Hi, You have to boot with the "Disk Tools'" floppy first and then run Apple's HDSC setup. Choose to "Initialise" the Hard Drive and afterwards choose "Test" to check if the HDD is good. Should you already get an error during Initializing then most likely the HDD has bad sectors or other issues. If you see that the "update drivers" button in Apple's HDSC setup is not greyed out, then do this as well after initializing. If the hard drive passes, then reboot with "Install Disk 1". You don't need the "Install me first" disk. Take Care, Nico
_____ Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens [email protected] Verzonden: vrijdag 14 augustus 2009 14:06 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: powerbook 165 problem All, I have a newly acquired Powerbook 165 in very nice c ondition. However, on power up, I get the "disk question mark". I have a boxed set of 7.1 disks, so I install the "Install me first" disk. I then get the "Smiley Mac", then the installer menu. which basically has me build a "Startup disk". Once the machine is booted, I have no indication of a hard-drive present in the system. I switched the harddrive with a newly acquired "brand new" 160Mb hard-drive and the situation is still the same. Jeff Buda Beverly, Ma. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
