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gregoryfromva
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Q: After resetting the pram, the screen only shows a folder with a question mark inside.  What does this mean?

I followed the initial steps in this post and reset pram.  After restarting, the screen just shows a folder with a question mark.  What does this mean?

iMac (20-inch Late 2006)

Posted on Aug 15, 2012 10:11 AM

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gregoryfromva

Q: After resetting the pram, the screen only shows a folder with a question mark inside.  What does this mean?

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Aug 15, 2012 10:13 AM in response to gregoryfromva
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    Aug 15, 2012 10:13 AM in response to gregoryfromva

    Restart with the Option key held down and see if the internal drive appears. If so, click on it, press Enter, and then select it in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.

     

    This setting is stored in the PRAM.

     

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  • by gregoryfromva,

    gregoryfromva gregoryfromva Aug 16, 2012 7:20 AM in response to gregoryfromva
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    Aug 16, 2012 7:20 AM in response to gregoryfromva

    Thanks Niel, I tried using Option and nothing happened so I next tried inserting the Leopard disc and rebooting while holding C.  Nothing happened until the disc was ejected and then the folder with question mark reappeared.  I inserted the disc again and at this point and it booted OSX.  I tried to acess disc utility to repair but my harddrive wasn't listed, only the CD drive and the OS disc.  Does this mean I'm lost everything?