A Hard Disk Icon Does Not Appear On The Mac Os Desktop; You Cannot Read A Floppy Disk - Power Computing PowerTower Pro User Manual

A hard disk icon does not appear on the Mac OS desktop.

If the start-up hard disk is internal, restart your machine.
If the hard disk was recently installed, verify that all connections are Þrmly in place and
that the drive (if it is a SCSI drive) has a unique SCSI ID.
If the hard disk is external, verify that it is connected and terminated properly, and that
it has a unique SCSI ID. Make sure that there are no SCSI ID conßicts. See ÒUsing
SCSI devicesÓ on page 16 for information.
If the disk is your start-up disk, start up your computer from Power Computing Mac OS
CD-ROM. You can remove the internal drive from the startup sequence (and force your
system to boot from the CD-ROM if you have it in place) by holding down the shift,
option, command, and delete keys (the command key also called the
you start up. Use the Disk First Aid program to check and repair your disk. (See the
Disk First Aid entry in Macintosh Guide for instructions.) If repairing the disk does not
solve the problem, reinstall the system software as described in ÒUsing the System
Software installerÓ on page 47.
You cannot read a ßoppy disk.
This can indicate a damaged disk or one that is not initialized.
If a ßoppy disk has never been used, it may not be initialized. See Macintosh Guide for
instructions on how to initialize disks.
If the disk is damaged, try using the Disk First Aid program to repair it. See Macintosh
Guide for instructions about using Disk First Aid.
The mouse pointer does not move when you move the mouse.
This can indicate a system software problem, a problem with your mouse, or a problem
with a program that you are running.
Turn off the computer by pressing the power button on the front panel and verify that
the mouse and the keyboard are connected properly. See ÒConnecting the mouse and
keyboardÓ on page 7 for information.
Try using a different mouse or input device. If it works, there is a problem with the
original mouse.
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