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my Mac is not starting up
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<blockquote data-quote="ticedoff8" data-source="post: 971175" data-attributes="member: 117762"><p>Does the system boot up with the Snow Leopard DVD?</p><p>If so, then your basic system is functional.</p><p>You can try to re-run the Snow Leopard install and select repair instead of new install.</p><p></p><p>It almost sounds like a hard drive failure. If you boot off the Snow Leopard DVD and you don't see the internal HD, you pretty much know you have an HD failure.</p><p></p><p>If you can afford it, you could replace the internal HD with a new one. Get an external USB enclosure and mount the original HD in it. If all goes well with the OS install on the new HD, you should be able to migrate all of the user data from the USB (original) to the new internal HD - assuming the old HD is mechanically / electrically sound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ticedoff8, post: 971175, member: 117762"] Does the system boot up with the Snow Leopard DVD? If so, then your basic system is functional. You can try to re-run the Snow Leopard install and select repair instead of new install. It almost sounds like a hard drive failure. If you boot off the Snow Leopard DVD and you don't see the internal HD, you pretty much know you have an HD failure. If you can afford it, you could replace the internal HD with a new one. Get an external USB enclosure and mount the original HD in it. If all goes well with the OS install on the new HD, you should be able to migrate all of the user data from the USB (original) to the new internal HD - assuming the old HD is mechanically / electrically sound. [/QUOTE]
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