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<blockquote data-quote="rogerwinterton" data-source="post: 1259915" data-attributes="member: 206365"><p><strong>startup</strong></p><p></p><p>wookie,</p><p></p><p>I first noticed a problem after attempting to install the latest release of leopard.</p><p>The installation failed suggesting a corrupt download. I answered OK to the prompt and my system hung. I switch off and attempted a reboot. It failed.</p><p>I tried this a number of times each time with no success. The clone is a partition on my Western Digital Time Machine. This was attached. I have one</p><p>other WD drive which is my working drive. This was attached. I tried to boot</p><p>into safe mode but it failed with - if i remember correctly - bootstrap not found.</p><p></p><p>I then booted from my installation disc to access disk manager. This was</p><p>successful. I repaired my Mac HDD drive. At this point I should have noticed that disk manager did not remind me that this should have been the startup disc.</p><p></p><p>The system recovered. It was at this point that I noticed that some of my apps were running from the clone disc. I investigated further and found that the clone was my startup disc. Attempting to change it in system prefs did not work. I have tried booting from the MAC HDD after holding the function key whilst booting. It allowed me to select the MAC HDD but the WD CLONE</p><p>light was very active during the reboot suggesting that I was still on the CLONE (not sure).</p><p></p><p>The installation error may well have nothing to do with the startup probs I may have been on the CLONE for sometime with noticing it.</p><p></p><p>regards</p><p>roger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rogerwinterton, post: 1259915, member: 206365"] [b]startup[/b] wookie, I first noticed a problem after attempting to install the latest release of leopard. The installation failed suggesting a corrupt download. I answered OK to the prompt and my system hung. I switch off and attempted a reboot. It failed. I tried this a number of times each time with no success. The clone is a partition on my Western Digital Time Machine. This was attached. I have one other WD drive which is my working drive. This was attached. I tried to boot into safe mode but it failed with - if i remember correctly - bootstrap not found. I then booted from my installation disc to access disk manager. This was successful. I repaired my Mac HDD drive. At this point I should have noticed that disk manager did not remind me that this should have been the startup disc. The system recovered. It was at this point that I noticed that some of my apps were running from the clone disc. I investigated further and found that the clone was my startup disc. Attempting to change it in system prefs did not work. I have tried booting from the MAC HDD after holding the function key whilst booting. It allowed me to select the MAC HDD but the WD CLONE light was very active during the reboot suggesting that I was still on the CLONE (not sure). The installation error may well have nothing to do with the startup probs I may have been on the CLONE for sometime with noticing it. regards roger [/QUOTE]
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