Hi all,
this is my first post. thank you in advance!
my mid-2009 MBP running Mavericks won't boot up past the grey screen and load wheel. this happened after i had to force shut-down with the power key b/c the computer had frozen. i rarely do this, but the handful of times i've done this in the past, the MBP rebooted fine.
here are the things i've tried:
1. booting in safe mode -- will NOT boot into safe mode
2. disk utility - repair disk reports HD is OK
3. repair permissions -- many permissions couldn't be repaired, but it completed
4. fsck -- also reports HD appears to be OK
5. resetting NVRAM/PRM -- didn't help
FYI - my optical drive does not work. so i can't boot from DVD (which i can't find anyway, bummer!)
i have no TimeMachine backups, but my important data is backed up weekly on CrashPlan
any thoughts on next steps??? thanks!
this is my first post. thank you in advance!
my mid-2009 MBP running Mavericks won't boot up past the grey screen and load wheel. this happened after i had to force shut-down with the power key b/c the computer had frozen. i rarely do this, but the handful of times i've done this in the past, the MBP rebooted fine.
here are the things i've tried:
1. booting in safe mode -- will NOT boot into safe mode
2. disk utility - repair disk reports HD is OK
3. repair permissions -- many permissions couldn't be repaired, but it completed
4. fsck -- also reports HD appears to be OK
5. resetting NVRAM/PRM -- didn't help
FYI - my optical drive does not work. so i can't boot from DVD (which i can't find anyway, bummer!)
i have no TimeMachine backups, but my important data is backed up weekly on CrashPlan
any thoughts on next steps??? thanks!