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OK, I finally believe I have solved it: continuing to use the old backup from the previous OS just isn't possible no matter what an article says. So plan B went into effect and after a lot of struggling I was finally able to erase the disk completely and start it of on a fresh backup from my...

Bought a new Mac Mini and migrated from my Time Machine backup. I then read this with some optimism: http://www.macworld.com/article/1161421/migrate_time_machine_backup_to_new_mac_in_lion.html I do not however get any such options. On the new Mac Time Machine refuses to backup because there...

OK fair enough. Unfortunately all Apple stores where I live resemble hair salons and they do not help customers that directly. One would have to hand in the Mac, wait a couple of weeks and then pay through the nose for it. Or buy their keyboard and try it at home. If I can't find a Mac...

...and you could use any keyboard for that direction, even a PC one? See, I'm trying to make sure that the problem of not getting the Mac to boot from discs at all isn't just a question of using a keyboard that isn't recognized.

What do you mean? This does not address my situation. It doesn't boot from the installation disc. Should it do so with a PC keyboard or do I need to get an Apple specific keyboard in order to hold down the C key? PS, I have Disk Warrior, which doesn't help if I cannot boot from it.

OK thank you, I do have a Time Machine backup unit, however I have never attempted to restore anything from it so I worry since all previous backup solutions I have tried in my life have never really worked out as advertised when restoring. There is always data loss. Anyway, I'm looking at...

Yes I know it's an old keyboard. I just now bought a new PC USB keyboard, figuring that the shift and C keys should at least be the same. No response. Seems like the fsck procedure bricked it completely. There is this warning in the help document: "Important: If you're using Mac OS X 10.4 or...

Thanks, I've finally found the system CD in the attic and also a USB keyboard, but the Mac won't read the CD. It spits it out again. It could be that the keyboard has died of old age since safe mode doesn't work either. The power on button on the keyboard does nothing so that may be a sign of...

Well, that killed it apparently. It said that the disk was repaired successfully so I typed exit and now it won't boot. There may have been some mentions of file system modification but if so I didn't understand it and I misunderstood you and thought I had to start all over if it didn't work...

OK, thank you! I guess there must be discs here somewhere. I always keep such things. Can't find the box either. The problem with something called a Mac Mini is that the box is probably fairly mini as well. I don't think that I've seen that snow leopard image on any discs tho. I bought my Mac...

I have OS 10.6.8 on a Mac Mini and lately it suddenly became extremely slow, so I ran the application Onyx after not finding any other faults anywhere. It tells me that the startup disk needs to be repaired by booting from my OS disc, but I don't have one. It came preinstalled. If there was...