MacBook Pro stuck on Blue Screen during Reboot

[swalk]

Hello:

I posted this on the Mac OS X MacRumors forum with any responses, so hopefully, I can get some help here.

On Sunday, I emptied my cache on Safari and my computer stayed frozen for a few minutes. I decided to re-boot, but every time I do so, it goes from the gray Apple screen to a blue screen and stops right there. I don't get the spinning wheel, but rather the black arrow that I can move about the blue screen, but nothing else. Here's what I've tried with no success.

1. Re-booting via Safe Mode (Command-Shift). Instead of freezing on the blue screen, it asks for my password and after a few seconds it stops on the Snow Leopard Pink/Black Stars background. Same result, only the background is different

2. Resetting PRAM - No luck

3. Re-booting with the Snow Leopard DVD and using Disk Utility. I follow the necessary steps online. No luck


Any help with resolving the problem would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Have you tried ALL of these steps?

Mac doesn't boot

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
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And since you still use Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, have you considered reinstalling Mac OS X? With Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard no data gets deleted.

 

[Macman45]

I think you may have been a little hasty when you shut down after emptying your Safari cache....My Macs will pinwheel for a while depending on when this was last performed. Try the steps above to get started again.

 

[chipchen]

Sounds like corrupted OS. You'll probably need to reinstall OS and it should boot right back up. Slight possibility that it's a hard drive failure, but more more likely it's just a corrupted OS.