My Reply follows quote. On 06/12/2005 07:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Thanks for all the help I have received. I have my 6400 apart. took the cd >out hard drive cleaned and reinstalled. Minus the cd player. I connected an >external cd player to see what would happen. It spat the cd out. The system >will not recognise any cd player on any id number. Which means I cannot >install a new system as all I get is a disk with a question mark. I have >tried switching off the start up disk control but it still opens the >installed 9.2.2 system. I looked through the system and saw that an >application or extension called Proxy App is missing. Could this be the >problem. Any one else come across this problem ?? > >Any help appreciated! > >kind regards > >Mike. ----------- In order for the 6400 to bood from an external CD-ROM, you will most likely need an Apple branded or fully compatibly drive. You can't just plug "any old" drive in and expect it to work.
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