LlamaHomefry
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I have a Macbook Pro from around 2007/2008 that is running Tiger 10.4.11. I haven't had too many issues, one harddrive change and one reinstall, but nothing severe.
But right now, my laptop will not boot up at all. It has been running a bit sluggishly, I admit, but not enough to have caused alarm. Then just yesterday and this morning it was running at a snail's pace and I couldn't do anything without it freezing or running slowly. I turned it off, left it and when I came back, it would not boot. All I get is the grey screen with the Apple logo and the spinning wheel. I left it for an hour, hoping it was just running sluggishly, but it never booted up.
I tried booting in safemode, verbose mode and single-user mode. All of them failed. In fact, when I try to boot in safe mode by holding down the shift key, my computer just shuts off after about a minute of grey screen/logo.
I keep hearing people say I should run the DiskUtility from the install disk, but if I can't boot up I can't put in the disk to actually repair it. Is this a harddrive or RAM issue? I haven't upgraded the RAM since I got the laptop, maybe it needs to be changed out?
I'm sorry, I don't know a lot about the inner-workings of computers, but I appreciate you guys taking the time to answer.
But right now, my laptop will not boot up at all. It has been running a bit sluggishly, I admit, but not enough to have caused alarm. Then just yesterday and this morning it was running at a snail's pace and I couldn't do anything without it freezing or running slowly. I turned it off, left it and when I came back, it would not boot. All I get is the grey screen with the Apple logo and the spinning wheel. I left it for an hour, hoping it was just running sluggishly, but it never booted up.
I tried booting in safemode, verbose mode and single-user mode. All of them failed. In fact, when I try to boot in safe mode by holding down the shift key, my computer just shuts off after about a minute of grey screen/logo.
I keep hearing people say I should run the DiskUtility from the install disk, but if I can't boot up I can't put in the disk to actually repair it. Is this a harddrive or RAM issue? I haven't upgraded the RAM since I got the laptop, maybe it needs to be changed out?
I'm sorry, I don't know a lot about the inner-workings of computers, but I appreciate you guys taking the time to answer.
