I have a MacBook pro 17, early 2009 dual boot with snow leopard and windows xp. Mac os has been running slow and has now stopped completely and I get the apple logo, spinning disc (not beach ball) and loading bar but the loading bar does not load! Even after leaving on for hours. I have tried launching from the start up disk and using disk utility to repair the hard drive but the drive is highlighted in red and says it cannot be repaired, and to back up the files. Since I can't open in mac os I can't do this. I can open the windows side which makes me think it isn't the hard drive but... I have tried opening in single user mode but with no success. I have an auful lot of work stored and only about half backed up as i only have a small external drive. Any help greatlfully received
Should also mention I am in the Gambia for a while and so cannot access apple store
Should also mention I am in the Gambia for a while and so cannot access apple store