I know the powerbook 170 is a very old laptop but it has worked fine until recently.
When i start the computer it just flashes a question mark inside a picture of a floppy disk.
I've tried rebooting while pressing apple, option, shift and delete but it's not helping.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
PowerBook, iOS 7.0.6
WOW! A miracle it lasted this long! 1991-92 too present is a very good run!
My bet is the hard drive has given up the ghost...
About the screens you see when your Mac starts up - Apple ...
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204156
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A first step could be to try a PRAM reset. Press the four keys Command(Apple) + Option + P + R immediately at startup. Keep the keys depressed until the startup sound has been heard a second time.
A PowerBook 170 will work with System 7.0.1 up to System 7.6.1. As indicated by ChitlinsCC, you may need a boot floppy (similar to the British System 7.0.1 Disk Tools http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -British/Macintosh/System/System_7.0.1/Disk_Tools.image.sea.bin). In order to create a bootable floppy, another old (pre-1998) Macintosh computer would be required, together with an appropriate version of StuffIt Expander for Macintosh and the disk utility Disk Copy 4.2. Using a special technique (described under the discussion Macintosh Classic boot problems for a Network Access floppy), even a Windows PC with a floppy drive may be used to create floppies from certain disk image files.
Powerbook 170 - flashing a ?
