Ok, so a couple of days ago my MBP was running fine with no problems or glitches. However, while I was looking something up online, the computer froze. I thought nothing of it, so I let it sit. Forty-five minutes later I got pretty nervous. I tried moving the mouse, but as soon as it moved the cursor disappeared. So, after 30 more minutes, I went to a last resort. I flipped the Macbook over and pulled out the battery.
After trying to turn it back on after that, the MBP went to the usual white screen with the Apple logo. The gray gear-type thing on the bottom started to rotate, but that's as far as it got. I left it like that for hours but nothing.
So I turned it off and tried booting from the installation CD. That worked, so I opened up the Disk Utility. Thankfully, it seemed as though my hard drive was still intact after verifying it. Still, I couldn't do anything other than that.
So I decided to do an archive install to at least be able to use my computer and keep my old files (which I really need). However, the install froze at about 15% and stayed there. The mouse still moved, but the installation didn't. I left it overnight to try and see if it would work out the problems, but it didn't progress. Seeing as it wasn't moving at all, I had to turn off my computer mid-install
So now, I pretty much don't know which way to turn.
(Not sure if this is a hardware or software problem, sorry if it's software)
After trying to turn it back on after that, the MBP went to the usual white screen with the Apple logo. The gray gear-type thing on the bottom started to rotate, but that's as far as it got. I left it like that for hours but nothing.
So I turned it off and tried booting from the installation CD. That worked, so I opened up the Disk Utility. Thankfully, it seemed as though my hard drive was still intact after verifying it. Still, I couldn't do anything other than that.
So I decided to do an archive install to at least be able to use my computer and keep my old files (which I really need). However, the install froze at about 15% and stayed there. The mouse still moved, but the installation didn't. I left it overnight to try and see if it would work out the problems, but it didn't progress. Seeing as it wasn't moving at all, I had to turn off my computer mid-install
So now, I pretty much don't know which way to turn.
(Not sure if this is a hardware or software problem, sorry if it's software)