A large ? appears when I turn on my iMac ? Anyone know why?

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A large ? appears when I turn on my iMac ? Anyone know why?

I have an older iMac and when i turn it on, a large ? appears on the screen. Can anyone tell me what this is about? Thank you

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Posted on Oct 14, 2015 2:37 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Oct 14, 2015 2:39 PM in response to ninniethern

Clickhereand follow the instructions. If the computer was running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier and you reach the third set of steps, insert a Mac OS X install disk.

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Answer 2

Csound1

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Oct 14, 2015 2:40 PM in response to ninniethern

It signifies that your Mac can't find anything to boot from, it could be a software error or a hardware failure, the question is which?

How old is your iMac.

And do you have any backups.

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