TS1541: Solutions for troubleshooting installation, startup, and login issues in Mac OS X v10.5

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Q: No new installation nor upgrade by my 10.5 froze suddenly. When restarting only blue screen appears

No new installation nor upgrade on my macbook 10.5 but it froze suddenly 2 days ago. When i tried restarting, only blue screen appears after initial Apple logo and spinning wheel stopped. Help!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iPhone 4 itunes version 6.1.2

Posted on Apr 17, 2013 8:37 PM

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Q: No new installation nor upgrade by my 10.5 froze suddenly. When restarting only blue screen appears

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Apr 18, 2013 9:51 AM in response to techdout
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    Apr 18, 2013 9:51 AM in response to techdout

    "Try Disk Utility

     

    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

    Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.

    3. Click the First Aid tab.

    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

    5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

     

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

     

    Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

     

    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)