Factory Reset Account Creation Loop

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Numenal Author

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Factory Reset Account Creation Loop

Hello,

Any help would be greatly appreciated on this situation.

I recently attempted to factory reset my Snow Leopard macbook with using the command + S method and

typing

mount -uw /

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

shutdown -h now

Everything seemed fine, but after creating the new account it simply repeats itself and goes back to the language selection screen.

So I am stuck on a loop. Is this a permissions problem or what?

Again, any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

StuckInLoop

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 15, 2014 3:25 PM

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Eric Root

Level 10

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Jun 16, 2014 8:52 AM in response to Numenal

Try booting off the Snow Leopard DVD or Disk one that came with your computer (command - C on a restart or hold down the option key during a restart and select the DVD). Run Disk Utility Verify/Repair and Repair Permissions until you get no errors. Erase the hard drive, formatting as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Then reinstall the OS.

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