When I tried to boot my powermac 7600 i received the '?' icon in the center of the screen. So I thought I would try to boot from the startup disk. Uh-Oh, I seem to have lost my startup disk to my powermac 7600. Where can I find a start up disk? Or is their another way around the issue?
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Did you try simultaneously pressing/holding the Command + Option + Shift + Delete keys immediately at startup? The flashing "?" indicates that the computer can't find a valid System Folder from which to boot the computer. The cause could be software-related, such as a corrupted directory, damaged System Folder, etc. or it could be hardware-related, such as a hard drive with a mechanical and/or electronic problem. Have you done a web search (check ebay) for an original 7600 Restore Disk or a bootable Mac OS installer disk? You need at least OS 7.5.3, as that version shipped with the 7600s. Additional supported OS versions include 7.5.5, 7.6, 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.6, 9.0, 9.0.4, and 9.1). A Utilities Disk (like Norton Utilities 3.5.3, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Norton SystemWorks v. 1) would also boot your 7600.
Did you try simultaneously pressing/holding the Command + Option + Shift + Delete keys immediately at startup? The flashing "?" indicates that the computer can't find a valid System Folder from which to boot the computer. The cause could be software-related, such as a corrupted directory, damaged System Folder, etc. or it could be hardware-related, such as a hard drive with a mechanical and/or electronic problem. Have you done a web search (check ebay) for an original 7600 Restore Disk or a bootable Mac OS installer disk? You need at least OS 7.5.3, as that version shipped with the 7600s. Additional supported OS versions include 7.5.5, 7.6, 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.6, 9.0, 9.0.4, and 9.1). A Utilities Disk (like Norton Utilities 3.5.3, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Norton SystemWorks v. 1) would also boot your 7600.
A Disk Tools PPC file can be found via Apple's Older Software Downloads list (http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html).
A floppy from the above file should work as a startup disk for your computer (it is intended for Mac OS 8.1 and Mac OS Extended, but it should at least allow you to boot the 7600). However, the problem is that you would have to locate someone with another old (pre-1998) Macintosh computer with Disk Copy 6.3.3 (the Make a Floppy command under the Utilities menu) in order to create the floppy.
Jan
where can I find a startup disk for Powermac 7600?
