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From: deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: HELP!  SE won't boot!!!
Message-ID: <2977@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 11 Apr 91 05:51:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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HELP!!!!

I tried to boot my SE (4MB RAM, 40MB La Cie HD, LOADS of
inits) this evening, and was met with the " '?' in a disk"
icon.  What's up?!?

Last night it booted fine; got some new software from the
net and added it to the system folder -- still fine, even
with multiple restarts.

Then, in an act so inane only a physicist could have done
it, I turned my machine OFF after the restart "beep" in the
midst of rebooting.  Does this corrupt your system or what?

I can read the HD from a floppy boot, and can even run applications,
but it just won't start up!  One other thing -- when I try
to get it to boot off the HD, I get a happy Mac icon for a
couple of seconds, which then changes into the "?" icon....

I've even moved all of the new files into a neutral folder on
the desktop so they won't be "in the way."

Any comments, flames, ideas, etc. will be welcome.  Thanx in
advance.

-shane