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...The flashing folder icon is telling you that your Mac cannot locate a working operating system to startup. You may be having a software problem that is keeping your Mac from recognizing your ...

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Startup switch on PB G4 17 not getting apple sound, takes numerous times to boot up. Using Tiger OS, upgraded to latest. Works fine, otherwise. If a Mac is shut down while the volume is set to zero, ...

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startup disk (reboot holding 'D') Still having problems? Try resetting PRAM (reboot & press Cmd+Opt+P+R. Hold until you hear 2nd chime)... see what happens, if no success do the NVRAM (reboot &

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...This is more than likely a voltage problem: If Compaq: Hold the Fn + F10 or F11 while hitting the startup key. If Dell: hold Ctrl+ Windows Logo Key. hope this

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...G4 blue screen on start up i logged out and all went blue now i can't get passed the blue screen on startup apple logo and swirly are there after > blue screen i tried starting up in safe mode ...

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...problems started. My biggest concern is recovering files from my hard drive, as I do not currently have a backup. Some of the things I have already tried include, 1) Holding the shift key during the ...

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...problems, Try this: restart your Mac, and VERY QUICKLY, press the following 4 keys and hold them until the mac does a restart 4 times, it is called resetting the PRAM: cmd + alt + P + R then, after 4 ...

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it and run the disk utility. I have also seen bad RAM do this but you would get at least a chime on startup

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...your computer while holding down the 'C' key. Use the included Disk Utility to repair your startup volume. If the problem still persists, then you may need to back up your data and reinstall ...

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startup. However, after anywhere from 10-30 minutes it freezes up and when i restart the question mark comes up again. I have switched out the hard drives put a new operating system on it and it's

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