Looks like you are missing the OS,  not sure of how to get it on a 800K disk
to install it on your hard drive.Your HD is probably bad otherwise it would
boot from it, you can get a hard drive with system 6 on e-bay (I've seen
them go for pretty cheap, a 20 or 40 mb)

Hope this helps

Abel

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Mac-Chemist <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> this is my first e-mail to this e-mail list. Here is the reason.
>
> Recently, I was able to get a Macintosh SE that was ready to be
> disposed. I was in love with the little one so I took it home.
>
> I cleaned it, opened it and un-dusted it.
>
> This is what I know so far:
>
> It has 1MB RAM, one 800 K drive and a 20SC hard disk. The keyboard and
> mouse are original.
>
> I turned it on and the speakers worked, the screen turned on, and the
> mouse worked. The monitor shows the disk drawing with the question
> mark blinking.
>
> I'm not an expert in computers but I would like to explore the
> possibility of fixing it.
>
> Any suggestions on where should I start?
>
> Thanks
>
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