Help! My computer turns on, but does nothing else!!!!
When I turn my computer on, the screen lights up and a folder with a question mark appears. Nothing else happens and after a while it shuts down. My computer is totally charged and I've tried taking out the battery, turning it on and off, restarting, etc. Nothing works! Does any one know what the icon means/how to fix it?
Thanks
This is the issue your are experiencing:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042
Try this:
1) hold down c key with disc one in the drive
2)select language
3)Click on utilites in top menu bar > select disk utility
If you see your hard drive in there, it will most likely say "xx GB FUJITSU ...", then go back to the OS X installer by quitting disc utility and follow the rest of these instructions. If you don't see a hard drive then most likely your drive has failed, take it to your nearest apple store. Make an appointment with the genius bar before your arrive!!!!! http://www.apple.com/retail.
4) Select Archive and Install when you get the screen that has a box named "options". Selecting this will save your user's data, you may need to reinstall third party applications after this ( ie. office, photoshop, etc. )
Hope this helps.
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