Q: MBP 2010 won't boot up regularly or in safe mode
Hi, I know there are similar questions on here but I'm still unclear about some stuff...today I was using my MBP and it was working fine, I just had my browser open, and at some point everything froze. I restarted it, and then it would not reboot, it was just stuck on the gray loading screen with the Apple and status bar. When it would get about 20-25% up the bar, it would cut off. Sometimes when it was starting up this way there would be a kind of buzzing sound in addition to the normal fan sound. I tried starting it in Safe Mode, but it would do the same thing -- 20-25% up the bar and then stop. I got into Disk Utility and that said my disk could not be repaired. I booted up the Single User and typed in fsck -yf like I had found elsewhere, and it said "Keys out of order," then "Disk full error" and "The volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired."
I was going to upgrade MBPs anyway when the new one comes out, so I don't really want to sink money into it right now and I have another computer I can use in the meantime...but how can I get my files off here? I do have an external HD and there is an iMac in the house I could hook this up to somehow if that would help?
Also the Disk Utility suggested getting my files off (with no way to do that) and then reformatting it, and I saw some posts against reformatting -- should I not reformat it? Any help is VERY appreciated.
MacBook Pro
Posted on Apr 11, 2016 7:20 PM
To get the data off of the MBP HDD you can try Target Disk mode with the iMac:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462
If that fails, take out the HDD, install it in an enclosure and connect it to the iMac.
The next to last option is to try data recovery software that can be found on the Internet.
The worst case is to engage a data recovery firm that will be very expensive with no guarantee for success.
Ciao.
Posted on Apr 15, 2016 11:17 AM