TS1411: Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier)
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Oct 13, 2012 11:39 PM in response to eangouenby Dale Weisshaar,Does anything happen at all.....chime, gray or blue screen, spinning beachball?
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Oct 19, 2012 3:50 PM in response to Dale Weisshaarby boylemaureen,apple logo comes up with spinning circle as if its trying to load but stayes like that tryed taking battery out and restarting but still the same dont have start up disc s
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Oct 19, 2012 3:52 PM in response to boylemaureenby Dale Weisshaar,What Operating System are you running please?
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Dec 29, 2012 11:32 PM in response to eangouenby Joshua2008,i have the same problem. there is the chime, gray screen and the apple logo
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by clintonfrombirmingham,Dec 29, 2012 11:34 PM in response to Joshua2008
clintonfrombirmingham
Dec 29, 2012 11:34 PM
in response to Joshua2008
Level 7 (30,009 points)
Mac OS XAnd which version of OS X are you running?
Clinton
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Dec 29, 2012 11:43 PM in response to clintonfrombirminghamby Joshua2008,mac os x10.6.7. Got this from the disc that came with the 13' mac book pro
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by clintonfrombirmingham,Dec 29, 2012 11:48 PM in response to Joshua2008
clintonfrombirmingham
Dec 29, 2012 11:48 PM
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Level 7 (30,009 points)
Mac OS XYou really need to upgrade, at least, to 10.6.8 - but I understand that you need to be able to start up to do that...
Boot from the original installations disc - either hold down the "C" or the option key whilst booting. Use Disk Utility to first verify the, if necessary, repair your internal drive. If you get the green text "everything seems to be OK..." just boot again with the option key held down and select the internal drive.
If, however, you get the red text indicating that the hard drive could not be repaired, you maybe in the market for a new hard drive. I hope that you have backup schemes in place?
Good luck,
Clinton
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Dec 30, 2012 12:25 AM in response to clintonfrombirminghamby Joshua2008,Thanks. Still on the hardware test but taking too long (about 30 mins now) I see "pass number: 1."
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by clintonfrombirmingham,Dec 30, 2012 12:45 AM in response to Joshua2008
clintonfrombirmingham
Dec 30, 2012 12:45 AM
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Level 7 (30,009 points)
Mac OS XJust use Disk Utility to verify and, if necessary, repair your hard drive.
You can do the Apple Hardware Test later, if you like.
Clinton