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If a blinking question mark appears, or if the computer starts up from your hard
disk: You did not insert the CD-ROM disc quickly enough for the computer
to recognize it as a startup disk. Follow these steps:
1Shut down your computer.
The CD-ROM disc will remain in the CD-ROM drive.
2 Turn the computer on.
3Immediately press and hold down the Shift, Option,
x
, and Delete keys on your keyboard
at the same time.
Continue to hold down the keys until you see the “Welcome to Macintosh”
message.
Starting up from a floppy disk
To i ni tia lize, test, or repair a hard disk, or to install system software on a hard
disk, you need to start up your computer from another disk. If you don’t have
a built-in CD-ROM drive, you can start up the computer using either the Disk
To o ls or Install Me First floppy disk that came with your computer.
To start up your computer using a floppy disk, follow these steps:
1Shut down your computer.
2 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive.
If you want to initialize, test, or repair your hard disk, use the Disk Tools
disk to start up your computer. If you want to install system software, use
the Install Me First disk.
3 Turn on the computer.
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