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<blockquote data-quote="Inuevo" data-source="post: 1844793" data-attributes="member: 235824"><p>Bad news I'm afraid. I did not get as far as running Onyx as it got me to run Disk Utility and Repair Disk first. This was done and reported as successful. But before running Onyx it recommended backing up. I'm afraid I've only ever done this in a piecemeal and irregular manner, so I decided to use Time Machine and back up properly onto a second partition on the external drive which I had successfully (I hope) cloned to a few days ago. However, 10 minutes into the backing up it stopped, referring to some error and suggesting trying again. I decided I wouldn't until the following day, and I turned to browsing and emails instead. But a few minutes later while in Mail the screen went black for a few seconds, then cleared but the display had frozen. I could move the cursor ('hand') but it did nothing. This was the first crash for many days - can I blame the disk 'repair' for that?!</p><p></p><p>Next day, I rebooted in Recovery Mode hoping to startup using the clone I had made, but the external drive did not show up (a problem I'd had with the previous USB3 Express Card I tried). So I had to boot normally, but it had only been on a couple of minutes and it crashed again, this time with the same fine, vertical lines that had accompanied the first crash about 10 days ago. </p><p></p><p>I disconnected the external drive before rebooting, and this time Mail reopened with the spinning beachball, but it was otherwise frozen.</p><p></p><p>I tried rebooting in Safe Mood but after going through all the various screens, a grey blind came down and a message in many languages said 'You need to restart your computer...'. </p><p></p><p>I tried rebooting holding the 'D' key which I understand should open the Apple Hardware Test. I got the logo etc, but then just a grey screen and a lot of fan noise, so I eventually powered off. </p><p></p><p>Now when I boot up I get widely spaced vertical lines and a double image of the logo (partly pink). That eventually goes and I'm left with a blank grey screen, which goes black - and the 3 repeating beeps start... So I have come full circle. This is the problem I encountered a couple of weeks ago which led to all of the above!</p><p></p><p>I managed to backup all my documents to a memory stick a few days ago. So my main concern now is retrieving my photos. I am pretty certain I was able to view them on the clone right after I had made it, but I failed to check I could boot from it because the Lacie drive had stopped showing up again.</p><p></p><p>The issue I started this thread about seems rather insignificant now. At that point I could at least boot up okay. But since doing the disk 'repair' I can't even get the machine running. I don't know what to try next and am feeling increasingly despondent. If I can't even boot into Safe Mode is there anything I can do? I have read about resetting the PRAM. Is it worth trying that? </p><p></p><p>I am reluctant to give up on this old workhorse, but if I have to buy a new machine, will I be able to use that to boot from the external drive to access my clone - assuming I successfully made it bootable? And if I didn't, will I at least be able to copy files from it?</p><p></p><p>The title of my thread no longer sums up the problem. Should I start a new one?</p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inuevo, post: 1844793, member: 235824"] Bad news I'm afraid. I did not get as far as running Onyx as it got me to run Disk Utility and Repair Disk first. This was done and reported as successful. But before running Onyx it recommended backing up. I'm afraid I've only ever done this in a piecemeal and irregular manner, so I decided to use Time Machine and back up properly onto a second partition on the external drive which I had successfully (I hope) cloned to a few days ago. However, 10 minutes into the backing up it stopped, referring to some error and suggesting trying again. I decided I wouldn't until the following day, and I turned to browsing and emails instead. But a few minutes later while in Mail the screen went black for a few seconds, then cleared but the display had frozen. I could move the cursor ('hand') but it did nothing. This was the first crash for many days - can I blame the disk 'repair' for that?! Next day, I rebooted in Recovery Mode hoping to startup using the clone I had made, but the external drive did not show up (a problem I'd had with the previous USB3 Express Card I tried). So I had to boot normally, but it had only been on a couple of minutes and it crashed again, this time with the same fine, vertical lines that had accompanied the first crash about 10 days ago. I disconnected the external drive before rebooting, and this time Mail reopened with the spinning beachball, but it was otherwise frozen. I tried rebooting in Safe Mood but after going through all the various screens, a grey blind came down and a message in many languages said 'You need to restart your computer...'. I tried rebooting holding the 'D' key which I understand should open the Apple Hardware Test. I got the logo etc, but then just a grey screen and a lot of fan noise, so I eventually powered off. Now when I boot up I get widely spaced vertical lines and a double image of the logo (partly pink). That eventually goes and I'm left with a blank grey screen, which goes black - and the 3 repeating beeps start... So I have come full circle. This is the problem I encountered a couple of weeks ago which led to all of the above! I managed to backup all my documents to a memory stick a few days ago. So my main concern now is retrieving my photos. I am pretty certain I was able to view them on the clone right after I had made it, but I failed to check I could boot from it because the Lacie drive had stopped showing up again. The issue I started this thread about seems rather insignificant now. At that point I could at least boot up okay. But since doing the disk 'repair' I can't even get the machine running. I don't know what to try next and am feeling increasingly despondent. If I can't even boot into Safe Mode is there anything I can do? I have read about resetting the PRAM. Is it worth trying that? I am reluctant to give up on this old workhorse, but if I have to buy a new machine, will I be able to use that to boot from the external drive to access my clone - assuming I successfully made it bootable? And if I didn't, will I at least be able to copy files from it? The title of my thread no longer sums up the problem. Should I start a new one? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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