MacBook Won't Boot Up All The Way

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MacBook Won't Boot Up All The Way

Hi, I have had my macbook for quite a while, and it has had problems before like a non working battery and random brightness changes but ever since I installed the latest security update it will not boot up all the way, first it takes a long time for it to pass the white screen with the Apple logo and loading circle, after that it reaches a blue screen, with no response. Once it made it to my desktop background but none of the icons or dock showed up. Any help?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), None

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 7:40 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 11, 2008 12:10 AM in response to sd123

Run repair permissions and repair disk from the Mac OS X install disk. If that doesn't work, run the Apple Hardware test.

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Answer 2

Aug 11, 2008 8:39 AM in response to I-love-my-macbook

I have the same problem mentioned in the original message. I downloaded the updates and my computer will no longer boot up. I put in Disk one of the install disc, but that did nothing and now I can't get the disk to eject. I was going to try disk 2, but can't get disk 1 out.

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Answer 3

Aug 11, 2008 3:58 PM in response to sd123

Disk 2 doesn't really help much. Do you have friend who uses a mac as well?

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Aug 12, 2008 7:26 PM in response to sd123

Ummm... I do not exactly have a disc because my friend gave me the macbook as a gift with all software already installed.

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Answer 5

Aug 12, 2008 11:51 PM in response to sd123

If you do have a friend with a mac, you can plug a firewire drive into both the macs, connected to each other. After that, start up your mac in target disk mode and you can diagnose your problem from the non-problematic mac, which should be your friends.

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