Boot up question

[srl7741]

A little while ago I rebooted my MBP. On the gray boot screen my HD icon is displayed and I need to select it before the notebook will finish booting.
This has never been the case before so I must have done something to cause this.

Does anyone know how to remove this to change it back to where it simply boots to my home screen.

I looked over preferences/start up and my HD is selected and nothing has been changed there. Is there another place to look for changes?

 

[gr8tfly]

Try resetting the PRAM, then reselecting your HD as the StartupDisk in System Preferences.

PRAM reset: hold down cmd-opt-P-R on startup until you hear a second chime, then release.

 

[srl7741]

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Odd, I pulled my power source and rebooted using the battery power only and it seems to have gone away. I rebooted a few times and each time it booted properly.
So I'm not sure what caused it before.

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[mrsir2009]

Now try plugging it in and see if its still fine

 

[omgitscro]

You were pressing the Option key while it booted, or at least the system thought you did for whatever reason.