Harp
Raised by wolves
Mac OSX 10.4.7
I was installing the latest system updates when my system froze and I was forced to shut down manually (by holding the power button).
The restart now does not progress past the apple symbol with the little spinning bars below it.
I have run a hardware test (just incase) and also run Disk Utility from the OSX install disk (which repaired a TON of bad permissions and I even had to run it multiple times to fix them all) but still no progress in the startup.
I reeeaally don't want to have to reinstall the OS because I use the final cut studio and that takes hours to install - also I have a couple of word files that have not yet been backed up.
Is there a way that I can repair or reinstall the OS without having to erase everything? or maybe some way to finish the update that was cancelled before?
I have access to the terminal and a few other utilities via the install disk but that's about it.
I was installing the latest system updates when my system froze and I was forced to shut down manually (by holding the power button).
The restart now does not progress past the apple symbol with the little spinning bars below it.
I have run a hardware test (just incase) and also run Disk Utility from the OSX install disk (which repaired a TON of bad permissions and I even had to run it multiple times to fix them all) but still no progress in the startup.
I reeeaally don't want to have to reinstall the OS because I use the final cut studio and that takes hours to install - also I have a couple of word files that have not yet been backed up.
Is there a way that I can repair or reinstall the OS without having to erase everything? or maybe some way to finish the update that was cancelled before?
I have access to the terminal and a few other utilities via the install disk but that's about it.