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What does a grey screen with a flashing globe icons mean?
The computer's looking for a startup disk on the network.
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I got that from others, but what do I do now? I can't get the computer to respond to change it.
I started to re-install yesterday, but it failed. I am hoping this means I have not lost my data. I must have changed it to network. Should I stick the installation disk back in to change it, or am I just going to make it worse?
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install the Combo Updater for the version you prefer from support.apple.com/downloads/.
All was well until it was time to install. It says I need an additional 11.57GB for installation. The list is as follows:
check Essential System Software(grey) 8.29GB
check Printer support 1.79GB
check Additional fonts 114MB
check Language translatoions 1.22GB
check X11 159.4MB
no check Rosetta 3.5MB
no check QuickTime 7 32.8MB
I don't know which to uncheck.
How much free space is there on your hard drive? Was this an error message or just the information given by the installer?
It says there is 11.57GB required for installation. -6.49GB free after installation. Additional 11.57GB is required for the installation process.This was the information given because it could not install. It told me to remove.
I have at least 2.8MB free and 499.76GB total.
I also have an option of installing on two untitled disks. One has 377KB free 524 KB total or 373 KB free and 524 KB total.
You don't have sufficient space to do the reinstall. You will need to delete at least 12 GBs of files from your Home folder to make room for the installation.
I was mistaken. I cannot select the untitled ones. I have unselected all available but am still short. What does the "restore default" button do?
But my problem is that I can't get into any folders.
What "restore default" button? Where?
If you cannot remove data from the drive, then you need to backup the drive unless you have a recent backup, then erase the drive before installing Snow Leopard.
I have seen this fixed on quite a few occasions by just a simple PRAM reset. Let's try the quick-fix first before making things more complex than they need be.
Hopefully you get a bit lucky here, if not at least we tried.
What is a PRAM reset? Where do I go?
The restore default option is on the bottom left of the screen of the installation requirements page where all the disk space is listed.
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