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MacBook Pro Startup w/ black boxes white text. Restarts over and over

I made a huge mistake and left my computer on sitting on a soft surface. I got caught up. It never went to sleep per usual. I don't usually do this. :(


When I returned it attempted to startup and I got through the loading screen then that gibberish below. It repeats that cycle over and over.


This computer give some me nothing but problems but it's all I got and I can't buy a new one right now. I replaced the hardrive twice, and replaced the SATA cable as well. Was just getting to replacing the keyboard. Someone help.


MacBook Pro A1378

Running Sierra

Just installed lots of Adobe CC programs. Last thing I remember was Photoshop not starting because of a disk error before I forgot to close my laptop.

Edit: I had installed Fuse, Character Maker, Exerience Beta. I installed a version of Sculptris I had from my backups. Could it cause a kernel panic?


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Posted on Aug 2, 2017 9:12 AM

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Aug 2, 2017 9:43 AM in response to lakija

Hi,


Try booting into Recovery Mode or Internet Recovery Mode (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314) > open Disk Utility > select your hard drive on the left (the first item on the list) > click on “First Aid” > (depending on your OS, you may have to click on Repair Disk or Verify Disk) > click on “Run” > allow it to finish running > click on “Show Details” > look at the last few lines and see if it says something like "Appears to be OK" and/or “Operation successful” (if so, click on “Done,” go to the Disk Utility menu and select “Quit Disk Utility,” go to Apple menu at left in the upper menu bar, click on “Restart”), or something like "Repaired" (if so, run First Aid a few more times until it says "appears to be OK" and/or “Operation successful”), or something like “Cannot be repaired.”


If you get “Cannot be repaired” run it a few more times to see if Disk Utility can repair it. If not, click on “Done,” go to the Disk Utility menu, select “Quit Disk Utility,” go to Apple menu at left in the upper menu bar, and click on “Restart.”

Aug 2, 2017 10:05 AM in response to tjk

Hello. Thanks for replying.


I booted up into the recovery partition and attempted first aid. It said that the HD was unable to be mounted for repair. Same with my backup partition. Unable to be mounted for repair.


I attempted to install Sierra on the backup partition but I cannot as it says permission denied for whatever reason.


I am attempting Internet Recovery now to see if this makes a difference.

Edit: it did not. What are my next steps? I cannot unmount the disk because it is apparently in use.

MacBook Pro Startup w/ black boxes white text. Restarts over and over

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