Weird Reformatting/Booting Problem

[mxaaron]

Here is what's wrong with my Macbook Pro version 10.6.7.

Whenever I boot up my Macbook, I would have to wait at least 7-10 minutes on the white loading screen with the Apple logo and the loading bar.

I searched around, and I found out that reformatting your computer is the only way to fix the long boot up time.

I popped in my Mac OS X Install Disc 1, restarted my macbook and held on the ALT key to switch to the Install Disc.

What the problem is whenever I click on the Install Disc 1 option, it just freezes. I waited about 15 minutes, but it just stayed like that.

Does anyone have a solution to this?

 

[Sc00tr]

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sounds like it might be a hardware problem.
Try the hardware test.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

 

[Quad5Ny]

Instead of reinstalling, hold "Command V" before the grey Apple logo and then watch for what line the boot sequence stalls on. (You can let go or Cmd+V after the text starts to appear)

After you have that, write it down and post it back here.

 

[Sc00tr]

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sounds like it might be a hardware problem.
Try the hardware test.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509