Reinstalling OS X lion

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Reinstalling OS X lion

Hi everyone! Im really having a hard time trying to reinstall this OS X lion 10.8.5 thing cause i erased it without backing it up on my time machine..

I've been erasing it 3 times already and reinstalling it again and again after the reinstallation it automatically restarts and then really just stops at a gray screen with a spinning wheel or sort of like its loading.. On my first attempt i waited 1 whole night and yet nothing happened and now im on my fourth attempt and its just really frustrating.. PLEASE HELP!

Posted on Feb 17, 2014 1:15 AM

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jason269

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Feb 19, 2014 12:07 PM in response to Jonnnsk

Hello, Jonnnsk.

Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.

Here is a troubleshooting article that I would recommend going through when experiencing this issue.

Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570

Cheers,

Jason H.

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Jonnnsk Author

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Feb 22, 2014 7:40 PM in response to jason269

Hi jason269, i followed the link that you attached but then my macbook would only start up on safe boot..and there's a question mark on my start up disk icon in the system reference menu now..

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