beautypg.com

Starting up from a cd-rom disc – Apple Power Macintosh 4400 User Manual

Page 120

background image

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 the CD-ROM disc containing
system software that came with the computer.

To start up the computer using the CD-ROM disc, either use a control panel
to set the CD-ROM drive as your startup drive, or follow these steps:

1

Turn your computer on.

2

Immediately press the Open/Close button on your CD-ROM drive, quickly insert the

CD-ROM disc containing system software into the drive, and close the tray.

3

Immediately press the C key on your keyboard.

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

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

1

Shut down your computer.

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

2

Turn the computer on.

3

Immediately press the C key on the keyboard.

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

120

Chapter 6