When I try to boot up my blackbook, I get a gray screen with a spinning wheel. I read and tried to fix it because I have heard this has been a previous problem but nothing has worked. I have tried resetting the PRAM but that didn't work either. Anyone have any other ideas?
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Mac does not boot up
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Have you the original system disks for your computer? They don't have to be retail, full-install, just the grey restore disks. Try booting from Disk 1 and use Disk Utility to check and possibly repair what might be wrong with the OS, or the HD itself.
I tried that and now I have a big problem, my install disk is stuck in the cd drive. Does anyone know how i can either get the disk out, (eject doesn't work) or boot the disk with a shortcut? Thanks!
you can try booting while pressing these buttons:
press "c" - boots to install dvd/cd
press "opt" - boots to boot menu and allows you to choose boot device
press mouse button - eject cd/dvd from optical drive
put your ear up to where the hard drive is... do you hear any clicking noises?
press "c" - boots to install dvd/cd
press "opt" - boots to boot menu and allows you to choose boot device
press mouse button - eject cd/dvd from optical drive
put your ear up to where the hard drive is... do you hear any clicking noises?