a1181 does not boot, gray screen appears with apple logo & is thinking
I was unable to boot mac book A1181. I disconnected the battery, then was able to boot. The next day I upgraded the operating system and reinstalled the battery. That's when the mac failed to boot. I brought it into Apple and was told the operating system has to be reinstalled and wipe the hard drive clean. The folders were preserved on the hard drive.There should be another alternative such as repairing the boot record or reinstalling the operating system without wiping the disk clean. Any suggestions?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)