MacBook Pro won't turn on it keeps like update bar and then it turns off, MacBook Pro won't turn on it keeps like update bar and then it turns off
Ok so last night I turned off my MacBook Pro with 66% of battery while charging and disconnected. Now today I turned on and it started like if battery went out while using it so when it turned on it showed 0% of battery then it whent really slow opening safari so I wanted to restar and couldn't so I holder the power button to turn it of and when I tried to turn it back on it just turns on and shows the apple and like an update bar loading and then it turns of it self. What to do?? Need help
Hi again ggt15,
You can find some more information about the Recovery Partition of your hard drive here:
OS X: About OS X Recovery
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
It sounds like you might be trying to reinstall your copy of the operating system. If that's the case, you may also find some helpful information here:
OS X Lion: Reinstall Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3878
Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Due to the nature of your issue or question you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://expresslane.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action.
Cheers,
Braden
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