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macbook white 2009 wont boot
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1641446" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>This is where a couple of the ideas I mentioned earlier can be tried:</p><p></p><p>- Boot the computer from an OS install DVD (Snow Leopard).</p><p>- Boot the computer from an external bootable HD.</p><p></p><p>In either of these cases the computer is being booted from something other than the computers internal HD. Then you launch Disk Utility...and see if anything can be done with the HD.</p><p></p><p>- Maybe Disk Utility says the disk is damaged, can't "find" it, etc.</p><p>- Or maybe you completely erase & reformat the HD (if possible). But if this is done...then anything on the HD is lost. But if the HD is "dead"...then the data is lost anyway (so hopefully you have a backup if this is the case).</p><p></p><p>And if the internal HD is "dead"/failing...then it's new HD time.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1641446, member: 56379"] This is where a couple of the ideas I mentioned earlier can be tried: - Boot the computer from an OS install DVD (Snow Leopard). - Boot the computer from an external bootable HD. In either of these cases the computer is being booted from something other than the computers internal HD. Then you launch Disk Utility...and see if anything can be done with the HD. - Maybe Disk Utility says the disk is damaged, can't "find" it, etc. - Or maybe you completely erase & reformat the HD (if possible). But if this is done...then anything on the HD is lost. But if the HD is "dead"...then the data is lost anyway (so hopefully you have a backup if this is the case). And if the internal HD is "dead"/failing...then it's new HD time. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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