Hi there. When i try to start up my macbook pro i get a message saying start up disk almost full. Following this the login screen appears. I log in but then it gets stuck on a background of space? How can i fix this? Its not a very old macbook pro (had it 2 years) and i just hope that i dont have to format it. I look forward to any advice and i thank you in advance.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
did you actually read what i put? i cannot access the trash or any apps because i am stuck on a background screen after trying to log on. the reason i put about that message is because i thought that was the cause for it.
Erase your drive and reinstall OS X. I hope you have a backup. You will need the Snow Leopard installer DVD that came with the computer.
How do i erase the drive?
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard DVD. 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.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Complete the Snow Leopard installation.
Issue with starting up with macbook pro. Start up disk full?!?
