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<blockquote data-quote="zeropointism" data-source="post: 971231" data-attributes="member: 135924"><p>Thanks for the quick response.</p><p></p><p>First of all, the system does not boot off of the snow leopard DVD. If I put the disk in, I can select the disk while pushing the options button (all the while looking at a messed up plaid screen), but I yet again get the apple and gear for about 15 seconds before I get another kernel panic.</p><p></p><p>Second, if it is a hard drive failure, it has been a slow one - I went for about 2 days with random freezes, each followed by a startup that was plaid followed by a kernel panic, followed by a successful startup after the kernel panic. it was doing fine and crashing less and less throughout these two days, and I just assumed it was a weird snow leopard bug that would be worked out in 10.6.3.</p><p></p><p>There is some good news though. I was able to boot up in transfer mode and it has remained stable for long enough for me to dump pretty much all of my important user data onto another computer. Now my mind is at ease about losing data, but I still have a computer that doesn't work.</p><p></p><p>Is there any other special way to boot? Or, since I now have all of my important data, can I somehow reformat my hard drive without being able to access either the HD or the Snow Leopard install disk? I am prepared to wipe it clean and do a fresh snow leopard install.</p><p></p><p>Again, thanks for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zeropointism, post: 971231, member: 135924"] Thanks for the quick response. First of all, the system does not boot off of the snow leopard DVD. If I put the disk in, I can select the disk while pushing the options button (all the while looking at a messed up plaid screen), but I yet again get the apple and gear for about 15 seconds before I get another kernel panic. Second, if it is a hard drive failure, it has been a slow one - I went for about 2 days with random freezes, each followed by a startup that was plaid followed by a kernel panic, followed by a successful startup after the kernel panic. it was doing fine and crashing less and less throughout these two days, and I just assumed it was a weird snow leopard bug that would be worked out in 10.6.3. There is some good news though. I was able to boot up in transfer mode and it has remained stable for long enough for me to dump pretty much all of my important user data onto another computer. Now my mind is at ease about losing data, but I still have a computer that doesn't work. Is there any other special way to boot? Or, since I now have all of my important data, can I somehow reformat my hard drive without being able to access either the HD or the Snow Leopard install disk? I am prepared to wipe it clean and do a fresh snow leopard install. Again, thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]
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