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Mac Mini Gray Screen on Start Up
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1103063" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Using the install disk is the correct way to trouble shoot your Mini, however, you must do it the proper way:</p><p></p><p>Boot the Mini with your install disk. After it boots, do not allow it to proceed with the install. Rather, click on the top menu item "Utilities", then select "Disk Utility". Select the First Aid tab, highlight your MacIntosh HD, then select "Verify and Repair". You can also repair permissions from the same dialog.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like you may have problems with the hard drive in the Mini. If the Verify and Repair refuses to run or it can not repair errors, then it's likely you need to change out the hard drive. Which, by the way, is not an easy task on a Mini.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1103063, member: 46727"] Using the install disk is the correct way to trouble shoot your Mini, however, you must do it the proper way: Boot the Mini with your install disk. After it boots, do not allow it to proceed with the install. Rather, click on the top menu item "Utilities", then select "Disk Utility". Select the First Aid tab, highlight your MacIntosh HD, then select "Verify and Repair". You can also repair permissions from the same dialog. It sounds like you may have problems with the hard drive in the Mini. If the Verify and Repair refuses to run or it can not repair errors, then it's likely you need to change out the hard drive. Which, by the way, is not an easy task on a Mini. [/QUOTE]
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