Okay let me start by saying that i should down my computer one time, and I go to trun it on again I get a flashing folder with the questions mark im sure everyone has had this problem. But my qeustion is I read a thread on here before that helped me with this problem last time it was an easy COMMAND that just booted my computer to the very last time that it was working it stated up fine had the apple logo with the spinning circle and everything was just working fine intell i had to shut it down and move into my dorm room goto trun it on and here we go again could someone tell me that COMMAND or what I should do about this please?
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you can try resetting PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
it can bring everything back to normal , but if you still get the question mark it could be a problem with your harddrive as the question mark indicates that the startup disc cant be found
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
it can bring everything back to normal , but if you still get the question mark it could be a problem with your harddrive as the question mark indicates that the startup disc cant be found
i never heard about a command to reset a mac to a earlier state
but just read here and read the complete article
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1440
but just read here and read the complete article
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1440
He might think of the command(⌘)-key.
I guess what you want is hold the Option-Key (⌥, it says "alt" on newer keyboards) while you push the power button, then select the hard drive.
Or repair disk permissions, insert the Install-DVD/CD1, hold the "C"-key while powering it on, wait, select your language and select Utils->DiskUtil from the top-menu. Then choose your hard drive and click "Repair Disk" on the left, after that "Repair Disk Permissions" on the right.
I guess what you want is hold the Option-Key (⌥, it says "alt" on newer keyboards) while you push the power button, then select the hard drive.
Or repair disk permissions, insert the Install-DVD/CD1, hold the "C"-key while powering it on, wait, select your language and select Utils->DiskUtil from the top-menu. Then choose your hard drive and click "Repair Disk" on the left, after that "Repair Disk Permissions" on the right.