----- Original Message ----- From: Luis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Compact Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:26 PM Subject: SE Problem
> Greetings, > > I just got through upsetting my wonderful SE. I was playing with > ResEdit and accidently might have messed up the system file or the > finder file. > > When the computer starts up I get the happy face but 3 seconds later > it goes into the disk with the question mark. Am I totally screwed > or is there a way out of this? I had my computer just the way I > wanted it...but I got a little greedy and messed it up with ResEdit. > > Thanks for your help. > > Luis It takes booting your SE with a floppy containing a System and a Finder. If it's the same System and Finder as what you have on the SE already then you can copy the file that got damaged and reboot the SE without wiping the hard disk. In either case, replacing either the System file or the Finder file, whichever you changed with ResEdit, will allow the SE to reboot as normal. That's some of the magic of the Macintosh. Jeff G the SE to reboot as normal -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
