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May 13, 2014 6:32 PM in response to Drbop25by Carolyn Samit,Startup your Mac while holding down the Option key.
That should launch the Startup Manager window where you can select the startup disk.
The flashing question mark means your Mac can't find a system folder to boot from.
A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac
There is no OX 4.1. Perhaps you mean v10.4.11.
Your profile indicates your Mac has v10.6.8 installed.
Help for reinstalling v10.6 > Mac OS X 10.6: Reinstalling Mac OS X
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May 13, 2014 7:22 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby Drbop25,Thank for your quick reply.. I went thru the steps and I now have a blank white screen . :-/
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May 13, 2014 7:46 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby Drbop25,Lessee now the software I have to reInstall is Mac OS Tiger v 10.4 my Mac book is 4,1 ...I ran this disc 3 times now with no results .. Just a blank white screen . no questin mark.
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May 14, 2014 9:07 PM in response to Drbop25by rccharles,You need a black dvd. The grey ones work only with the machine type they came with.
could be a defective dvd.
Restore Tiger 10.4 & Leopard 10.5 DVDs are available from Apple by callinngg 1((800) 275-2273. Have your serial number ready. Have your credit card ready too. There may be a small fee.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4720126?tstart=0 -- January 20,2013
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24588313#24588313 -- January 22,2014
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May 15, 2014 4:53 AM in response to rccharlesby a brody,No black 10.4 (retail) installer disc will work on a MacBook. The only 10.4 installer that will work with the MacBook is the one labelled MacBook, and 10.4.6 to 10.4.10 depending on when the MacBook was released.
This article explains which version of 10.4 came prebundled with which MacBook:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159#MacBook
10.4.11 may be achieved on any of those systems afterwards with the 10.4.11 Intel Combo Update:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
MacBooks prebundled with 10.5 or later could use the retail 10.5.6 installer so long as they predated 10.5.6's release date and their system specific installer was 10.5.5 or earlier.
The retail 10.5 installer though is more expensive than upgrading any MacBook to 10.6 with the retail installer disc still available through Apple as described here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455
Older MacBooks than May 18, 2010 labeled just MacBook with no Air nor Pro may use the retail 10.6.3 from Apple.
The advantage of course to getting the system specific disc is you get the hardware test prebundled with the Mac. Otherwise I'd focus my efforts on getting 10.6.3, which allows you to get up to 10.6.8 and most compatibility. See this article about hardware tests: