Hello Marta,
Try the following to see if this helps.
When you Mac seems to freeze during boot-up, simultaneously press the
command (open apple key) key, the option key and the esc key. Wait one
second, then press return. The machine may hesitate a moment or three
then resume booting.
It sounds like either an extension is slightly broke or the finder is
slightly broke ( i hesitate to call it corrupted because that makes me
think the things are taking bribes under the table).
If this fixes things you may need to re-install the OS.
Jerry
On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 06:29 PM, Allan Atherton wrote:
> Marta Edie <mledie at insightbb.com> wrote:
>> The computer will only boot up as far as showing the hard disk... No
>> trash,
>> not explorer icon . ... This only happens in the morning after a
>> night's rest.
>> When I turn off the machine and turn it back on right away, it boots
>> up fine.
>> It also boots up fine on a restart.
>
> I suppose this is OS9. I don't see how the length of time the computer
> is
> shut down could affect the ability to boot. I would test that theory
> by cold
> booting after a minute, 5 minutes, an hour.
>
> When Disk First Aid automatically ran after the forced shutdown, did
> you
> notice whether it was finding anything to fix? When you force a
> shutdown on
> an aborted boot, so little is open that the shutdown usually causes no
> problems itself, so if DFA finds anything to fix, it is likely to find
> the
> actual problem causing the boots to abort.
>
> If DFA shows nothing, maybe you need a stronger utility than Disk
> First Aid,
> which sometimes can't see or fix all problems. Everybody should have
> DiskWarrior and TechTool (I don't hear such good stuff about Nortons).
> I am
> not saying they will fix the problem, but until you have used them, you
> don't know what you have. If they can't fix the problem, then you do
> have a
> problem.
>
> I just sent my DiskWarrior and TechTool off the the eBay buyer of my
> G3.
>
> Allan Atherton
>
>
>
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