Should I Buy A New Battery? Options

[ignsaav77]

Hi everyone, this is is my first topic. my problem is this, i have a G4 466 mhz, os 9.2, and since last night, when i startup the computer, instead of the smiling face in the monitor, the first thing that i see is the map of the world flashing, i don't know why, and after 5 minutes i see a folder flashing with the (?) for another 5 minutes, does anybody knows why? is this a internal battery problem? i hope so, i'm sorry about my english but it is not my natural language, i hope somebady can help me, thanks.

[squinty]

A flashing question mark means your Mac cannot locate a viable system file or folder. In other words there is some corruption of your start-up disc. You need to start up from an external disc or system CD, and then try to run some repair tool on your HD. Disk First Aid, which comes with system 9.0.x can sometimes help, but not often. Probably you need to run Norton Utilities or some such repair programme. The problem itself can often be small but there's no way to know until you start up from the external disc and view the problem from there. Good luck!