From: Terry Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just acquired a slot-loading iMac that won't boot up. Just the flashing question mark on a folder.
OS 9.xx but don't know much more till I get inside.
I inserted my TechTool Pro 3 CD in the hope of using the C key to boot from the TT CD.
Still nothing and my CD still stuck inside.
Try this:
Restart the machine (there's a reset button on the right side, as you probably know). HOLD DOWN THE MOUSE BUTTON for quite some time and it *should* force-eject your stuck CD.
Once that's out, try booting from your system CDs (use the trick above if it fails to boot also -- that would be indicative of a malfunctioning CD). If the system CD boots, ignore the installation dialog and click the menu bar (left side) to get to Disk Utility, then run it. Let us know if that helps.
_Chas_
"This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off?" -- Rush Limbaugh on the torture, murder, sodomising and rape of prisoners at Abu Ghaid prison.
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