MacBook won't start up

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MacBook won't start up

i tried installing Mac OS X SL on my black macbook, everything was going ok untill i selected my HD and hit install it said it could not install and now it won't start up to mac osx lepard. any ideas on what to do?

Posted on Apr 20, 2012 2:40 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 20, 2012 2:57 PM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

As soon as you hear the boot chime hold down the Option Key until the hard drive shows up on the screen. Select the drive and click the arrow to start up with that drive.

Do you have the retail version of Snow Leopard. It looks like this:

And not Gray disks like these:

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Answer 2

Apr 20, 2012 2:59 PM in response to frederic1943

i did that it didn't work, the computer shows the apple logo then shuts down.

i have the top one not gray discs

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Answer 3

Apr 20, 2012 3:10 PM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

Did you hold the Option Key down until the Apple showed up?

When you start up with the Snow Leopard disc, click on Utilities in the top menu and scroll down to Disk Utility and click it. When it comes up is your Hard Drive in the list on the left? If so go back to Utilities in the top menu and scroll down to Startup Disk and select your 10.5 disk.

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Answer 4

Apr 23, 2012 10:13 AM in response to frederic1943

i can see my hard drive i have not tried startup disc but i will right now

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Answer 5

Apr 23, 2012 10:20 AM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

i tried it, no luck it still did the same thing. the computer turns on the apple logo shows but then it just shuts down

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Answer 6

Apr 23, 2012 10:30 AM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

i put in my mac os x 10.5 disk and clicked verify and it says that it ran into a problem, but when i click verify using the snow leopatrd disc it works and says your need to repare it but then it doesn't work i think because the os's are different.

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