Apple 6200 series Starting up from a floppy disk, CD-ROM disc will remain in the CD-ROM drive

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If a blinking question mark appears, or if the computer starts up from your hard disk: You did not insert the CD-ROM disc quickly enough for the computer to recognize it as a startup disk. Follow these steps:

Shut down your computer.

The CD-ROM disc will remain in the CD-ROM drive.

Turn the computer on.

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.

Starting up from a floppy disk

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 you don’t have

abuilt-in CD-ROM drive, you can start up the computer using either the Disk Tools or Install Me First floppy disk that came with your computer.

To start up your computer using a floppy disk, follow these steps:

1Shut down your computer.

2Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive.

If you want to initialize, test, or repair your hard disk, use the Disk Tools disk to start up your computer. If you want to install system software, use the Install Me First disk.

3Turn on the computer.

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