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MacBook Won't Start Up Past Logo And Spining Thing Below It

yeah the title says it all, i used software update yesterday to try to install the new update for the system, after downloading it said it can't install. i forgot the exact reason it said so but it did. so i tried it a few more times, and when that didnt work i restarted. and when it began to start up it made the startup noise and then went to the logo and loading symbol below it. it will not load beyond that. i have tried it 4 times, and i have let it sit for 30 minutes one of the times.
can anyone help me resolve the issue please!!!!!!!

12-inch iBook Mac Mini Black 60GB iPod Video, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 18, 2007 8:52 AM

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Mar 18, 2007 11:33 AM in response to Chris Lyle

What error message did Disk Utility give when the repair failed?

I had a similar situation where the start-up stalled at the grey screen,
and was unable to repair it using Disk Utility. I got a invalid node structure
error. I used Diskwarrior 4 to rebuild the directory, and it worked!
Much better than a reinstall. If you choose that route, make sure you do
and Archive And Install, and click to preserve network and user settings.


Pismo 400 Mhz Tiger 512MB 7500RPM 80GB Hitachi; 2 Ghz Rev B iMac G5 20" 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

MacBook Won't Start Up Past Logo And Spining Thing Below It

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