[HM] hummmmmm

[Duane Murphy]

--- At Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:27:33 +0000, michaelP wrote:

>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, michaelP wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, Samantha, sounds good. I already have a 250Gb external hard drive
>>> (and I've placed a copy of my System Folder on it). Can you remind me
>how to
>>> boot from an external hard drive? I know you hold the "C" key down while
>>> booting from a CD drive...
>>>
>>
>> Hold the option key at boot. A screen will come up that will allow you to
>> select which drive to boot from. It always amazes me hos slow this process
>> is, so be patient!
>>
>> Allan
>
>Thanks Allan, I tried this three times and each time the screen came up but
>without the external hard drive showing even though it does appear in the
>Start-Up Disk control panel (it has a System Folder identical to the one on
>the internal drive).
>
>What to do?

If you can run the Startup Disk Control Panel, then just choose the disk
and reboot.

 ...Duane