Weird Symbol with Startup! Help!!
Hello! I've got a 2005 iMac G5 (no iSight) and i'm running OSX 10.3.9.
For the past three days, when i try to start up my iMac, a weird symbol appears that resembles a gray square with a globe in the center of it. It will blink for about 10-15 seconds and then it will change to a blinking file with a question mark over it.
I've got a feeling this has something to do with my wireless network, but i'm not sure what? Is it possible that a setting that got changed on a PC in the network is causing this? Please let me know ASAP and thanks for your help!
-Dave
You should press the X key as soon as you hear the startup chime; alternatively, you can hold down the Option key at the same time, select your hard disk in the list, and push the button with the straight arrow. In this case, you will need to reselect your hard disk as the startup disk from the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
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