
mIf the hard disk is your startup disk, start your computer using the Disk Tools floppy disk or (if you have a
If repairing the disk doesn’t help, follow the instructions in “Installing or Reinstalling System Software” later in this chapter to reinstall system software on your startup hard disk.
Icons do not appear correctly on your screen.
You need to rebuild the
If icons do not appear correctly after you rebuild the desktop, restart your computer while pressing the Shift key to temporarily turn off system extensions. When you see the “Welcome to
Your Macintosh can’t read a floppy disk.
If you see a message that a floppy disk is unreadable, try one of the following:
mIf the disk has never been used, you may simply need to initialize it. For
instructions, see the “Disks” topic of Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h) menu.
mThe disk may be damaged. See “Repairing a Damaged Disk” later in this chapter for information on testing and repairing disks.
If you are trying to use a DOS disk, consider the following:
mThe disk may have been formatted incorrectly on a DOS computer. On DOS computers it’s possible to format a standard