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Apr 18, 2014 10:47 AM in response to prispitby BDAqua,What icon is it showing? A flashing question mark?
Hold alt key or option key at power up, what shows as boot choices?
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Apr 18, 2014 12:18 PM in response to BDAquaby prispit,When I hold the option key at power up I see a image of the Mac harddrive with an X on it and then two arrows, one curved or circling, the other to the right. There was a little watch, when it was done the curser appeared and I clicked on the arrow to the right, then got the gray screen again with the mac apple...
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Apr 18, 2014 1:48 PM in response to prispitby BDAqua,★HelpfulClick on the hard drive to highlight it, then the right arrow or enter.
If it still does it...
"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 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, (not Repair Permissions). 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 & clear caches.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.