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Fearis303
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Q: Imac running snow leopard starts up with folder and question mark

My Imac on start up shows an icon with a questionmark inside a folder. What can I try to fix it myself?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jul 7, 2012 9:36 PM

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Q: Imac running snow leopard starts up with folder and question mark

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  • by Jiri Krecek,

    Jiri Krecek Jiri Krecek Jul 7, 2012 9:38 PM in response to Fearis303
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    Jul 7, 2012 9:38 PM in response to Fearis303

    IT didn't find the starup disk

    the disk could be dead or the os partition corrupted

     

    try to zap the PRAM

    by rebooting and holding COMMAND _OPTION_P_R and let the mac reboot and chime a few times

     

    If not, looks like the disc could be dead.

     

    Do you have a hardware diagnostics disc?

  • by Jiri Krecek,Helpful

    Jiri Krecek Jiri Krecek Jul 7, 2012 9:40 PM in response to Jiri Krecek
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    Jul 7, 2012 9:40 PM in response to Jiri Krecek

    here is some more read:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1440

  • by Fearis303,

    Fearis303 Fearis303 Jul 8, 2012 2:24 PM in response to Jiri Krecek
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    Jul 8, 2012 2:24 PM in response to Jiri Krecek

    Thank you for your assistance. Very much appreciated.  I was able to install the snow leopard Install dvd holding down C but the repair facility was not available. I have time capsule and  a WD my passport external drive and was able to copy to the external hard drive.

    It took around five hours to download but my imac is now firing up okay, but I don't actually know if it is now only working from the external HD. Sound gobblygook, but I am not expereienced in this field of repairs.

    Can I now disconnect the  extra external HD or not ? Thank you