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Crazy Startup Problem
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Jawbone54
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Jan 22, 2006, 08:23 PM
 
Hey, I have a weird problem that's coming up on my friend's 12-inch Powerbook at startup.

When he turns on his computer, a globe icon pops up. Then a folder takes it's place, alternating between a Finder logo and a question mark. Then Mac OSX starts up as normal. Is this a problem?

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Jan 22, 2006, 08:47 PM
 
Go to System Preferences/System/Startup Disk and select the OS X system you want it to boot from.
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Jan 22, 2006, 10:37 PM
 
Thanks a lot. I'll tell him.

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Jan 23, 2006, 01:35 AM
 
Did that do the trick?
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