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<blockquote data-quote="gallo" data-source="post: 746459" data-attributes="member: 71809"><p>Hi, hopefully someone can help me. I have an imac (2008) running Leopard 10.5.4 and the other day i went to power it up and it is now just hanging on the blue screen with rotating gears appearing every so often!</p><p></p><p>I can't boot in safe mode (hangs on blue screen also) but can boot from the install DVD and windows XP on the HD partition. Single user mode also works.</p><p></p><p>I have run disk utility from the install DVD and it advises the disk appears to be OK. But it does give me an error when i try to repair permissions - "The underlying task reported failure on exit" Not sure if this has anything to my main issue or not.</p><p></p><p>Not sure what else to do, I have thought of reinstalling the OS with an archive and install but am afraid I will lose my files as I have not backed up in the last 6 months or so. I can always try get another mac and rescue files via firewire but was hoping its not that much of a problem.</p><p></p><p>I have searched many discussion groups and apples support and knowlegebase site with no luck!</p><p></p><p>Any help or suggestions, much appreciated! Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gallo, post: 746459, member: 71809"] Hi, hopefully someone can help me. I have an imac (2008) running Leopard 10.5.4 and the other day i went to power it up and it is now just hanging on the blue screen with rotating gears appearing every so often! I can't boot in safe mode (hangs on blue screen also) but can boot from the install DVD and windows XP on the HD partition. Single user mode also works. I have run disk utility from the install DVD and it advises the disk appears to be OK. But it does give me an error when i try to repair permissions - "The underlying task reported failure on exit" Not sure if this has anything to my main issue or not. Not sure what else to do, I have thought of reinstalling the OS with an archive and install but am afraid I will lose my files as I have not backed up in the last 6 months or so. I can always try get another mac and rescue files via firewire but was hoping its not that much of a problem. I have searched many discussion groups and apples support and knowlegebase site with no luck! Any help or suggestions, much appreciated! Thanks [/QUOTE]
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