Q: Updated to Yosemite now I get a circle with a line through it at startup

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mpscoles

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Q: Updated to Yosemite now I get a circle with a line through it at startup

I Updated to Yosemite last night, and it was working fine... This morning when I booted up the computer, I get a normal startup tone with the apple, only with a progress bar underneath. after a minute, the bar stalls and it turns into a circle with a line through it And won't go any farther. I did back the system up with Time Machine before installing. what should I do?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 25, 2014 6:08 AM

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Barney-15E

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Try reinstalling OS X using Recovery.

Restart and when you hear the tone, press and hold cmd-R. It should boot into Recovery and there will be a button to Reinstall the OS.

The circle with a slash means that it couldn’t find the necessary startup files.

Posted on Oct 25, 2014 7:07 AM

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by alicew74,

alicew74 Oct 27, 2014 12:21 PM in response to Barney-15E
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Oct 27, 2014 12:21 PM in response to Barney-15E

I have the same issue as MPSCOLES. So far I have reset the PRAM, tried to repair and fix permissions on the hard drive, but Disk Utility doesn't even see the hard drive, and tried to restore using Time Machine, but again, Time Machine cannot see the hard drive "destination" and have followed your suggestion to reinstall OS X. Again - there is no hard drive for the destination. I've tried Safe Mode, but I don't get any farther than the circle with the slash, as well. If you have any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it!

Late 2008 iMac, OS X 10.10
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by Eric Root,

Eric Root Oct 27, 2014 3:24 PM in response to mpscoles
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Oct 27, 2014 3:24 PM in response to mpscoles

Startup - prohibitory sign at OS X bootup

Startup Issues - Resolve

Startup Issues - Resolve (2)
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Accepted Answer · Oct 25, 2014 7:07 AM

Barney-15E

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Oct 25, 2014 7:07 AM in response to mpscoles

Try reinstalling OS X using Recovery.

Restart and when you hear the tone, press and hold cmd-R. It should boot into Recovery and there will be a button to Reinstall the OS.

The circle with a slash means that it couldn’t find the necessary startup files.

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