Is it selected as startup disk? Check it is and see if that fixes it. >From my iPhone
On 23 Sep 2010, at 19:10, Graham Street <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago, I applied an Apple software update that needed a > reboot. On the reboot, the screen went white (as normal) but no Apple logo > and spinning wheel appeared. After around a minute, there was a folder icon > in the middle of the screen and a flashing question-mark on it. A few Net > searches, via another computer, indicated that the drive might be at fault. > So, out came the DiskWarrior DVD. It didn't find anything important but I > told it to replace the directory. My Mac Pro then rebooted and has been > running without a problem for the next two weeks. > > I needed to reboot it earlier this evening. I shut everything down orderly > and then selected 'Restart'. I got the same as last time - the folder with > the question-mark on it. Another run of the DiskWarrior DVD and there was > just one 'text encoding' repair of a PDF in an iDVD folder. Again, I allowed > DW to replace the directory and the computer booted up perfectly. Once this > was done, Apple Software Update suggested a security update and a Safari > update to 5.0.2. I let it do these and reboot itself. The updates went in ok > but, on reboot, there is the folder and question-mark again. > > Once again, I used DW and it found nothing wrong. Again, I let it rewrite the > directory. The Mac Pro rebooted and is running perfectly again, and I'm > writing this message to SMUG on it. > > Any ideas anyone? Is the drive on its way out and perhaps I should replace it > just in case? Or does anyone suggest anything else? > Thanks, Graham > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
