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I have just got a PowerBook 165 From 1992 from a friend. I booted it on and off and it all worked by the internal drive.
It always said "Welcome To Macintosh!" and I could run the apps built in etc.
But now, an image of a floopy disk appears with a flashing question mark.
How do I boot from the internal drive, hard drive. Whatever its called?
PowerBook, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier, Running mac os 7.5
Look at A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042
Cheers, Tom 😉
Tom,
That article is for Mac OS X. This PowerBook is running system 7.5
A flashing question-mark means that a valid system folder cannot be located by the PowerBook. See the article below to begin with.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1926
Do you have a Disk Tools disk (or another startup floppy) for the computer in question?
If necessary, a manual can be downloaded from Apple.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50594
The PowerBook Troubleshooting Guide could perhaps also be of interest.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50595
Jan
No I do not have another floppy but I might buy an OS 7.0.1 on Ebay Install Thing Which Includes 6 Floppies:
- Install 1
- Install 2
- Disk Tools
- Fonts
- Printing
- Tidbits
Would any of those work?
No, you would need at least System 7.1 and the System Enabler 131.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA28948
You could use the Network Access Disk 7.5, which is available for download from Apple, as a startup disk. The normal procedure would be to use the Disk Copy 4.2 utility on another older Mac (with a built-in floppy drive) in order to create a properly sector-copied floppy from the downloaded disk image.
If absolutely necessary, there is a way to create the bootable Mac floppy on a Windows PC. Please post back if of interest.
Jan
I was reading on this and it said that the Powerbook 165 supports system 7.0.1.
I do not have another older mac nor a windows PC (NEVER would buy one!)
I am going to buy the disks and if they do not work, I will try the other ways! And if they do not work, then I will have some of Apple History for my collection!
The computers that can run on System 7.0.1 are listed here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA33972
The article below describes a method for making a bootable floppy on a Mac OS X computer (I have not tested this). Could possibly be of interest to you.
http://lowendmac.com/brierley/08pb/classic-mac-boot-floppy.html
Perhaps you could borrow an older Mac, or contact an Apple User Group in your area.
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
Jan
Wow, pretty generation, reminds me of youth times.
? = no valid boot disk
That generation is for exhibitions now, will be difficult enough to find a hard disk compatible with it.
1992 PowerBook 165 Will not boot from internal drive
