Please help me with my new iMac


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Hi, I just got an iMac yesterday, my very first mac :woot: it was working fine and I was getting on with it well, I like it more than windows :ninja:

But today when I turned it on these images came up flashing on the screen, and I dont know what they are or what they mean :unsure:

This was the first thing that came up which flashed: Image 1

Then after awhile this one poped up flashing with a question mark aswell on the same image: Image 2

Does any one know what they mean?, im totally new to mac so I dont know whats going on.

Thank you

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I haven't got a mac but in a shop by me I was curious at the startup times. So, I rebooted the computer in the shop (my friend covered me), and it took forever to load up...but I do remember 'Image 1' appearing.

Give it 5 minutes, and if you still get nothing then hopefully someone else here will have an answer for you...if not, then if it were me - I would wipe the system and reinstall Mac OS X from scratch.

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To me it looks like the iMac has been set to "Boot from Network" hence the Network icon, and then the system folder icon (this means it can't find a system folder on the network)

Reboot the iMac and hold down the option key after the chime, then select your HardDisk, once in OSX change the Startup Disk back to the HardDrive.

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To me it looks like the iMac has been set to "Boot from Network" hence the Network icon, and then the system folder icon (this means it can't find a system folder on the network)

Reboot the iMac and hold down the option key after the chime, then select your HardDisk, once in OSX change the Startup Disk back to the HardDrive.

Aha

Thanks (Y)

Fixed now :)

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