Won't boot into OS X !!

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Won't boot into OS X !!

My Mac has a screwed up bootloader and no longer boots into OS X. No key combinations or anything work at all. How can I get it to boot back into OS X?

Mac Mini A1176, Mac OS X (10.6.3), bought in 2006, upgraded to snow leopard

Posted on Mar 30, 2011 1:33 PM

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kmac1036

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Mar 30, 2011 2:27 PM in response to Griffin J.

boot from the os x install disc & redo the installation or try to repair the drive via the Utilities > Disk Utility first.

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Griffin J. Author

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Mar 31, 2011 7:27 AM in response to kmac1036

I tried doing that. It deos not recognize the OS X install disc as a bootable disc.

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Griffin J. Author

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Mar 31, 2011 7:28 AM in response to Griffin J.

Anyways, I can't access the disc utilities program if I'm not in OS X!

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plcn

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Mar 31, 2011 7:33 AM in response to Griffin J.

Did you boot it pressing the "C" key?

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kmac1036

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Apr 1, 2011 1:32 PM in response to Griffin J.

the utilities are on the disc too... try holding C at boot like mentioned... otherwise your optical drive or system bus may be bad.

also try a PRAM reset too: hold command option P R at startup until you hear the chime a 2nd time.

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