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HELP: Mac OSX wont boot
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<blockquote data-quote="joe.morgan" data-source="post: 1234353" data-attributes="member: 23213"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I have tried everything & cant get my Macbook Pro to boot. Its running snow leopard.</p><p></p><p>When I turn it on I get to the apple screen and the wheel just spins, spins and spins</p><p></p><p>This is what I have tried:</p><p></p><p>1) Boot in safe mode - doesn't go past Apple logo with spinning wheel</p><p>2) Reset PRAM - doesn't do second chime automatically - doesn't got back apple logo with spinning wheel</p><p>3) Try boot from Mac OSX DVD - it thinks about it, ejects DVD and then goes to Apple logo and spinning wheel</p><p>4) Boot to hardware test with hardware DVD - DVD ejects but then hardware test does run, finds nothing</p><p>5) Reset SMC - does nothing</p><p></p><p>Nothing is plugged in, it was working fine yesterday, turned it on today & it wont boot</p><p></p><p>Is there another way I can get to the screen that will allow me to repair disk permission without using the startup disk - as its not liking the disk - have a feeling the DVD superdrive is broken?</p><p></p><p>Or could I put the startup disk in another mac - connect with firewire and boot holding T - if i then boot the problematic mac holding C - will it boot from the CD in the make in target disk mode?</p><p></p><p>Any help would be most appreciated</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>Joe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joe.morgan, post: 1234353, member: 23213"] Hi all, I have tried everything & cant get my Macbook Pro to boot. Its running snow leopard. When I turn it on I get to the apple screen and the wheel just spins, spins and spins This is what I have tried: 1) Boot in safe mode - doesn't go past Apple logo with spinning wheel 2) Reset PRAM - doesn't do second chime automatically - doesn't got back apple logo with spinning wheel 3) Try boot from Mac OSX DVD - it thinks about it, ejects DVD and then goes to Apple logo and spinning wheel 4) Boot to hardware test with hardware DVD - DVD ejects but then hardware test does run, finds nothing 5) Reset SMC - does nothing Nothing is plugged in, it was working fine yesterday, turned it on today & it wont boot Is there another way I can get to the screen that will allow me to repair disk permission without using the startup disk - as its not liking the disk - have a feeling the DVD superdrive is broken? Or could I put the startup disk in another mac - connect with firewire and boot holding T - if i then boot the problematic mac holding C - will it boot from the CD in the make in target disk mode? Any help would be most appreciated Thanks Joe [/QUOTE]
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