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Nevermind! Figured out how I erase in disk utility. It says its installing. Crossing my fingers! Thanks for your help!

Ok! Got Snow Leopard today and it boots to the disc! Hooray! BUT it won't let me install to the HD since it's "reserved" by Bootcamp. How do I get rid of Bootcamp so it'll let me install?

Ok nevermind, we noticed that the disk has a big scratch on the top of the disk. So I guess it could be the disc. Going to try a snow leopard disc. Doesn't explain why it wouldn't boot from a USB though. Will let u know if Snow Leopard works. Will reseat the RAM if it doesn't. Thanks for your help.

Ok trying this now. Just reset SMC and PRAM again. The install disc was an option. I selected it and it is continuing to restart over and over. Not sure how to get to my memory. I take it that wasn't it next to the battery?

So am I SOL or what? :(

Well, I waited til it chimed the 3 times before I let go of the keys but it could have been just restarting.

Was hopeful that would work, but nope. :( I followed your directions, but it continued to restart and not get past the white screen.

Ok, just tried booting from my Leopard disc again to give you an idea of what it's doing: It gave me the option of choosing the install disc when I restarted holding down Option. I clicked the install disc. It acts like it's going to do something, however, it just continuously restarts. Every 15...

Ok, worked that time and the only option was Windows. How do I delete everything and do a clean install if it won't boot to a disc?

Ok, found where it says how much RAM I have. I have 4GB. Going to try the option key again as u suggest, and let u know what that does.

I don't remember how much RAM I have, but 2GB or 4GB sound right. I'm running Windows 7, not Mountain Lion anymore. Can't boot to it. When I hold down option, nothing happens, it boots to Windows normally. I imagine it would do the same if I tried command-R since Lion is no longer on the...

Hi there. It's been a while since I've been on the forums, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong spot. I was running Leopard on my Macbook. Then, the hubby needed my laptop for a certain program that only windows could run so he installed bootcamp. In the process, we upgraded to Mountain Lion...

Hi there, fine mac people. I was having trouble downloading and installing a media player needed to view video on oprah's website. It would not work at all directly from the site, but once I downloaded from the link itself, it would download, but after installing it would say "Finished with...

okay...I did some research and found out that the compositions folder in the library, is used to hold qtz files, and I take it, since my compositions folder is empty, that is why I don'ty have the video background option, or could be why. I managed to get my non-isight webcam (usb) working with...

how do you boot up in single user mode and do the file check?

Tried exchanging the RAM with the original RAM. Same problem. Going to try reinstalling tiger. Thanks for your help.

I can't try the RAM idea until tomorrow, as I don't have the old RAM with me. But I can access the hard drive, how do I find the panic.log? Console? Besides the kernel panics when I restart, the computer runs fine. It just worries me.

Hi there. Okay, here's the history of my powerbook: I upgraded the RAM and the hard drive recently. I got Leopard about the same time or in between there. Leopard made things a little weird, and I eventually went back to Tiger. So, I am running on Tiger (journaled) and now all of a sudden...

Hi there. Ever since I got Leopard, my iDVD hasn't been working right. When I am in iMovie and try to make an iDVD project, a) iDVD opens but nothing else happens, or b) it opens the menu customizing box but all that shows up is text on a black background. When I go into the customize sidebar...

yeah i did the archive and install. so i will check the RAM. thanks.