Normal System Folder icon, with the picture of the Mac Picasso Logo or The above image)? If so, this is your problem.

Does it have a plain folder icon (like System in You've done that, open up your normal hard drive in icon view and lookĪt your System Folder. Hard drive partition or the system software CD or diskette. To rule this out, you'll need to boot your computer from a different Without these two files, the System Folder will not boot. It most importantly also contains the System file and theįinder. This folder contains such items as desk accessories, fonts, and control To boot your computer into the Mac OS, a System Folder is needed. There is a corrupted or 'non-blessed' System Folder on the If none of these work, it's time for the next cause of this Straightened paper clip into the hole near the drive or restart theĬomputer while pressing down the mouse button to eject the disk. To solve this, shut down the computer and either insert a Older Macs have a disk caught in the floppy drive and are trying toīoot from it. I've had many destroyed USBĪnd power cables thanks to vacuum cleaners and other things of theĪ third solution to this cause of the flashing question mark isĪctually the opposite of the two aforementioned examples. The drive is turned on and receiving power. SCSI - is connected on both sides, that the cable is intact, and that Make sure the cable - whether it be USB, FireWire, or Check the connection from the back of the drive to the back However, if you use an external hard drive, this is more likely be Knock a cable out of place inside a computer. Won't really be the solution to your problem, because it takes a lot to Open up the computer and reattach the cable. Being an internal drive, all I needed to do was Multiple attempts to start my machine, I discovered that the hard drive The System Folder not to be seen, and how can you fix it? The hard drive, CD, etc., that you normally use to boot is notĮBay, I got a flashing question mark when I turned it on. Not, you'd get a 'sad Mac' instead of the happy Mac. The computer not being able to find a System Folder on your hardĭrive is at the root of this problem. Today we'll look at the possible causes and The computer not finding a Systemįolder on your hard drive - or not finding your hard drive at all, for The flashing question mark has been one of the biggest problems My Mac has a flashing question mark on start up.

Mac startup question mark