I had the flashing question mark happen to me on an old Centris 650. The
Fix was zapping the PRAM. But i had to zap the pram for about six
"plays" of the startup chimes. (zapping for only 2 "plays" of the chimes
did not fix it.)
Kari wrote:
> i've got a
> 9600/200 that shows the question mark disk graphic when i boot up. i
> did some research and tried to boot off the OS 9 disk i have (as i got the
> computer used and without the original systems disk but have upgraded from
> OS 8.0 to 8.6 and then OS 9 since purchasing it) by pressing the c key while
> turning on the machine. nothing happens and the graphic remains. am i
> correct in assuming at this point a techie needs to salvage my hard disk
> information and install a new one? and, how much are hard disks?
> thanks,
> karii
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