[HM] hummmmmm

[michaelP]

> 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?

regards

michael