a regularly used imac at work has
suddenly started to display a diskette icon
on startup in os 9.0.4

i have unplugged the usb diskette drive
so there is only the keyboard/mouse &
network cable

the process is as follows:

1. power up imac
2. screen goes dark grey for approx 1 min
3. screen goes light grey & displays a
functional cursor
4. diskettte icon appears & flashes
approx 3 times
5. smiley face appears on diskette
6. imac boots as normal

i have opened control panel and gone to
startup disk and the one highlighted is
the hard disk and not the network disk

the cd-rom does not work, as of yet i have
not replaced it but will try that to see if that
is causing the problem

i will also try nortons networked from
another imac

any other suggestions would be realy
appreciated

thankyou

Zap the PRAM and reselect the hard disk in the control panel.

Also, upgrade to 9.2.2.

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