hold down "C"

[juniorclarkez]

holding down c with the os disk in the drive boots the disk up
but if the defult drive is knakered, how do i boot up the disk using the xternal drive?

[jelloshotsrule]

hold down option and it should let you select your startup disk.

[5300cs]

I tried that with my external usb CD/R drive and it didn't work :(

[Mblazened]

usb 1 is not fast enough to start up from

[ibookin']

Originally posted by Mblazened
usb 1 is not fast enough to start up from

I booted off my USb Zip Drive once... :rolleyes:

It's possible to boot from USB 1.1, but your computer will not be at it's best, suffice it to say.

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by ibookin'
I booted off my USb Zip Drive once... :rolleyes:

It's possible to boot from USB 1.1, but your computer will not be at it's best, suffice it to say.

Running of a ZIP disk is like editing a movie on a USB drive.

[ibookin']

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Running of a ZIP disk is like editing a movie on a USB drive.

It was in OS 9, so it didn't hurt too bad. Not that I could actually run many apps...

[FredAkbar]

Originally posted by ibookin'
I booted off my USb Zip Drive once... :rolleyes:

How did you do that? I think I tried that that once, but when I held down option at startup, it didn't find the disk, since the computer can't automatically recognize Zip drives without first loading drivers from the boot disk...right?

--Fred

[ibookin']

Originally posted by FredAkbar
How did you do that? I think I tried that that once, but when I held down option at startup, it didn't find the disk, since the computer can't automatically recognize Zip drives without first loading drivers from the boot disk...right?

--Fred

I booted off a CD and selected the ZIP disk in the Startup Disk control panel.

[MacBandit]

To force your computer to boot off a system/drive other then your main one hold the 'apple-option-shift-delete' keys all simultaneously at initial startup.