booting mac book pro with cd

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charlier

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my new mac book pro stalled upon opening MS powerpoint. I could not kill the process, so I rebooted with the start button. Upon rebooting, the laptop just stays with the apple logo and rotating disk. Using OS v10.5.1 boot disk 1 and holding the down the <c> key does not work - the computer keeps rebooting. Next, booting with the option key gives me a choice, the hard drive or the CD. At least after ~2 minutes, nothing changes with the apple logo and rotating disk, using either the hard drive or CD. Any suggestions.
 
I would suggest an appointment with Disk Warrior. I suspect boot sector damage, and DW can probably repair it. You needn't buy DW (US$100), as long as you can find a Mac tech who has it - and a licence to use it.
 
Thanks. Upon booting with <v> verbose, I see that the computer does not see the hard drive. I will use disk warrior. My own feeling is that I have hardware issues, but I will find out in the morning. thanks, cmr
 
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