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<blockquote data-quote="MacRookPro" data-source="post: 1317172" data-attributes="member: 220452"><p>OK, ill start off saying that im a total rookie, so please try not to confuse me.....</p><p></p><p>I had snow leopard on a mini (mid 2010). I thought it would be a good thing to use filevault, so I did.</p><p>I upgraded to Lion.</p><p>Dont have any means to back-up (im resolving that soon)</p><p></p><p>I was using Lion for about an hour and all seemed well. The I put a PC generated disk in and my system froze. I had to shut it off via the power button. Upon restart, attempting to log in, I get an error msg that says my filevault protected home folder needs to be repaired. I clicked the repair and it didnt help. It then said I'm unable to log in. Being a complete rookie, It was a single user/admin.</p><p></p><p>I managed to limp my way into single-user mode and create another user.</p><p></p><p>In the new user I created, I also managed to 'mount' the sparsebundle. (Mount means to open it up and see whats in it right?)</p><p></p><p>Anyways, I can see everything in the screwed up home folder but when I get to things like photos and songs, they appear light grey and will not open.</p><p></p><p>I attempted the fsck stuff to no avail. In the below post, I found where a mistake that I made was.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2763494?start=0&tstart=0" target="_blank">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2763494?start=0&tstart=0</a></p><p></p><p>Anyways, to cut to the chase, I am planning on trying to back up the home folder (do I just backup the sparsebundle? can I write it to a dvd?) and do a fresh install/restore.</p><p></p><p>So after I manage to back it up (theres nothing I need on the new users I made), how do I just wipe everything clean and reinstall Lion (that I bought on iTunes)?</p><p>I do not have the original snow Leapord disk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacRookPro, post: 1317172, member: 220452"] OK, ill start off saying that im a total rookie, so please try not to confuse me..... I had snow leopard on a mini (mid 2010). I thought it would be a good thing to use filevault, so I did. I upgraded to Lion. Dont have any means to back-up (im resolving that soon) I was using Lion for about an hour and all seemed well. The I put a PC generated disk in and my system froze. I had to shut it off via the power button. Upon restart, attempting to log in, I get an error msg that says my filevault protected home folder needs to be repaired. I clicked the repair and it didnt help. It then said I'm unable to log in. Being a complete rookie, It was a single user/admin. I managed to limp my way into single-user mode and create another user. In the new user I created, I also managed to 'mount' the sparsebundle. (Mount means to open it up and see whats in it right?) Anyways, I can see everything in the screwed up home folder but when I get to things like photos and songs, they appear light grey and will not open. I attempted the fsck stuff to no avail. In the below post, I found where a mistake that I made was. [url]https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2763494?start=0&tstart=0[/url] Anyways, to cut to the chase, I am planning on trying to back up the home folder (do I just backup the sparsebundle? can I write it to a dvd?) and do a fresh install/restore. So after I manage to back it up (theres nothing I need on the new users I made), how do I just wipe everything clean and reinstall Lion (that I bought on iTunes)? I do not have the original snow Leapord disk. [/QUOTE]
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