Startup issues

[Matthew Butch]

That sounds like your HD to me. Its a good thing you backed up your  
files.

On May 01, 2007, at 18:23 , Steven DeWitt wrote:

> 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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