My Reply follows quote. On 23/07/2004 06:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>I rescued a performa 6400/180 sitting out by the curb for the garbageman, 
>brought it home and fired it up. Got a nice chime out of it, then the 
>blinking question mark indicating it couldn't find the system folder. I put 
>a restore/disk first aid disk from my performa 580CD in the cd-rom to use 
>for a startup disc, but of course it wouldn't work. It did seem to read the 
>cd though, as it gave me a message about how that cd won't work in the 
>6400.
>
>I then opened the machine up and discovered that the HD had been removed.
>
>My question is: Is there an easy/inexpensive way to verify that the rest of 
>this machine, primarily the motherboard and components are good, before I 
>go to the bother and expense of putting in another hard drive? Or do I just 
>have to take my chances?
>Thanks
>Gary
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It should boot from a floppy such as a Norton Emergency Disk, or from
a CD with a PPC system.

Ken

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