Weird stuff during startup!!??

Hi all,

Lately my PB 17" hasnt been working so well. My internet is VERY slow for my connection. I havent restarted my mac for some time now, and i just restarted today. During the start up i get this flashing blue globe for about 30sec-1min and then a light blue folder with a question mark flashing on it.
What is this?? do i have a virus or something? or is there a problem with my mac and i should restore?

Tia.

There are no viruses for OS X.

When was the last time you repaired your permissions?

meltbanana314 said:

There are no viruses for OS X.

When was the last time you repaired your permissions?

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Whats that, and how do i do that?

Your system does not fing anything to boot on. It try to boot over network (hence the blue globe) and then give up (question mark).
Does it finally boot ?
If it does, you have to redefine your startup device (probably your hard drive) in System Preferences > Startup

guerom00 said:

Your system does not fing anything to boot on. It try to boot over network (hence the blue globe) and then give up (question mark).
Does it finally boot ?
If it does, you have to redefine your startup device (probably your hard drive) in System Preferences > Startup

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Yea thanks, that was the problem. I dont know why but the startup was on a network. I changed it back and it works fine now. Thanks.