Folder ? at Startup?

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Folder ? at Startup?

Recently, I have noticed a folder with a question mark (?) briefly appearing as the first image when the machine is starting up. It is possible that it has always done this but I don't think so.

Any ideas?

PB G4 15", 2 G5 2.0Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Apple for 30 years and counting!

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 5:50 AM

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GeneMike Author

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Sep 29, 2010 7:07 AM in response to GeneMike

I solved my own problem - the best way!

The last time I used my external hard drive to backup and use Disk First Aid, I set the Startup Disk to the external. I never set it back so, when starting up, it was searching for the external HD and then defaulting to the internal HD. I reset the Startup Disk in System Preferences and, now, all is well. The folder with "?" does not appear.

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macjack

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Sep 29, 2010 8:03 AM in response to GeneMike

Excellent, give yourself a star 😉

-mj

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