OS 10.4 - Trouble starting OS X

fallingwalls · fallingwalls #1 (**permalink**)

07-25-2008, 10:48 PM

Hey guys, Im sorry if this this is in the wrong place or anything, but for the first time in the two years Ive had my mac, I need to troubleshoot it.

Every time I turn my computer on, it shows the "Starting OS X" progress bar as normal, but once it fills completely, nothing happens. Ive force shut down and restarted it, waited at that screen for hours while I was at work, and didnt get any luck.

If it helps, I was restarting from a system update when this happened. Im running Tiger on my Mac Mini.

Also, I have tried to start it in safe mode, but it just seems to try to load OS X as normal.

Any help at all is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #2 (**permalink**)

07-25-2008, 11:26 PM

Pop your Tiger install DVD in and boot from that and run Repair Disk.

fallingwalls · fallingwalls #3 (**permalink**)

07-26-2008, 12:09 AM

How do I run from the CD? I tried just putting it in, but it still tries to run OSX.

nbrowser · nbrowser #4 (**permalink**)

07-26-2008, 01:02 AM

Hold down the C key on your keyboard while the machine boots, try to press and hold the C key before the chime sound, as in right after you press the power button to turn it on, it should boot from the disc in the optical drive and kickstart into OS X Install, then when that loads from the menubar up top select Utilities and run Disk Utility and repair the disk from there, reboot normally and all should be fine

nbrowser #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 03, 2008 Location: Surrey BC Canada Posts: 445 Mac Specs: Mac Mini 2.5 i5/16Gb/500Gb/Radeon 6630M-256MB	07-26-2008, 01:02 AM Hold down the C key on your keyboard while the machine boots, try to press and hold the C key before the chime sound, as in right after you press the power button to turn it on, it should boot from the disc in the optical drive and kickstart into OS X Install, then when that loads from the menubar up top select Utilities and run Disk Utility and repair the disk from there, reboot normally and all should be fine This is a multiplatform home !
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fallingwalls #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 25, 2008 Posts: 2	07-25-2008, 10:48 PM Hey guys, Im sorry if this this is in the wrong place or anything, but for the first time in the two years Ive had my mac, I need to troubleshoot it. Every time I turn my computer on, it shows the "Starting OS X" progress bar as normal, but once it fills completely, nothing happens. Ive force shut down and restarted it, waited at that screen for hours while I was at work, and didnt get any luck. If it helps, I was restarting from a system update when this happened. Im running Tiger on my Mac Mini. Also, I have tried to start it in safe mode, but it just seems to try to load OS X as normal. Any help at all is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
	QUOTE Thanks

harryb2448 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,058 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	07-25-2008, 11:26 PM Pop your Tiger install DVD in and boot from that and run Repair Disk.
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