Apple 6200 series manual Initializing a hard disk, Starting up from a CD-ROM disc

Initializing a hard disk

The hard disk inside your computer was initialized (formatted for use) at the factory, so you shouldn’t need to initialize it. You need to initialize a hard disk only if

myou purchase a hard disk that has not been initialized at the factory

myour hard disk is damaged

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If a hard disk needs to be initialized, the disk’s icon does not appear on the desktop when you start up the computer using another disk.

WARNING Initializing a disk erases any information that may be on it. Before you initialize a damaged disk, try to repair it as described in “Repairing a Damaged Disk” later in this chapter.

Starting up from a CD-ROM disc

To initialize, test, or repair a hard disk, or to install system software on a hard disk, you need to start up your computer from another disk. If your computer has a CD-ROM drive, you can start up your computer using the CD-ROM disc containing system software that came with the computer.

To start up the computer using the CD-ROM disc, follow these steps:

Turn your computer on.

Press the Open/Close button on your CD-ROM drive, and quickly insert the CD-ROM disc containing system software into the drive.

Immediately press and hold down the Shift, Option, x, and Delete keys on your keyboard at the same time.

Continue to hold down the keys until you see the “Welcome to Macintosh” message.

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