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My macbook won't boot up
I recently installed a new battery and 2g of memory
the unit worked fine for 2 mos then one day i just got the spinning wheel and it won't boot up
Is my hard drive responsible?
ps i don't have os discs if i need to replace hard dribve
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Sue

I have a white macbook that won't boot up it just gets the spinning wheel
if i need a new hard drive where would i get one, and how do i find out which one to buy ?
also i don't have any os discs to load on new hard drive can i just buy snow leopard . my unit has 2 g mem
 
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Please don't cross post. A single post per topic is sufficient.

EDIT: Since the RAM addition is new, it wouldn't hurt to reseat it just in case it wasn't fully seated before
 
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suemenace said:
My macbook won't boot up
I recently installed a new battery and 2g of memory
the unit worked fine for 2 mos then one day i just got the spinning wheel and it won't boot up
Is my hard drive responsible?
ps i don't have os discs if i need to replace hard dribve
Help
Sue

I have a white macbook that won't boot up it just gets the spinning wheel
if i need a new hard drive where would i get one, and how do i find out which one to buy ?
also i don't have any os discs to load on new hard drive can i just buy snow leopard . my unit has 2 g mem
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- Could be a bad hard drive.
- Where to buy a hard drive:

OWC

- Buy Snow Leopard install disk ($29):

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.)

HTH,

- Nick
 

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