Help Please!! Flashing Disk!!
Hello,
I hope I am writing to the correct place, I just found this place by searching Google and it looks like you are a knowledgeable bunch of guys!!
I?m having a MAJOR problem with my iMac and I need to get a file off of it before Saturday. I?m writing to you now from one of my husband?s Macs. When I boot up all I see is a disk with a question mark flashing on a grey background. Does this mean I have to use one of the disks which came in the box?? If so, does anyone know which one? Will I loose my files?
The ironic thing is that my husband works for Apple! He is over in the UK for a week to show off some new Mac or other to the hardware staff there. I can?t wait to tell him about the problems I?ve been having when he calls tonight!!!
I hope someone out there can help me!!
Will check back later.
Lucy
I hope I am writing to the correct place, I just found this place by searching Google and it looks like you are a knowledgeable bunch of guys!!
I?m having a MAJOR problem with my iMac and I need to get a file off of it before Saturday. I?m writing to you now from one of my husband?s Macs. When I boot up all I see is a disk with a question mark flashing on a grey background. Does this mean I have to use one of the disks which came in the box?? If so, does anyone know which one? Will I loose my files?
The ironic thing is that my husband works for Apple! He is over in the UK for a week to show off some new Mac or other to the hardware staff there. I can?t wait to tell him about the problems I?ve been having when he calls tonight!!!
I hope someone out there can help me!!
Will check back later.
Lucy
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Here's my 2¢...when you boot up the computer hold down Command(Apple Key)+option+shift+delete. When you see the blinking disk icon after a while let it go. It *should* try to start up from a blessed System folder.
BTW, would you mind asking your husband what he's demoing?
This has remarkably little to do with 'Future Hardware', the title of this forum, but hey:
Boot from your Mac OS disk that came w/ your iMac. Put it in the CD tray, reboot, and hold down 'C' on the keyboard.
After it boots up, re-install Mac OS (do NOT do a 'clean install', just install over top)
Hope this helps.
<strong>Hi Lucy,
This has remarkably little to do with 'Future Hardware', the title of this forum, but hey:
Boot from your Mac OS disk that came w/ your iMac. Put it in the CD tray, reboot, and hold down 'C' on the keyboard.
After it boots up, re-install Mac OS (do NOT do a 'clean install', just install over top)
Hope this helps.</strong><hr></blockquote>
If this is done you may find that you need to reinstall the application that opens the file (MS Word, for instance)
Sorry if I sent this to the wrong place but I certainly know where to come again if I have any problems!
Spart, he is giving a presentation on King Ptolemy, he called it something else now but I can?t quite remember what, sorry. It?s the one you can write on that was introduced at the last trade show in NY.
Thanks again for all your help!!
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