Go into the startup disk preferences and select your boot volume as the startup disk. Flashing ? should then go away. Laurie -- Founder, Editor, FAQ-checker http://cubeowner.com Home of The Mac Cube FAQ! AOL IM/iChat: cubeownernyc On 2/2/05 1:34 PM, "George Pepper" <pep27 at mac.com> wrote: > I'm getting a file icon with a happy mac face on it alternating with a file > icon with a question mark on it during boot. It doesn't seem to cause any > problems but I'm wondering what it means. I don't recall noticing it before. > > Pep > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > >