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<blockquote data-quote="Kevriano" data-source="post: 850202" data-attributes="member: 18605"><p>Ok, bummer. </p><p>I can't remember the cause of this on my friends, but I know I spent a day trying to fix it before resorting to the clean install (good job he pays me £20 an hour <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p>I think you could both try fsck first though to see if it can find anything and fix it, especially as disc utility won't boot. So... scary looking but not really.</p><p></p><p>Reboot holding down the Apple and "S" key and keep them held down until some text loads (white text on black background)</p><p>When it's loaded type the following command (with the spaces as shown)</p><p></p><p>fsck -fy</p><p></p><p>now press the return button.</p><p>It will run through loads of checks, and in your case Laytonx, I would expect it to show the node error. Keep typing the command until you get the message "the macintosh HD appears to be ok". Once you get that type "reboot" and see what happens.</p><p>Now it may be that you don't get that message ever, you may get "the macintosh HD could not be repaired", in which case it's clean install time.</p><p>Please let me know what errors you get though.</p><p></p><p>Hope it works for you both, if not we'll get there!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevriano, post: 850202, member: 18605"] Ok, bummer. I can't remember the cause of this on my friends, but I know I spent a day trying to fix it before resorting to the clean install (good job he pays me £20 an hour :D) I think you could both try fsck first though to see if it can find anything and fix it, especially as disc utility won't boot. So... scary looking but not really. Reboot holding down the Apple and "S" key and keep them held down until some text loads (white text on black background) When it's loaded type the following command (with the spaces as shown) fsck -fy now press the return button. It will run through loads of checks, and in your case Laytonx, I would expect it to show the node error. Keep typing the command until you get the message "the macintosh HD appears to be ok". Once you get that type "reboot" and see what happens. Now it may be that you don't get that message ever, you may get "the macintosh HD could not be repaired", in which case it's clean install time. Please let me know what errors you get though. Hope it works for you both, if not we'll get there! [/QUOTE]
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