File with question mark!

Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by johnsosn, Feb 1, 2011.

Most Liked Posts
  1. johnsosn, Feb 1, 2011

    johnsosn macrumors member

    Joined:
    Apr 24, 2009
    #1
    Hi. Can anyone help?

    I have one of the early unibody Macbook Pro's.

    Today when I switched it on, it spent a long time on the grey screen, then showed a sign in the middle of the screen of a File with a question mark in the middle.

    This sign was just flashing with the grey screen in the background.

    I re-started and the machine booted as normal. Obviously, I am a little concerned.

    Does it sound likely that it's a harddrive problem?


    Many thanks in advance

    Simon
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. Dalton63841, Feb 1, 2011

    Dalton63841 macrumors 65816

    Dalton63841

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2010
    Location:
    SEMO, USA
    #2
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. johnsosn, Feb 2, 2011

    johnsosn thread starter macrumors member

    Joined:
    Apr 24, 2009
    #3
    Thank you. Appreciated
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. movieboy23, Feb 2, 2011

    movieboy23 macrumors regular

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2007
    #4
    If none of those solutions work for you, take the machine into an Authorized Service Provider as you may be experiencing a failing hard drive. I would suggest ASPs because they usually do a better and quicker job than the Apple Stores.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  5. gnasher729, Feb 2, 2011

    gnasher729 macrumors P6

    gnasher729

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2005
    #5
    That sounds like a hardware problem. If you don't have a Time Machine backup yet, it is now very very urgent to get one. Any cheap 1 TB USB hard drive will do fine. Not having a backup is criminal.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  6. mulo, Feb 2, 2011

    mulo macrumors 68020

    mulo

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2010
    Location:
    Behind you
    #6
    it just means it cant find the os to boot form, could be as simple as reselecting the startup disk
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page