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OS X stuck on grey screen and circle
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<blockquote data-quote="darkbasic" data-source="post: 809782" data-attributes="member: 88888"><p>When I try to load back into OS X from windows the computer chimes, the grey screen appears, then the apple logo, then the rotating circle underneath the aplpe logo. It sits at the rotating circle stage for a few minutes then restarts again. If I leave it it will just keep sitting at the circle and rebooting.</p><p></p><p>The steps I have taken to try and fix this are:</p><p>1. Clear PRAM by holding CMD+OPT+P+R</p><p>2. Resetting the SMC by removing all peripherals, battery and AC adapter then holding the power button for five seconds.</p><p>3. Booting into safe mode to delete bootcache.kext - I can't boot into safe mode, when I hold shift after I hear the chime nothing happens differently, it just takes longer for the rotating circle to appear.</p><p></p><p>I recently installed MacDrive in Windows and deleted files in my OS X partition, these files were not system files, just a game I had downloaded.</p><p></p><p>Also, I can't boot from the OS X CD because I'm at school and like a dummy I forgot to bring it.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas?</p><p>darkbasic is online now Report Post Edit/Delete Message</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbasic, post: 809782, member: 88888"] When I try to load back into OS X from windows the computer chimes, the grey screen appears, then the apple logo, then the rotating circle underneath the aplpe logo. It sits at the rotating circle stage for a few minutes then restarts again. If I leave it it will just keep sitting at the circle and rebooting. The steps I have taken to try and fix this are: 1. Clear PRAM by holding CMD+OPT+P+R 2. Resetting the SMC by removing all peripherals, battery and AC adapter then holding the power button for five seconds. 3. Booting into safe mode to delete bootcache.kext - I can't boot into safe mode, when I hold shift after I hear the chime nothing happens differently, it just takes longer for the rotating circle to appear. I recently installed MacDrive in Windows and deleted files in my OS X partition, these files were not system files, just a game I had downloaded. Also, I can't boot from the OS X CD because I'm at school and like a dummy I forgot to bring it. Any ideas? darkbasic is online now Report Post Edit/Delete Message [/QUOTE]
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