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I have a ti-book that is giving me the flashing question mark when I startup, then nothing further.
I have tried to boot from the install disk, but the combo drive is not working properly (didn't work properly before this issue).
I can boot using an external fw drive with os x installed, but cannot repair, verify, or anything to the internal drive using os x disk utility.
I also cannot select it from the 'startup volume' menu within system preferences.
I have read many posts about some of these issues, but not with my situation concerning all this and a non-functioning optical drive.
I also have zapped the p-ram, for what it's worth, and have tried booting with various ram modules.
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Hi jarrod,
You've posted in the Titanium folder, but you list a 17" PB (and not a TiBook), so I'm not sure which you're asking about. If it's the 17", you'd do better to post in the Aluminum folder. TiBooks are 15", have ports on the back, dark colored keys, and CPU speeds from 400MHz to 1GHz.
Have you tried running fsck or booting in Safe Mode?
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