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<blockquote data-quote="jaster" data-source="post: 438575" data-attributes="member: 3143"><p>My wife was using my macbook today while i was out. I came home to find the macbook hung up on a webpage. The beachball was spinning, no cursor on the screen, no keys were working and trackpad wasn't working. I tried everything to get off that website, finlly I had to shut-down using command-power button for 5 seconds.Macbook shut down and when I restarted it, I got a folder with a question mark on it. I inserted my OSX disk and restarted. t came up to mac OSX installation screen. I tried re-installing mac OSX but when i got to the "select destination drive" screen, there was no drive to select. Is my hard-drive dead? Is there any way i can re-format the drive maybe and then re-install? Any tips or tricks on how to get mac OSX re-installed on my macbook? I am still under Applecare, but the nearest Apple store is over an hour away, so to drive up there, drop it off, then drive back to pick it up nother day isn't xactly easy, so any home remedies, tips, tricks, Macgyverisms(for us old enough to remember him), anything would be most helpful. Or as I am guessing, I may just be up a creek and need a new hard-drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaster, post: 438575, member: 3143"] My wife was using my macbook today while i was out. I came home to find the macbook hung up on a webpage. The beachball was spinning, no cursor on the screen, no keys were working and trackpad wasn't working. I tried everything to get off that website, finlly I had to shut-down using command-power button for 5 seconds.Macbook shut down and when I restarted it, I got a folder with a question mark on it. I inserted my OSX disk and restarted. t came up to mac OSX installation screen. I tried re-installing mac OSX but when i got to the "select destination drive" screen, there was no drive to select. Is my hard-drive dead? Is there any way i can re-format the drive maybe and then re-install? Any tips or tricks on how to get mac OSX re-installed on my macbook? I am still under Applecare, but the nearest Apple store is over an hour away, so to drive up there, drop it off, then drive back to pick it up nother day isn't xactly easy, so any home remedies, tips, tricks, Macgyverisms(for us old enough to remember him), anything would be most helpful. Or as I am guessing, I may just be up a creek and need a new hard-drive. [/QUOTE]
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