Mavericks crashes within one minute after loading desktop

[shrm03]

I upgraded my work iMac to Mavericks and it crashes every time it loads the desktop. It's always within one minute but often within 10 seconds.

I reinstalled it twice to no avail. I used every Disk Utility option to check and repair the disk to no avail. I even created a small partition and did a clean install (I did import my settings and content from the old version) and the problem persists.

I have no idea what could be the problem. Disk utility days the disk is perfectly fine.

Please help!

 

[east85]

I upgraded my work iMac to Mavericks and it crashes every time it loads the desktop. It's always within one minute but often within 10 seconds.

I reinstalled it twice to no avail. I used every Disk Utility option to check and repair the disk to no avail. I even created a small partition and did a clean install (I did import my settings and content from the old version) and the problem persists.

I have no idea what could be the problem. Disk utility days the disk is perfectly fine.

Please help!

Did you clean up your start up items?

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Possibly a corrupted download of Mavericks. Try testing by using another OS (such as Mountain Lion). If it works fine, re-download the installer and see if that works.

Download servers were hammered the past few days so... It's possible the download was just corrupted somehow. I suspect mine was, too, having weird issues (nothing as bad as yours though).

 

[shrm03]

Did you clean up your start up items?

Yes, I removed everything from startup.

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Possibly a corrupted download of Mavericks. Try testing by using another OS (such as Mountain Lion). If it works fine, re-download the installer and see if that works.

Download servers were hammered the past few days so... It's possible the download was just corrupted somehow. I suspect mine was, too, having weird issues (nothing as bad as yours though).

How can I install an older version? I upgraded from Snow Leopard I believe.

 

[Macintosh1984]

I upgraded my work iMac to Mavericks and it crashes every time it loads the desktop. It's always within one minute but often within 10 seconds.

I reinstalled it twice to no avail. I used every Disk Utility option to check and repair the disk to no avail. I even created a small partition and did a clean install (I did import my settings and content from the old version) and the problem persists.

I have no idea what could be the problem. Disk utility days the disk is perfectly fine.

Please help!

How does your Mavericks crash? Can you explain the symptoms?

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

How can I install an older version? I upgraded from Snow Leopard I believe.

Reinstall SL using the original DVD that came with your computer, or the retail DVD, if you bought it.

 

[shrm03]

How does your Mavericks crash? Can you explain the symptoms?

The mouse freezes and after about 1 second the screen goes black. Then the computer restarts and give a warning that says: The computer has restarted because of a problem.

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Reinstall SL using the original DVD that came with your computer, or the retail DVD, if you bought it.

I don't have access to the disks. It's my work machine and the IT guys can't get to our for weeks.

 

[Taz Mangus]

The mouse freezes and after about 1 second the screen goes black. Then the computer restarts and give a warning that says: The computer has restarted because of a problem.

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I don't have access to the disks. It's my work machine and the IT guys can't get to our for weeks.

Try repairing permissions, reset SMC and reset PRAM.

 

[shrm03]

Well I didn't really fix the problem but I got it to install on a new partition. I didn't import ANY setting from my old setup and it works beautifully.

Now, I just need to move the files over from the old partition and then merge the partitions.

Thanks for all of your help!