Deblessed system folder on a Mac SE?

My Mac SE shows a flashing question mark folder on start-up. I've been informed that the problem may be a deblessed system folder. Unfortunately, I don't have any of the system discs, or for that matter any formatted 800k discs at all.
I realise that this is a bit vague, but does anyone have any advice on where I can find a suitable floppy disc (I live in the UK and I've tried ebay several times to no avail) or any ideas on how I can otherwise fix this problem please?
Thanks for you help,
Anna

Unfortunately, without a boot floppy, this is impossible to fix.
If you get a hold of a boot floppy, you would solve it by starting up off the floppy, making sure that both 'System' and 'Finder' are in the hard drive's System Folder, then Option-click on the Finder on the hard drive. Next time you reboot, it should work fine.
As for how to get a hold of the correct floppy? Well, unless you have an older, beige Mac, there's no way to write a Mac 800k floppy. If you DO have access to an older Mac with built-in floppy drive, you can download a System 6.0.8 Disk set from the Apple Support site: http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#system under Macintosh/System/OlderSystem/System_6.0.x/SSW_6.0.8-800kDisk?of4.sea.bin where ? is the disk number. Also in there is a set of 7.0 images, which have to be downloaded as a set, Macintosh/System/OlderSystem/System_7.0.x/System7.0.smi.bin )

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You will need a source for a valid and installable OS 9.2.2 system for use
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The computer model shipped with a machine specific series of install-restore
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computer, the OS X has to see and recognize an appropriate installer, though.
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install-restore disc set for that computer from some online source. There is a
small chance that someone may have the right one for your build model iBook
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set of install discs, for a reasonable fee. The correct Apple Hardware Test is on
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simple way to move a system around; and OS X won't allow that method.
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may have misplaced the software set belonging to the computer you bought?
These are considered a part number of the computer, as such, part of the sale.
If bought from a company who fixes and resells computers, do they offer any
optional software for an additional fee? The discs should be included, but in
several instances, people buy a computer second-hand and have no software.
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and include them when I forward the computer to some other future user.
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a specific OS X running computer, to be used as Classic, narrow the field; since
the OS 9 system installer on iBook disc media is often made for that model.
Well, I have ideas. And they seem to work better for me in person than when
I've told some persons about them online. Just as well, if there's some glitch
you can avoid by finding the correct discs (in the land of plenty) that's good.
To *search " OS 9.2.2 install CD " in google* may bring up some choices,
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However, I needed to start Classic to run an old application, and when it started up, I got a message stating that changes were required. I allowed the changes to be made and the old application started up with no problems.
Today I tried to boot up my QuickSilver using the Classic partition. (I've done this routinely for the last two years to do repair work on my 9.2.2 partition.) The machine would not boot. Instead it booted using my regular 9.2.2 System folder.
When I checked the start-up folders using the OS 9.2 Startup panel, it showed the Classic system as version 9.2.5. (Using the 10.4.7 Startup pane, there is no version given at all, it just states "Mac OS.") The system file was updated during the changes to Classic. The QuickSilver will no longer boot from this partition.
I would still like to boot from the Classic partition. Is there a workaround for this?
QuickSilver Mac OS X (10.4.6)
QuickSilver Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Apparently during the "update" of the Classic System folder, there was a glitch. I replaced the Classic System File using the one from my OS 9.2.2 System folder, and I can now boot from the Classic partition AND Classic runs fine from OS 10.4.7.

Is it possible to reinstall Symbol dfont into the system folder?

Since updating to Snow Leopard, there is no Symbol dfont in the system folder. I have been relying on this font for sometime now to avoid special character issues.
I use InDesign and this font has become essential for my work. The Symbol font now supplied with the OSX ver.6 (Symbol.ttf) is noticeably different.
Is there a way of reloading Symbol dfont into the system folder without it becoming a nightmare? Or, can I replace the current Symbol font?

This is one of those infamous Apple "invisible" fonts that are not removable.
Other than those in the ProtectedFonts folder (not invisible, just difficult to find), their are no "invisible" fonts on the hard drive.
The only Symbol font installed by Snow Leopard is the Symbol.ttf font in the /System/Library/Fonts/ folder.
You can try removing it, and it will seem to go away, but somehow it keeps showing up.
What did you do after removing it? How did you remove it?
If you simply dragged it to the trash, that won't work. Only a copy of the font will go in the trash, or desktop, or wherever you drag it. To delete any font from the System folder, you must choose Delete and enter your admin password.
After that, it's still not gone. Even in the trash, any font from the System folder remains active (you can't even empty the trash) until you at least restart the Mac.
You may still have issues after installing Symbol.dfont from Leopard if the OS, or applications use the cached data for the .ttf version instead of creating fresh data for the replacement font.
Close all running applications. From an administrator account, open the Terminal app and enter the following command. You can also copy/paste it from here into the Terminal window:
sudo atsutil databases -remove
This removes all font cache files. Both for the system and all user font cache files. After running the command, close Terminal and immediately restart your Mac.
Once the Snow Leopard version of Symbol is truly off the drive, you should have no trouble using the .dfont version from Leopard.

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