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OS won't load

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giyad

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Sep 7, 2007
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I was reading some RSS feeds today when Safari unexpectedly quit. I reopened it, and it quit again. I figured I may just need to restart my computer, so I did. But now I can't get the OS to load. It passes the point of startup, I put in my password and then it just doesn't do anything after that. The keyboard and mouse function but thats it. What do I do (I'm running Tiger)??

I tried removing the battery, that didn't work.

Also, I can log in as guest but not as administrator....
 
Start up from the OS install disc by putting the disk in and holding down the letter C as soon as you hit the power button. Once the installer screen appears, open up the Disk Utility program from the menu bar. Run a disk verify and a permissions verify and if you see an error then do a repair on whichever had the error.
 
motulist said:
Start up from the OS install disc by putting the disk in and holding down the letter C as soon as you hit the power button. Once the installer screen appears, open up the Disk Utility program from the menu bar. Run a disk verify and a permissions verify and if you see an error then do a repair on whichever had the error.
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Thanks, im sure thats the best solution and that it would probably work too... the only problem is my sister through out my install disc with my macbook box, so what do i do :(?? I specifically told her not to throw it out too!!!:mad:
 
giyad said:
the only problem is my sister through out my install disc with my macbook box, so what do i do :(?? I specifically told her not to throw it out too!!!:mad:
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Doesn't help you fix your computer, but as for the sister, do what I do: She cleaned my closet out many, many years ago with I was a kid. She decided that I was "too old" for comics. For the last ten years I've told her the going rate for an Amazing Spiderman #2 at least once a month.

Make her buy you a retail version of the OS. That'll teach her not to throw your stuff out anymore. :)
 
killmoms said:
His sister cleaned out your closet 10 years ago, kant? ;)
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Hmmm. I guess I did leave the pronoun a tad unclear. *shrug*

but it was more than 10 years ago.

May 1963 : SMURF 002.500 : NM ($5200.00)


Mine wasn't mint, but I'd say it was in good to very good. :)
 
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