At 9:46 AM -0400 5/28/04, Volk (contractor) wrote:
Brian,
To do a restart from the 8.5 CD, hold the c key down when you hit the
start switch, and run disk first aid to check for HD damage.
That will be hard to do if bombs during start
Roger
Brian Andrews wrote:
I need help. I' m very new to Macs. Just got a Wallstreet from eBay.
First time I turned it on it didn't get past the OS 9.2 splash screen.
Second time it did boot and I launched IE. The some icons on the
desktop started to disappear and a message said that my disk was
damaged.
Now when I boot I just get a picture of a floppy with a question mark.
I do not have OS 9 CD but I do have an 8.5 CD. I put that in but a
> message comes up with a bomb saying to hold shift and restart.
^^^^^^
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