Startup issues

[Steven DeWitt]

Hi again,

After some diagnosis and research, I see that my problem is more  
serious than I thought: I can no longer start up in regular or safe  
mode, can't start up in single-user mode to enter Terminal commands,  
and can't run a disk utility repair from the install CD without  
getting an abort message. All this after less than 3 months! Anyway,  
I spoke to the folks at Apple as well, but I am going to try  
DiskWarrior before I go erasing the disk completely I guess. So while  
I wait for the Diskwarrior CD to come in the mail, I guess I have to  
just put the Intel machine aside and pull the old faithful PowerPC  
unit back out of the closet. Once again, thankfully I had only last  
night backed up all my work files and e-mail onto my laptop for the  
first time in I think forever, so it could have been a million times  
worse -- all I have lost access to for now is mainly iTunes files and  
photos. Thanks to David for the private reply.

Cheers

Steven

Le 07-05-01 à 10:24, Steven DeWitt a écrit :

> Good morning,
>
> This morning when I turn on my iMac (Intel), it takes forever to  
> start up, and then it makes a dozen or more attempts to load the  
> desktop, and then the desktop is almost unresponsive after that. I  
> know this is a dumb question, but I've never had a problem on a Mac  
> before -- what should I do next?
>
> Writing from my iBook which thankfully I backed up my files to last  
> night,
>
> Steven
>
>
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