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Flashing ? Question Mark with new Hard Drive
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I upgraded my Core Duo Macbook to a Western Digital 320GB hard drive.
Initially I used super duper to clone the drive, and had a flashing question mark appear for a few seconds (as if it can't find the OS)
So I re-installed Leopard from scratch. Still the flashing question mark. What's wrong?
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You reformatted the drive in HFS+ (Journaled) and successfully installed Leopard and it still flashes a question mark?
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Could it be the partition map scheme?
Check with Disk Utility (boot from the Leopard DVD) that it's the GUID Partition Table that Intel Macs require
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I found that I got a flashing question mark appearing for a few seconds when I removed the bootcamp partition. I'd repartition the drive and then reinstall leopard to see if this still occurs.
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MacosNerd, perhaps your issue does not require re-formatting. Try pressing the Option key to have your Mac list the available bootable drives (not counting the OS Install DVD)
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Originally Posted by naphtali 
MacosNerd, perhaps your issue does not require re-formatting. Try pressing the Option key to have your Mac list the available bootable drives (not counting the OS Install DVD)
Except for the fact that I removed the bootcamp partition and the flashing question only appears for a second or two which I believe is the same symptom as the OP. Its not that my machine isn't bootable or anything.
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Go into Startup Disk preferences and make sure the correct volume is selected for booting. If you're pointing to some volume that the OS can't boot from, you'll get the flashing question mark until the system can find a bootable volume.
Steve
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@steve - Thanks! That was what I was getting at; missed that out
@macosnerd - Basically if your computer can still boot fine, it does not require something as drastic as the reformat you're considering. You need not lose all your information; just set your start up disk right.
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Originally Posted by naphtali
@macosnerd - Basically if your computer can still boot fine, it does not require something as drastic as the reformat you're considering. You need not lose all your information; just set your start up disk right.
Oh I know, I was telling the OP what the cause could be and repartitioning could fix it. I'm all set but thanks anyways.
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