Intel Mac :: Showing Error Screen With File Folder And Question Mark
Mar 8, 2012My IMac has a white screen with a file folder and a question mark. It is also making strange noises. What is the error?
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iMac
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OS X Mountain Lion :: MacBook Pro Showing White Screen With Flashing Folder And Question Mark
Jun 3, 2014My almost new macbook pro was showing a white screen with a flashing folder with a question mark. I was able to do the internet recovery, installing OS X on my external harddrive, but how do I use my mac without the harddrive plugged in?
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Apr 6, 2012We are getting a white screen with flashing file icon with question mark inside the file.
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May 4, 2012My imac from 2009 won't boot up. It just keeps flashing a grey file folder with a question mark. Of course now I do not know where my start up cd is.....is there anything that I can do???
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Intel Mac :: White Screen With Question Mark In Folder Icon
Jun 12, 2012What is the problem if you have a white screen with question mark in folder icon??
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Intel Mac :: Won't Boot And Has Flashing Folder With Question Mark On Gray Screen
Jun 17, 2012I just bought a new iMac. I have been trying all week (with no success) to transfer files and apps from my previous iMac. The last time I tried to transfer, I used target mode on the old computer. It looked as if it was finally working, so I left with 2+ hours remaining on the transfer. When I returned, the computer was frozen and nothing would work. So I held the power button to turn it off. When I tried to turn it back on, there was only a gray screen with a flashing folder with a question mark. I feel like I have tried everything listed in other discussions. The only thing I am not able to try is to reinstall Lion because the new computer did NOT come with an OSX disc of any type.
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MacBook Pro :: Flashing Folder With Question Mark - Macintosh HD Not Showing Up
May 21, 2012I turned off my macbook pro last night, then when I went to turn it on this morning, I got a flashing folder with a question mark. So I ran lion internet recovery. Disk utility came up and so I tried to repair the disk and reinstall lion osx, the problem is my mac HD isn't showing up, so I couldn't run either. I haven't turned off my mac in a few weeks, I usually just put it to sleep at night or let it go idle. How to back-up my files.
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MacBook Pro :: IPhoto File On Dock Showing Question Mark After Maintenance
Apr 19, 2012After using Mackeeper clean up, duplicate search, maintenance my iPHOTO file on the dock now shows a "?" mark .....
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MacBook Pro :: Folder With Question Mark - Error No Valid Packages
Jul 26, 2009My macbook greeted me with the gray screen and folder with question mark this morning - I've tried everything listed on the Apple website for this issue, I've tried running the Disk Utility (although I'm getting an "error no valid packages" message) and I've tried running DiskWarrior. Disk Utility sees the harddrive - DiskWarrior does not.
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Intel Mac :: Grey Screen, File With Question Mark... There Is Already A Disk In The Disk Drive?
Feb 11, 2012I have read most things to do with the grey screen and the screen with the question mark, and it's obvious I have to put some sort of disks in, but there is already a disk stuck in the drive?
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MacBook Pro :: File Folder With Question Mark?
May 13, 2012In the UK, I do not have the back up disk, i am getting the file folder with the question mark.
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PowerPC :: Flashing File Folder With Question Mark?
Feb 25, 2009about a week ago my hard drive died. i took it in to be diagnosed... I purchased a new 250GB hard drive and decided to install on my own. I followed the detailed instructions on [URL], it was a breeze... but, now the problem is installing OS X onto my laptop. I can't find the original start up disk for the iBook G4, so I tried using Mac OS X Tiger, V10.4. The installation DVD loads up fine, but when it arrives at the "Select a Destination" step no Icons appear on the screen... my new hard drive seems to be hidden.
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May 2, 2012Just rec'd a new(er) to me Mac Pro 1.1 w/no HD & possibly bad video card 8GB memory and very dirty inside. To test this mac, I put in a new seagate barracuda SATA 1TB HD, hooked up display and tried to fire it up. Got to chime in and then the display showed a grey screen w/file folder with a question mark on it. Only had a mouse last night when trying this and my G5 has a bluetooth keyboard and the mac pro isn't bluetooth, so where do I go from here?
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MAC Is Not Opening / After Pressing On Button Its Showing White Screen With Big Question Mark
May 1, 2012My MAC is not opening. After pressing the on button its showing white screen with big ? mark no other response.
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MacBook Pro :: Folder With Question Mark At Startup - Disk 0 Showing In Disk Utility
Jun 24, 2014I get this question mark along with a folder when starting up. I tried holding down the option key when turning on the power and then I get an internet recovery along with a globe. I click on the arrow below it and it takes maybe 15 minutes to start up. Then i get this disk utilities screen. I'm now unable to do anything. When going into disk utility, disk 0 shows with Mac OS X base system underneath it. All the clickable buttons are faded out. Is there something wrong with the hardrive? and where could i get this fixed? There isn't a warranty on it.
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IMac PPC :: White Screen With Question Mark Folder
Apr 12, 2012My iMac 20" is giving me white screen with the question Mark folder, some smack head formatted it and now it won't respond to the install disk, it won't even beep on a pram reset and there's no chime?
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MacBook :: Getting A Grey Screen With A Folder And Question Mark?
Apr 16, 2012I am getting a grey screen with a folder and question mark. i have tried all the methods suggested in apple online support except the OS CD. I dont have the CD and i dont know the version on OS which is on my mac book. I had bought it in 2007-08.
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Software :: Get A Gray Screen With A Folder And Question Mark - HD Died
Sep 22, 2009I am currently getting a gray screen with a folder and question mark. I have tried resetting the PRAM and when I hold down the option key, no drives show up at all. I also can't boot into OS X in safe mode. I don't hear a clicking noise that you usually get from dead hard drives.
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May 7, 2012I recently upgraded to Lion on my MacBook Pro but it didn't sit well with my compuer. It became sluggish and would take forever to load applications, pictures, music, movies, etc that only took SL a few seconds at most. I decided to downgrade back to SL so I put in my Install DVD (version 10.6.6) and tried to format the hard drive so I could start new. However it would not work with the CD, so I continued looking around online and I came under the impression that if you erase the hard drive it will allow you to start new (in my case, with SL). However now I get a gray screen with a folder with a question mark.
I do not have my files backed up through Time Machine.
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MacBook Pro :: Shows Only White Screen With Folder And Question Mark?
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Jun 17, 2014My computer froze on me and the rainbow cursor appeared. I forced my Macbook Pro to shut down and when I restarted it, a grey screen appeared with a flashing folder that has a question mark inside.
I tried the following:
1) restarting it holding down the "shift" button and nothing changed
2) restarting while holding down opting+command+p+r until I hear it ding 3-6 times - nothing changed
AND what causes this? This is not the first time I have heard of a Macbook Pro doing this...
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MacBook Pro :: Computer Is Showing A File Folder With A ? Symbol
Apr 3, 2012My computer froze while I was doing homework so I tried to restart it and when I did, It doesn't show the apple logo but rather a File Folder with a ? Symbol! I tried reselecting the hard drive but it didn't show! I CANNOT lose my information on my harddrive cause I have very IMPORTANT work on there! I have mac OS X Lion! So I don't have a start up disk for that and the one i have is stuck in my computer right now!
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
MacBook :: Why Is There A Question Mark On File Alternating On Screen
Jun 26, 2014I recently took my macbook in to an Apple Store and was told my hard drive may be gone. Before I took it in it was working fine except for the Mail, I was unable to send mail. Now when I try and turn computer on an alternating folder with a ? mark keeps on toggling off and on on screen.
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Software :: Shows One Folder With Question Mark In The Center Of The Screen And Can't Load The OS X
May 2, 2010Yesterday while I worked on the mac it had froze up. After the restart it shows one folder with question mark in the center of the screen and can't load the OS.
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MacBook :: Shows Grey Screen And Question Mark Folder On Startup - OS X (10.6.4)
Sep 3, 2014Have tried different things that have been suggested....reboot PRAM holding down option command P R etc but nothing yet has worked. Don't have installation disk as MacBook is 9 years old so must've thrown disk out years ago.
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Intel Mac :: Have A Folder With A Question Mark On Startup?
Apr 30, 2012have a folder with a question mark on startup? What do I do?
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MacBook Pro :: Won't Boot (question Mark Folder) After Blue Screen On Windows Bootcamp
Feb 9, 2012So, I was on windows, using bootcamp, and I was creating partitions on a pen drive with it, and then it asks me that it needs to restart to apply changes.
But then, while restarting, a blue screen occurred (**** windows).... And I forced the shutdown pressing the power key.
Then, I simply turned the MacBook on, trying to boot on my snow leopard and I got a flashing folder with a question mark on it. Now I can't access any partitions on it, if I press option key on startup I get a blank window!
I tried to reset PRAM, repair the MacOs partition using the snow leopard DVD (it shows up fine, along with windows partition and EFI partition), and I still don't get my startup disk showing up...
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Snow Leopard with windows7 bootcamp
