Problem...... HELP!!!

Paul C

Paul C

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Booted my ibook today and this happened. got the normal grey screen with the Apple sign in the middle and then usually where the screen goes blue with the OS X white box with the blue progression bar it just flashes up the white box for a second and then goes to a blue screen with a spinning rainbow circle (you know the one) and eventually gives me a blue screen with a mouse pointer, problem is the screen is blank, no icons, no menus, dock or anythin.

Do you guys think that this is a virus or can I get around it without formatting my HDD

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! :(
 
Try running fsck first;

To run fsck, you first need to start up your Mac in single-user mode. Here's how:

1. Restart your Mac.

2. Immediately press and hold the Command and "S" keys.

You'll see a bunch of text begin scrolling on your screen. In a few more seconds, you'll see the Unix command line prompt (#).

You're now in single-user mode.

Now that you're at the # prompt, here's how to run fsck:

1. Type: "fsck -y" (that's fsck-space-minus-y).

2. Press Return.

The fsck utility will blast some text onto your screen. If there's damage to your disk, you'll see a message that says:

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

If you see this message--and this is extremely important--repeat Steps 1 and 2 again and again until that message no longer appears. It is normal to have to run fsck more than once -- the first run's repairs often uncover additional problems..

When fsck finally reports that no problems were found, and the # prompt reappears:

3. Type: "reboot" to restart,

or type "exit" to start up without rebooting.

4. Press Return.

Your Mac should proceed to start up normally to the login window or the Finder.
 
Bob, your a beauty, I'll run upstairs now and give that a try!!

Thanks Dude!!!! Fingers crossed!!
 
Just tried that and it said everythin was ok, I then "rebooted" but when the machine restarted it did the same thing :rolleyes:
 
Bob your a good man, thanks for those, I'll print them off and try them later, I'll let you know how I get on in the mornin as its 9pm here and I've got a complaining g'friend that wants to goto Blockbuster for a DVD.

Once a again, thanks!!!
 
Yea, i had that, permissions was my problem, boot from the install CD and repair, that should do it. So many things to take into consideration, but i always start with permissions.

Lately i have been getting logged out to a blue screen (maybe 2 times in the last week), I hold down the restart key combination and the system reboots, and Photoshop was open each time, so i think it's a memory/ scratch disk issue.
 
Um, what version of OS X are you running? If it's pre-Jaguar (as in 10.0.X or 10.1.X), you could be having a kernel panic.
 
I tried Bob's idea last night but to no avail, it won't even boot up in safe mode but thinkin about it arden could be right as I was messin about with the permissions last night :rolleyes:

I'll repair from the boot cd then
 
When I boot from the install cd it doesn't give the option to repair, the closest option is to archive but will that keep my itunes, pics, etc?
 
Um, archive as in archive and install? That will shove aside your old System folder and install a completely new one. You have to go into Disk Utility on the CD.

Again, which version of X are you using?
 
I'm using 10.2.6, Archive and Install did the trick, I have deleted the old OS X folder and it has kept all my users, applications, etc.

Once again the macosx.com comes through with the goods!!! thanks for that guys!!! :D
 
Well, reinstalling your system usually works, but it's best left as a last resort. I'm glad you got your computer working again, but you should put off reinstalling until you've exhausted every other option.
 
Paul

When I boot from the install cd it doesn't give the option to repair

If you should have any more problems and want to run the Disk Utility, after the machine is booted from the OS CD and you have the install window, look in the File or Edit Menu for the Disk Utility. Don't start the installer.
 
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