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<blockquote data-quote="jssemi" data-source="post: 850045" data-attributes="member: 102552"><p>Hey everyone</p><p></p><p>Basically every time I start up my MacBook I have a flashing question mark appear, I have gone through various processes like resetting my PRAM hokidng command-option-P-R keys at start up etc... I have gone through the Mac OS X apple support steps found on their site. I have accessed Disk Utility, on the left it shows</p><p></p><p><strong>5.1 GB MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D</strong></p><p><strong> Mac OS X Install Disc 1</strong></p><p><strong>74.5 GB TOSHIBA MK8034GSX MEdia</strong></p><p><strong> disk4s1</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p>When I was doing a bit of research on the matter I noticed many people didn't mention anything like 'disk4s1' appear in their disk utility. The Repair Disk, Verify Disk, Repair Disk Permissions are all grayed out. However for Mac OS X Install... and 5.1 GB... the Verify Disk Permissions is active and when clicked, I recieve the following message</p><p></p><p>Verify permissions for "Max OS X Install Disk 1"</p><p>Error: No valid packages</p><p></p><p></p><p>Permissions verification complete</p><p></p><p>Also when I highlight disk4s1 at the top the mount button becomes active (I don't know what this means), nevertheless I hope I have supplied enough information for some advice on what I need to do.</p><p></p><p>I aslo don't mind formating my HD, but at the same time I want to retrieve a few files first, anyway help would be very much appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jssemi, post: 850045, member: 102552"] Hey everyone Basically every time I start up my MacBook I have a flashing question mark appear, I have gone through various processes like resetting my PRAM hokidng command-option-P-R keys at start up etc... I have gone through the Mac OS X apple support steps found on their site. I have accessed Disk Utility, on the left it shows [B]5.1 GB MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D Mac OS X Install Disc 1 74.5 GB TOSHIBA MK8034GSX MEdia disk4s1 [/B] When I was doing a bit of research on the matter I noticed many people didn't mention anything like 'disk4s1' appear in their disk utility. The Repair Disk, Verify Disk, Repair Disk Permissions are all grayed out. However for Mac OS X Install... and 5.1 GB... the Verify Disk Permissions is active and when clicked, I recieve the following message Verify permissions for "Max OS X Install Disk 1" Error: No valid packages Permissions verification complete Also when I highlight disk4s1 at the top the mount button becomes active (I don't know what this means), nevertheless I hope I have supplied enough information for some advice on what I need to do. I aslo don't mind formating my HD, but at the same time I want to retrieve a few files first, anyway help would be very much appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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