hi, thanks for the tip. i run a macos9 64mb ram & i would appreciate it if you could shed light on this: a friend had this flashing question mark in a folder problem. on pressing the option, command, shift & delete button - on startup- i noticed a rather unusual (well, at least, to me) thing. on screen where three icons arranged almost horizontally. starting from the left, was a rectangular icon with an arrow on it almost forming a circle, second was the flashing folder, and third, was yet another rectangular icon with yet another arrow this time pointing to the right. could you please enlighten a puzzled and inquisitive mind?

The "D-O-C-S" key sequence on startup forces the mac to seek an alternate disk to boot from rather than the main hard drive. Upon not finding one this is what you see. don't go messing with wacky key combo's on startup just to 'See what happens'. You can get into •••trouble••• that way. If you are looking for 'Easter Eggs', just pull a search for them on any search engine and you'll find the 'safe' thing to do.