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hi...I have a problem with my macbook pro. first it was freezing every few minutes..now after starting, the screen goes blue and stay blue. I tried to press shift key right after the switching on, but it wont work and stop at the beginning of the process..I lost my CDs..ALso I dont wanna lose an important reading list on safari + google chrom by re installing every thing again

any idea plz?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Aug 3, 2012 2:38 PM

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BDAqua

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Aug 3, 2012 2:52 PM in response to bingoo7

Hello,

If it won't Safe Boot, (Holding Shift key down), the most likely cause is serious Hard Drive problems, I think you should have it looked at.

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bingoo7 Author

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Aug 3, 2012 3:00 PM in response to BDAqua

ooh no! I hope not. I was just browsing and reading from safe websites..nothing unusual.

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BDAqua

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Aug 3, 2012 3:59 PM in response to bingoo7

If you had your Discs, you could reinstall, it doesn't erase your info by default, but if the Drive is messed up it may not even boot from the Install discs.

Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...

/sbin/fsck -fy

Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.

(Space between fsck AND -fy important).

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

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bingoo7 Author

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Aug 3, 2012 4:28 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks again..

Finally I found my disc. I did insert the disc, power on and pressed C. After I couple of minutes the installation box appeared and currently the installation is in progress. 20 minutes left to be completed. I hope this will solve the problem. and I hope I wont lose anything in my browser history or reading list or bookmarks.

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BDAqua

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Aug 3, 2012 4:47 PM in response to bingoo7

Whew, did you try repairing the drive first?

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bingoo7 Author

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Aug 3, 2012 4:53 PM in response to BDAqua

No I havent repaired anything. the odd thing is I went a way from my desc for a 15 minutes and when I cam back it still installing and showing " installing Mac OS X on the disc "Untitled" " and its showing 41 minutes remaing since 5 minutes ago untill now. 😕

Any Idea?

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BDAqua

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Aug 3, 2012 6:41 PM in response to bingoo7

While you can't trust the time thing, I've seen it go up & up after 10 minutes, it may mean you need to repair the drive before installing... or the drive might be failing.

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bingoo7 Author

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Aug 3, 2012 6:50 PM in response to BDAqua

I dont know what happening. I tried to use /sbin/fsck -fy but it was saying error and invalid node structure

my CD was still in the laptop....its not ejecting

now. I tried to repair using the CD, since I can not remove the CD. I pressed C after switchin on the mac and nothing is happening first I saw the spinning circle under the apple logo, turned to blue then to grey with colorful spinning ball sine 10 minutes. I don't know whats wrong with it.

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BDAqua

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Aug 3, 2012 7:04 PM in response to bingoo7

I tried to use /sbin/fsck -fy but it was saying error and invalid node structure

That has to be fixed before trying to install.

Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

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bingoo7 Author

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Aug 3, 2012 7:12 PM in response to BDAqua

yes I have tried PRAM reset. the Apple logo shows, a loading line under the logo start, but the loading stops just few seconds after starting and the sppining circle keeps moving. is there any way to fix this using the CD ?

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BDAqua

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Aug 3, 2012 9:01 PM in response to bingoo7

If Disk Utility doesn't fix the errors, then erasing or getting a better Disk Repair Utility might.

"Try Disk Utility

1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.

3. Click the First Aid tab.

4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

Your best bet is DiskWarrior, you need the CD/DVD though.

http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/

But others that may work…

Drive Genius…

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php

TechTool Pro…

http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=83

Intech SpeedTools Utilities 3…

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Intech%20Software/STUPROU/

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bingoo7 Author

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Aug 4, 2012 12:23 AM in response to BDAqua

nothing working......even the disk utility, infact I cant unmount any drive and still getting error msgs and invalid or missing node structure. I need my laptop today and I dont have enough time to send it for repair or buyin any repairing tools. since yesterday am reying every possible way. but no positive result.

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