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<blockquote data-quote="Nighthawk4" data-source="post: 1048948" data-attributes="member: 61193"><p>Please help.</p><p></p><p>This morning my iMac with Snow Leaopard worked fine. I shutdown and went to work, came back, switched on and it does not log me in any more.</p><p></p><p>At first it failed to boot correctly - stopping at the blue screen. I rebooted and it went to the login prompt. As I am the only user, it usually doesn't do that - it logs straight in. It will not go past the login prompt. There is no password, so I click on continue and it seems to be trying to login, but then comes back to the login prompt.</p><p></p><p>I rebooted with the SL Install Disk and repaired the disk. The repair found file and directory errors, which it corrected - ending with a successful repair.</p><p></p><p>Now it boots up, but still will not go past the login prompt.</p><p></p><p>I have managed to get in by booting from an external partition created with SuperDuper! (thanks again to SuperDuper!). Unfortunately, I do not have a backup which is anything like uptodate, except the Time Machine ones.</p><p></p><p>Please advise. How should I repair my ID or permissions or whatever, so I can get back in to the correct partition without losing any information (or as little as possible?</p><p></p><p>The internal disk is readable, so I am hoping the damage is not too serious. I am just worried that my ham-fisted attempts to repair it will cause more damage.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say I have been planning to do a new backup for days, but needed to install a new external disk to make room. Of course I never quite got around to it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nighthawk4, post: 1048948, member: 61193"] Please help. This morning my iMac with Snow Leaopard worked fine. I shutdown and went to work, came back, switched on and it does not log me in any more. At first it failed to boot correctly - stopping at the blue screen. I rebooted and it went to the login prompt. As I am the only user, it usually doesn't do that - it logs straight in. It will not go past the login prompt. There is no password, so I click on continue and it seems to be trying to login, but then comes back to the login prompt. I rebooted with the SL Install Disk and repaired the disk. The repair found file and directory errors, which it corrected - ending with a successful repair. Now it boots up, but still will not go past the login prompt. I have managed to get in by booting from an external partition created with SuperDuper! (thanks again to SuperDuper!). Unfortunately, I do not have a backup which is anything like uptodate, except the Time Machine ones. Please advise. How should I repair my ID or permissions or whatever, so I can get back in to the correct partition without losing any information (or as little as possible? The internal disk is readable, so I am hoping the damage is not too serious. I am just worried that my ham-fisted attempts to repair it will cause more damage. Needless to say I have been planning to do a new backup for days, but needed to install a new external disk to make room. Of course I never quite got around to it. :( [/QUOTE]
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