What does a Blinking Earth in a box mean when you turn off your computer.

We had a power outage and when the power come back on I turned the computer on to get on. What came up was a blinking planet earth in a box on a grey screen. After 10 minutes the computer came on. What does this mean? Anyone know?

Hello! It means it has lost its way and needs guidance.It's looking for a network drive to startup from and there are none on your system. Open the system prefs and go to the startup disk pane. Then select your normal disk and all should be well. Tom

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