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and working fine. it was the hard drive all along. I've not had any issues with it like before. Thanks to everyone who helped me and I appreciate that no one treated me as if I were an idiot. :D

Yes, it finally went completely. I have contacted Apple and got a case number - luckily with just enough time left on the warranty. Thank you for all your help and patience.

Well this is just peachy. I no longer have a hard drive to install to. The only thing the disk utility shows is the installation disk. Now what?

ok, so I removed the virus protection software and still had problems so I erased the disk AGAIN and reinstalled the os. This time I was sure to not add any 3rd party apps or perephrials /drivers/etc. After installation, I updated all existing programs going through the update software 3X until...

Here's a thought... could it be my virus protection software that is causing all these confilicts? I know that this system has got to be more stable than what it has been. If it wasn't, why would people pay so much for them?

Okay, I went through and updated the Safari browser, using it exclusively and it appeared to work until late in the evening when I got the color wheel and was unable to stop it regardless. I decided to NOT turn the computer off manually, and after several hours, the browser closed and the...

sorry to be late returning, had more problems and couldn't get things even this far. Okay, I have updated everything like you said, and it had been working so-so for a couple of days, but then it happened again just a bit ago. The system just hangs with the rainbow wheel turning for sometimes...

okay, I'll give that a try. the reason I don't use safari is because alot of my games don't work with it... why is it that they can't make this stuff compatible across the board? pfffft.

well doesn't that just figure... okay, I'm running OSX10.6.1 and using Firefox 3.6.13 for my browser. Not always, but sometimes when I am loading a website that has any sort of flash or java advertisements, the system will take a long time to load the page and the color wheel spins forever. It...

Okay, so I'm clueless AND I'm blonde so if you respond, please type slowly. ::ha:: I'm running this: Model Name: MacBook Model Identifier: MacBook6,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB...