Macbook will only load to Utilites??

[summersmooothie]

The other day I powered up my Macbook and while it was loading a circle with a slash through it appeared instead of an apple during the powerup. Then, the Macbook loaded to a screen that said, "Mac OS X Utilities" and a menu that has the following options: Restore from Time Machine Backup, Reinstall Mac OS X, Get Help Online, and Disk Utility. I tried clicking the reinstall Mac OS X but once it starts to reinstall a message pops up and says "Do you really wish to cancel the installation?" or something like that and even when i click no, it still cancels. I tried going into disk utilities and repairing the disk and all that jazz but to no avail. I have tried to just restart the computer, or just shut it down and power back up but I keep getting taken to this page. I tried to boot into safe mode and, yes am taken to this page instead. I start college tomorrow and will not have time to take in my Macbook to the genius bar for a while! Please help!

 

[jbarley]

you can try this,

power up while pressing the cmd+S keys.
This gets you into what is called "singe user mode"

At the command-line prompt type:

/sbin/fsck -fy

Press Return.

fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found:

** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK

If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:

***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).