Macintosh SE/30 boot question

[Kenjancef]

I managed to snag an SE/30, and it managed to boot, but I got a floppy disk with a flashing question mark in the middle. From the looks of it, I assume that it is trying to boot from the floppy? Or maybe the hard drive is toast and it is looking for a floppy to boot from?

Any help would be appreciated.


Ken

 

[MacTech68]

A pic would help. Many people confuse an SE with an SE-30.

The floppy disk icon means that a bootable system could not be found. The reasons for this are numerous. Hard drive physically removed, corrupted HD, no blessed System Folder on HD, a failed HD.

The more information you can provide will assist in diagnosis. Removing the rear cover and taking a few pics and even recording the sound the unit makes (closely mic'd). when powered up.

Creating a boot floppy and attempting to boot from that may also glean more information, or, it may not.