I have tried repairing the disk with my installation disc but it still fails and shows several problems.
Certain programmes such as QuarkXpress are crashing (spinning wheel) whenever I hit 'save' which is causing me big problems... I can't save my work.
I think I need to erase the disk and start over.... need some advice:
First of all, is this the right step to be taking at this stage?
How long can I expect this to take?
Probably a stupid question but do I definitely lose all my software?
(I have Adobe CS, Quark and Microsoft Office that I got from my old place of work so don't have the discs for those and can't really afford to replace them.)
Is it worth taking to the Apple store of will they just tell me I need to format?
My machine specs are as follows:
MBP
15-inch, Late 2008
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2
Thanks
Certain programmes such as QuarkXpress are crashing (spinning wheel) whenever I hit 'save' which is causing me big problems... I can't save my work.
I think I need to erase the disk and start over.... need some advice:
First of all, is this the right step to be taking at this stage?
How long can I expect this to take?
Probably a stupid question but do I definitely lose all my software?
(I have Adobe CS, Quark and Microsoft Office that I got from my old place of work so don't have the discs for those and can't really afford to replace them.)
Is it worth taking to the Apple store of will they just tell me I need to format?
My machine specs are as follows:
MBP
15-inch, Late 2008
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2
Thanks