[SOLVED] Early 2009 Imac cannot boot into internet recovery (Windows Keyboard)

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I am trying to access internet recovery because I wiped the hard drive to do a clean install. I have tried multiple combos of buttons for 2 hours and cannot seem to get internet recover to boot. When I try the reinstall option in OS X Utilities I get an error saying it is unavailable. PLEASE HELP
 
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The key combination is CMD+R.

Internet Recovery Mode requirements
“Some Macs that came with OS X Snow Leopard can use Internet Recovery after installing OS X Lion or later and a firmware update"

If your Mac is one of the models listed below, or older, you may upgrade it to use OS X Internet Recovery by downloading and installing an updated EFI Firmware ROM:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
Mac mini (Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (15-inch and 17-inch, Mid 2010)
iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Late 2010)
Newer machines...

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The key combination is CMD+R.

Internet Recovery Mode requirements
“Some Macs that came with OS X Snow Leopard can use Internet Recovery after installing OS X Lion or later and a firmware update"

If your Mac is one of the models listed below, or older, you may upgrade it to use OS X Internet Recovery by downloading and installing an updated EFI Firmware ROM:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
Mac mini (Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (15-inch and 17-inch, Mid 2010)
iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Late 2010)
Newer machines running at least OS X Lion support Internet Recovery out of the box.

I take it you didn't run the firmware update?
 
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