iMac - will not boot up....i'm an idiot!

iggywawa · iggywawa #1 (**permalink**)

12-31-2008, 05:24 AM

Stupidly, I pulled out the plug as I was booting up my imac g5 the other day. I turned it back on but just got the flashing question mark in a folder alternating with the finder icon. After research on the net I managed to put in a re start disc and accessed the disk utility and ran a disc repair. This seemed to work as a few problems were resolved. I then re started my mac and now it starts up but after a minute say that I must re start the computer. So I do and it just returns to the same screen again and again and again.....HELP what did I do apart from being stupid in the first place.
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louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

12-31-2008, 06:09 AM

Disconnect any external devices and have another go, if the kernel panic persists you may have to do an archive and install

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MacPC · MacPC #3 (**permalink**)

12-31-2008, 06:12 AM

When you did disk repair, did you repair permissions as well?

louishen #2 (permalink)
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iggywawa #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 31, 2008 Posts: 1	12-31-2008, 05:24 AM Stupidly, I pulled out the plug as I was booting up my imac g5 the other day. I turned it back on but just got the flashing question mark in a folder alternating with the finder icon. After research on the net I managed to put in a re start disc and accessed the disk utility and ran a disc repair. This seemed to work as a few problems were resolved. I then re started my mac and now it starts up but after a minute say that I must re start the computer. So I do and it just returns to the same screen again and again and again.....HELP what did I do apart from being stupid in the first place. Thanks
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