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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1649721" data-attributes="member: 131855">\You can get a Snow Leopard install DVD from Apple's online store (not the App Store) for about $20 US&gt; and run Disk Utility from there to attempt to repair the drive. Here's another option that might get things going for you:1. With the computer off turn on the power and as soon as you hear the startup &quot;chime&quot; press the Command and S keys simultaneously. Do not let go.2. A bunch of text should start appearing on screen. Let go of the keys now.3. When text stops scrolling past type fsck -fy and press enter. This is similar to running chkdsk from the command line.4. When the routine is finished it will report the results. It says the drive is OK reboot. If it says repairs were made run the command again. If you make several passes with this command and the drive does not report as OK the drive is probably a lost cause.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1649721, member: 131855"] \You can get a Snow Leopard install DVD from Apple's online store (not the App Store) for about $20 US> and run Disk Utility from there to attempt to repair the drive. Here's another option that might get things going for you: 1. With the computer off turn on the power and as soon as you hear the startup "chime" press the Command and S keys simultaneously. Do not let go. 2. A bunch of text should start appearing on screen. Let go of the keys now. 3. When text stops scrolling past type [B]fsck -fy[/B] and press enter. This is similar to running chkdsk from the command line. 4. When the routine is finished it will report the results. It says the drive is OK reboot. If it says repairs were made run the command again. If you make several passes with this command and the drive does not report as OK the drive is probably a lost cause. [/QUOTE]

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