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Hi all,
I have tried everything & cant get my Macbook Pro to boot. Its running snow leopard.
When I turn it on I get to the apple screen and the wheel just spins, spins and spins
This is what I have tried:
1) Boot in safe mode - doesn't go past Apple logo with spinning wheel
2) Reset PRAM - doesn't do second chime automatically - doesn't got back apple logo with spinning wheel
3) Try boot from Mac OSX DVD - it thinks about it, ejects DVD and then goes to Apple logo and spinning wheel
4) Boot to hardware test with hardware DVD - DVD ejects but then hardware test does run, finds nothing
5) Reset SMC - does nothing
Nothing is plugged in, it was working fine yesterday, turned it on today & it wont boot
Is there another way I can get to the screen that will allow me to repair disk permission without using the startup disk - as its not liking the disk - have a feeling the DVD superdrive is broken?
Or could I put the startup disk in another mac - connect with firewire and boot holding T - if i then boot the problematic mac holding C - will it boot from the CD in the make in target disk mode?
Any help would be most appreciated
Thanks
Joe
I have tried everything & cant get my Macbook Pro to boot. Its running snow leopard.
When I turn it on I get to the apple screen and the wheel just spins, spins and spins
This is what I have tried:
1) Boot in safe mode - doesn't go past Apple logo with spinning wheel
2) Reset PRAM - doesn't do second chime automatically - doesn't got back apple logo with spinning wheel
3) Try boot from Mac OSX DVD - it thinks about it, ejects DVD and then goes to Apple logo and spinning wheel
4) Boot to hardware test with hardware DVD - DVD ejects but then hardware test does run, finds nothing
5) Reset SMC - does nothing
Nothing is plugged in, it was working fine yesterday, turned it on today & it wont boot
Is there another way I can get to the screen that will allow me to repair disk permission without using the startup disk - as its not liking the disk - have a feeling the DVD superdrive is broken?
Or could I put the startup disk in another mac - connect with firewire and boot holding T - if i then boot the problematic mac holding C - will it boot from the CD in the make in target disk mode?
Any help would be most appreciated
Thanks
Joe