2008, MB325LL/A, iMac8,1, A1225, 2211): EveryMac.com iMac "Core 2 Duo" 2.8 24" (Early 2008) Specs (Early 2008, MB325LL/A, iMac8,1, A1225, 2211): EveryMac.com](https://everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_imac_intel_silver.jpg)