Hello:
I've googled everywhere for the answer with no luck so hopefully someone here can assist me.
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 differnet.
2. Resetting PRAM - No luck
3. Re-booting with the Snow Leopard DVD and using Disk Utility. I am able to "Repair Disk" and after it fixes the problem, I can successfully "Repair Disk Permissions". I then re-installed Snow Leopard but after completing the process, the computer re-boots with the same stuck blue screen. I repeated the process several times with the same problem in the end. As a point of reference, here is a sample of the errors that were discovered during repair disk.
Volume file Count
569070 instead of 569075
Volume Directory Count
175474 instead of 175469
During "Repair Disk Permissions" I get this message:
Warning SUID file "System/Library/Core...has been modified on will not be replaced
ANY help with how to resolve this problem would be great. If this means erasing and installing everything again as a last-ditch solution that would be fine as most of my files are backed up. Thanks for the help!
I've googled everywhere for the answer with no luck so hopefully someone here can assist me.
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 differnet.
2. Resetting PRAM - No luck
3. Re-booting with the Snow Leopard DVD and using Disk Utility. I am able to "Repair Disk" and after it fixes the problem, I can successfully "Repair Disk Permissions". I then re-installed Snow Leopard but after completing the process, the computer re-boots with the same stuck blue screen. I repeated the process several times with the same problem in the end. As a point of reference, here is a sample of the errors that were discovered during repair disk.
Volume file Count
569070 instead of 569075
Volume Directory Count
175474 instead of 175469
During "Repair Disk Permissions" I get this message:
Warning SUID file "System/Library/Core...has been modified on will not be replaced
ANY help with how to resolve this problem would be great. If this means erasing and installing everything again as a last-ditch solution that would be fine as most of my files are backed up. Thanks for the help!