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my mac mini will not read any disk, it thinks about it then spits them out.

I am completely frustrated! I thought my disk reader was malfunctioning over a cd with family pictures on it. But now I realize that my mac mini is not reading any disk. I don't use it for movies and things, but have recieved a digital copy and am now experiancing the same thing! It takes the disk, spins and sounds as if it is doing something for a minute or two then ejects every disk. I have tried multiple cd's,dvds and disks. I'm out of my warranty date, but seriously don't think I was ever able to use it! Bought brand new from an Apple store.

I have shut it down, unplugged cords, pressed option, command P and R

done everything that the internet has said to do, PLEASE help!

Thanks in advance! If you need more info please repond.

Info:

Mac mini

Model Identifier:Macmini4,1

Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed:2.4 GHz

Number Of Processors:1

Total Number Of Cores:2

L2 Cache:3 MB

Memory:2 GB

Bus Speed:1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version:MM41.0042.B00

SMC Version (system):1.65f2

Firmware Revision:KC12

Interconnect:ATAPI

Burn Support:Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)

Cache:1024 KB

Reads DVD:Yes

CD-Write:-R, -RW

DVD-Write:-R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW

Write Strategies:CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

Mac mini

Posted on Nov 13, 2012 11:29 AM

17 replies

BDAqua

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Nov 13, 2012 9:25 PM in response to Aliesha75

Hmmm, what OSX version are you on?

Did we try this yet???

"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 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, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

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

Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

If perchance you can't find your install Disc, or are running 10.7+, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

If 10.7.0 or later...

Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partitiion & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Permissions.

Re-install if that doesn't work.

Aliesha75 Author

Level 1

21 points

Nov 14, 2012 10:22 AM in response to BDAqua

I am searching for my disk and will try this! Thank you so much for all your help!! Will write back shortly!

my mac mini will not read any disk, it thinks about it then spits them out.