Preface: This is my first Macbook. Its probably about 4 years old and Applecare has expired. It is running 10.4.6...or was until its connectivity problems seemed so annoying and memory so low that I thought trying a complete erase and restore would be the best route to take to fix it. That alone may tell you that my experience in troubleshooting is limited. I had exhausted all the disk utility stuff I knew how to do.
I did something bold (and perhaps stupid) and ran the "erase and restore" through the disks that originally came with the macbook and it seemed to erase just fine but stalls out during the reinstall, stating that an error prevented a successful reinstallation. Try as I might I cannot get it to do a thing.
Should I purchase new OS software to install (along with more memory since I still have space left)? Will this solve it? Or is it time to bring in a professional? Or is it time to go shopping for a whole new unit? Any help you can offer will be appreciated. I am way out of my comfort zone with all this. Thank you!
I did something bold (and perhaps stupid) and ran the "erase and restore" through the disks that originally came with the macbook and it seemed to erase just fine but stalls out during the reinstall, stating that an error prevented a successful reinstallation. Try as I might I cannot get it to do a thing.
Should I purchase new OS software to install (along with more memory since I still have space left)? Will this solve it? Or is it time to bring in a professional? Or is it time to go shopping for a whole new unit? Any help you can offer will be appreciated. I am way out of my comfort zone with all this. Thank you!