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28-Dec-2007, 02:43 AM #1
Solved: Failed System 7 Boot-up
I use a Mac PowerBook 165 running System 7.1 (I think). This laptop has functioned well since 1993. Occasionally, if it freezes and requires a forced power-off, I must reboot it from my Norton Emergency Startup Floppy. (Normal boot-up at this point gives me the "question mark floppy".)

For the first time this is failing. The Emergency floppy spins, I get happy Mac, the hard drive spins, the Norton app begins to launch, and I get the following error message:
"There is not enough memory to open a window. Quit and allocate the application more memory. Read the manual for other suggestions."

Not only has this never happened before, but of course I can't be out of memory because nothing else is running.

Any suggestions?
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28-Dec-2007, 02:57 AM #2
Thumbs up Clear PRAM
Seems odd to reply to myself, but I tried clearing the PRAM (<Apple><Option><P><R> during startup) and it worked! I suspect the PRAM holds some basic memory usage parameters.
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28-Dec-2007, 03:01 AM #3
While we're here, any ideas why my hard drive can't find itself during boot-up after I've had a forced power-off? (Thus requiring rebooting from Norton Utilities Emergency Disk which subsequently finds nothing wrong with the hard drive...)
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28-Dec-2007, 03:27 AM #4
I'm not sure about this but did your computer come with a disk with the operating system on it. If i did then you should be able to boot your computer with the disk and there should be a way to fix the boot configuration.

Ive done this with windows Vista.
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28-Dec-2007, 01:49 PM #5
Sounds like the internal CMOS battery might need to be replaced.
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