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This problem came up back to december and i've already posted plenty of threads back then, but my problem never exactly got solved and I think it's kind of pointless bumping up old threads.


In short, when i start up my mac, this shows up:

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The bar "loads" for about 20 minutes, then right when it's at the end my computer just shuts off.


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I know my hard drive is perfectly fine, i'm on my mac right now (on bootcamp). I can fiew all my files on the 'mac side' of my computer, and on my 'windows side' everything looks just fine.


I have no idea why it started doing this, back in december when it started happening i did absolutly nothing different than i normally do, and I didn't even mess with any boot up files or anything, so I'm not exactly sure why it's doing this in the first place.


Also, when i do COMMAND + R during startup and select re-install mavericks, the drive or whatever that pops up is bootcamp, and when i try to select it, it just say that it's locked.


At this point i honestly don't really care if any of my data gets wiped, just as long as bootcamp remains fine. It's extreamly late here right now so if i forgot anything or if you need any more info, just ask.

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Posted on Mar 21, 2014 3:29 AM

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Mar 21, 2014 3:53 AM in response to HexicDragon

That's a safe mode indicator which never finishes. From your message, it would seem your RP isn't working either.


You may need a full installer on USB to boot from and use it to install OSX on top of your old installation. When you do that, your bootcamp may become unbootable as the partition map will change. If you can backup your windows first, that would be a very good idea.

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