Mac doesn’t reach Home Screen, just a flashing question mark disc

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Macintosh SE/30

Released in 1989 by apple computer, discontinued in 1991

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Just bought a SE powered up nicely a few times. Then quickly stopped working - just a flashing question mark disc when powered up now, What do I do?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · 2021-02-24T09:55:44-07:00

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Hi James!

Your mac is not seeing the operating system. This can be a failed hard drive or a bad operating system installation.

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