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Hello people,
I'm having some big trouble with my iBook and was hoping someone here might be able to help. I'm no computer wizzard so you'll have to pardon me if my questions are bit stupid....
A couple of days ago my computer started to behave badly, it kept crashing as if it was overloaded. I do graphic design and websites, so I have a lot of gigantic files + loads of rubbish on it, so to me it seems quite likely that the harddrive is overloaded (?)
I have quite a lot of work that I haven't backed up (*doh*), and because I had no CDs or other means of backing up at home, I turned it off and went out to get myself a memory stick.
The next day I tried turning it back on. It started up slooooowly, and then asked for my password (which is odd, because I've got it set up not to). So I put my normal password in, but for some strange reason it won't accept it!
I read in another thread that you can create a new password by reinstalling OSX, but wouldn't this mean I'd loose all my files?
Is there any way I could get past the password problem AND save my files?
I'd be eternally grateful if anyone could help me with this!
I'm having some big trouble with my iBook and was hoping someone here might be able to help. I'm no computer wizzard so you'll have to pardon me if my questions are bit stupid....
A couple of days ago my computer started to behave badly, it kept crashing as if it was overloaded. I do graphic design and websites, so I have a lot of gigantic files + loads of rubbish on it, so to me it seems quite likely that the harddrive is overloaded (?)
I have quite a lot of work that I haven't backed up (*doh*), and because I had no CDs or other means of backing up at home, I turned it off and went out to get myself a memory stick.
The next day I tried turning it back on. It started up slooooowly, and then asked for my password (which is odd, because I've got it set up not to). So I put my normal password in, but for some strange reason it won't accept it!
I read in another thread that you can create a new password by reinstalling OSX, but wouldn't this mean I'd loose all my files?
Is there any way I could get past the password problem AND save my files?
I'd be eternally grateful if anyone could help me with this!