Re-installing and looking for good news

[Steven DeWitt]

> On 23 May 2007, at 18:23, Steven DeWitt wrote:
>
>> Now, on restarting the computer, it has been sitting on the blue  
>> screen with the rotating circle for about 90 minutes. Is it normal  
>> for it to take this long to start after installing major OS X  
>> updates, or has something bad happened again?
>
> If it has a blue screen with the spinning gear, then the problem is  
> that some process is preventing the computer from shutting down.
>
> I suggest power off and then start normally. Sometimes this happens.
>
> M

Thanks Matt. Ouf... now, after several attempts to restart the  
computer, I decided to launch OS X from CD instead and run Disk  
Utility. It found an "invalid key length" and was unable to finish  
verifying or repairing. I don't understand how this can happen after  
only 3 months! And in particular after I have just erased the drive  
and finished reinstalling OS X. Off I go to insert Disk Warrior again...

Thanks,

Steven