Macbook Pro 13" not booting, white screen, apple logo and spinning wheel

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Macbook Pro 13" not booting, white screen, apple logo and spinning wheel

I've had my macbook around 2 years or over.. Recently it was laggy and suddenly did not boot. Its now just showing a white screen with the spinning wheel...

I have managed to backed up all of my data to a EXT HD via Terminal commands, so I am not worried of losing data or anything..... I do not have any installation CD's or anything, will erasing my HD via disk utility on internet recovery solve the problem? Are there any other solutions?

PS. when I check HD info, it is showing yes to the following: can be formatted, repaired and is bootable... well.. I am puzzled to say the least

FSCK command not working, showing errors etc

Disk Utility repair showing invalid node etc (will not "repair")

Cannot boot into safe mode

No time machine backups

Internet recovery mode working

Please help! Thank you.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 30, 2012 4:27 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 30, 2012 4:29 PM in response to iamjaycee

If you have booted into single user mode and ran "FSCK", and it will not repair, then it sounds like your hard drive is gone.

You will likely need to replace the hard drive.

Repair coverage? - Check your Service and Support Coverage - https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do. This will also show the make and model of the device.

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Answer 2

iamjaycee Author

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Dec 30, 2012 5:05 PM in response to KarenSelena

Apologies, just ran fsck in Terminal instead of Single User mode... is that still okay? It came up with "The volume Mac OS X Base System appears to be OK" ... but its still not booting?

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Answer 3

Dec 30, 2012 8:19 PM in response to iamjaycee

if you have backed up your data then do a erase in the disk utility of the full hd and install your os again via the install dvd or via a bootable usb of the os you want

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Answer 4

Dec 30, 2012 9:43 PM in response to chaitanya.ac

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you are correct with just erase the whole disk and installing the operating system back to the computer with dvd or usb. no need to replace the hard drive. I've had this problem before.

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