MacBook Pro stuck on grey screen and won't boot. Please help!
Hello,
My 13" MacBook Pro (mid 2009) running Snow leopard (10.6.8), has finally given up and no longer wants to boot up.
I have tried starting in safe mode many times, but the loading bar doesn't move, and the laptop just shuts down completely.
I've also tried booting in single user mode with the command fsck -fy but this results in the following;
disk 0s2 : I/0 error
Invalid node structure
(4,35296)
** The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely.
/dev/rdiskOs2 (hfs)
Exited with signal 8
I'm assuming this means there's some corrupt files and something wrong with the hard drive?
My issue is that I have no time machine backups, so would like to know if it's possible to do something to get it up and running.
Failing that, I do have an external drive with my main important files and photos on, so is there a way to completely wipe the computer so I can at least sell it?
I really need some help on this as I've been driving myself slightly crazy trying to figure it out!
I'm not all the technical when it comes to the hardware. I have tried doing research and have seen things suggesting that I should reinstall the OS X, would this involve putting in the discs that came with the laptop upon powering up?
Any advice greatly appreciated! 🙂
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)