OS X not booting

Mr Sprout · Mr Sprout #1 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 03:06 AM

my mac isnt booting at all. I turn it on i get the chime and it goes to a grey screen with a blue globe flashing in the middle. It's kinda crucial i get it fixed cause i have very important work on there

Any ideas?

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 08:47 AM

Your system is trying to boot off of the network. Does your system ever boot up completely? If it does, go to the sytem perferences app. Choose startup, and then select your start up disk. This will ensure next time that your system will boot from your system disk.

If it does not boot up. You can try to boot by restarting your system again and hold down the option key. If this works you should see a series of disk to choose from. Choose your system disk to boot. Then once your system boots, then do the system perferences thing as stated above.

If this does not work you may need your bootable install CD. Some one else maybe able to help you with the install CD option.

Mr Sprout · Mr Sprout #3 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 12:25 PM

Thanks rman, its fixed now. Im not sure how it happened but we did have an enoromous power surge last night in our house and my mac was on. I cant see how this would have affected it but i havent any other explanation!

rman · rman #4 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 12:39 PM

I am happy to hear that everything is okay.

rman #2 (permalink)
Inactive Staff Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,591 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	04-28-2005, 08:47 AM Your system is trying to boot off of the network. Does your system ever boot up completely? If it does, go to the sytem perferences app. Choose startup, and then select your start up disk. This will ensure next time that your system will boot from your system disk. If it does not boot up. You can try to boot by restarting your system again and hold down the option key. If this works you should see a series of disk to choose from. Choose your system disk to boot. Then once your system boots, then do the system perferences thing as stated above. If this does not work you may need your bootable install CD. Some one else maybe able to help you with the install CD option. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance in the rain!
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Inactive Staff Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,591 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	04-28-2005, 12:39 PM I am happy to hear that everything is okay. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance in the rain!
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Mr Sprout #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 105	04-28-2005, 03:06 AM my mac isnt booting at all. I turn it on i get the chime and it goes to a grey screen with a blue globe flashing in the middle. It's kinda crucial i get it fixed cause i have very important work on there Any ideas?
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