10.4.9 won't start (boot)

Hey, another big problem with the lovely 10.4.9 update. I installed it along with iTunes and iPhoto, restarted as required and now it won't even get me to the login window, it just stays spinning the gear for minutes without change.
I've already tried the Disk Utility and found no problems on the drive. My Windows partition appears to be working just fine.
What can I do???? Can I do something to OSX from my Windows partition?? Do you think I could install the standalone version from there?? I REALLY want to avoid reinstalling the OS.
Thanks a lot!
Hector Pertierra
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Solved my problem. This guy Igor Minar posted a great guide for this exact problem and fixed it in no time. (And to think I was seconds away of formatting :D)
http://net3x.blogspot.com/2007/03/macos-x-1049-update-killed-my-mac.html
Thank you all for your help!
Hector.

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Yes, that is what I wanted to know, and tells me it isn't with the hard drive or OS itself.
Not to fear, even English doesn't quite cut it at times.
I assume also you tried with ONLY minimum necessary:
mouse, keyboard and power to computer along with monitor.
If you have your OEM DVD that came with Mac Pro originally, that will not ever boot with original OS, your 8800GT requires 10.5.2 or later OS DVDs.
Your OEM DVD though does have Apple Hardware Test.
Hold 'D' on startup
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And if you already did so, no need to do so again, repeated resetting SMC isn't a good idea. But unplug power and hit ON for 8 seconds (nothing happens) and then reconnect power and mouse/kb.
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Hello!
Can you tell us what happens?
I’ve offered the steps below to similar posts in the past and they helped out getting to the solution (or at least find the cause). I suggest them to you too in this case. It will take you about 30 minutes or less to do these, depending on how bad the problem on your Mac is.
The goal here is to boot your Mac to the so-called Recovery partition where you’ll have a chance to repair the disk and the disk permissions using the Disk Utility and Password Utility. This might solve your issue and even if it doesn’t- it’s still a decent maintenance step to perform. These steps won’t erase your data or reinstall your Mac in any way if you follow instructions carefully.
Here’s how:
1/ Make sure your computer is completely shut down.
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Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x483943434E4E4E384A544D4C41522D4E544D
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Did tou try resetting the preferences usins the Photoshop keys as your tryind to start Photoshop. Toy cab also use Windows explored or Mac finder deleteor rename you userid Photoshop preferende if you change you OS preferences to be able to see hiddeb files and folders. Do you read the link I posted?
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In this video, learn the two methods of resetting your preference files back to default: Manual preference file removal and Keyboard Shortcut method (starts at 5:05)
by Julieanne Kost
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Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop. You are prompted to delete the current settings. The new preferences files are created the next time you start Photoshop.
Note: Using the keyboard shortcut, preference files for custom shortcuts, workspaces, and color setings will also be reset to default.

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My suggestion would be disconnect the iPod. That's just me though.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93953
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I deleted my extensions manager and now my Mac won't start up. Please Help!!

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Well done! You've succeeded in turning your Mac into a useless brick.
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You may have a slim chance of recovering if it will still boot in Target Disc Mode; in which case you can use another Mac to install the system remotely.
And I doubt your warranty with Best Buy is going to cover user "error."
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server. (drive:\unsers\unison\db\Nx
where "x" is the number of the node you want to use.)
<LI>Stop the new Calendar Server.
<LI>Unzip the files into the new Calendar Server in the same place as they
were on the old server.
<LI>Edit the unison.ini
file on the new server to add the nodes you have just migrated.
<LI>Edit the unison.ini
file on the old server to remove the nodes you have moved to the new server.
<LI>Edit the nodes.ini
file on the old server to remove the nodes you just moved and then add them
with the new hostname. Keep in mind that you will only be able to modify the
node network from the old host.
<LI>Run unidbfix -export
on both servers for all nodes.
<LI>Edit the remotenodes.ini
file on both servers to reflect your node topology.
<LI>Run unidbfix -import
to import the changes into the node databases.
<LI>Run unidbfix -c,
then -f,
then -c
again on both servers for all the nodes.
<LI>If you don't get any errors, run uninode -test all
to test if your nodes connections are set properly. If they are not, <B>do not</B>
start either of the servers; instead, fix the errors and try again.
<LI>Start both servers.
<LI>Log in and check to see if you can see people on remote nodes.
<LI>Notify the users on the moved nodes of their new calendar host.
<LI>If you did this in preparation of an upgrade, you can now run the upgrade to
4.0 since both servers contain fewer than 9 nodes.
</OL>

Use Disk Utility whihc is in the Utilities Folder.
Select your Boot Disk on the left.
Select Verify Permissions
If any errors the do Reapir permissions.
You might have to repeat the process.
see this:
Steve

Mail won't start

hi everyone. since last night i cannt start my mail program. i tried the SHIFT key trick but still won't start. i have repaired permissions and verify the disk. still the mail won't boot. i have tried with a diferent user and all seems ok. here is a copy of the crash report thanks in advance for your help.
Host Name: Intel-Laptop
Date/Time: 2007-06-05 04:36:44.936 +0100
OS Version: 10.4.9 (Build 8P2137)
Report Version: 4
Command: Mail
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Parent: WindowServer [59]
Version: 2.1.1 (752.3)
PID: 361
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000005
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9081973c CFHash + 17
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9081967f __CFDictionaryFindBuckets2 + 91
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90838395 CFDictionaryCreateex + 268
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x908381d1 __CFBinaryPlistCreateObject + 4260
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e6b3 __CFTryParseBinaryPlist + 177
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082da20 _CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData + 150
6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d987 CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData + 54
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083702c _loadXMLDomainIfStale + 387
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x908432c2 fetchXMLValue + 38
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90842ff7 _CFPreferencesDomainCreateValueForKey + 35
10 com.apple.Foundation 0x927d7c5c -[NSUserDefaults initWithUser:] + 765
11 com.apple.Foundation 0x927d77d0 +[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] + 131
12 com.apple.mail 0x000030c6 0x1000 + 8390
13 com.apple.mail 0x00094df2 0x1000 + 605682
14 com.apple.mail 0x00094d19 0x1000 + 605465
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x90819739 ecx: 0xbffff4ac edx: 0x9081972b
edi: 0x01802000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbffff408 esp: 0xbffff3e0
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010282 eip: 0x9081973c cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
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Hi ruidasilva.
It looks like the preferences file has become corrupt. Try this:
1. If you have a .Mac account and .Mac synchronization of Mail data is enabled either in Mail > Preferences > General or in System Preferences > .Mac, disable it before proceeding.
2. Quit Mail if it’s running.
3. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong while trying to solve the problem. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the Mail folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example. This is where all your mail is locally stored.
4. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Preferences/. Locate com.apple.mail.plist and move it to the Desktop (to be deleted if this solves the problem).
5. Open Mail. You’ll have to set up your non-.Mac accounts from scratch all over again. If given the option to import existing mailboxes or something like that, don’t. Just enter the account information and Mail will automagically rediscover the data in ~/Library/Mail/ when done.
6. You’ll have to re-configure most of your settings in Mail > Preferences. For spam-related security reasons, the first thing you should do is go to Preferences > Viewing and disable Display remote images in HTML messages if it’s enabled.
7. You may also need to re-install or re-enable any Mail plug-ins you have installed for Mail to recognize them.
8. As a side effect of re-creating com.apple.mail.plist, Mail might rename Outbox (which is where messages waiting to be sent are stored) to Delivered. The name of that mailbox is actually a misnomer, as it would contain messages (if any) that couldn’t be delivered for some reason. You can delete that mailbox if you wish.
9. If the problem is fixed now and .Mac synchronization of Mail data was enabled at the beginning, enable it again, go to System Preferences > .Mac > Advanced, click Reset Sync Data, and choose the appropriate options to reset the Mail data stored on the .Mac server with the data locally stored on the computer, i.e. sync data must flow from the computer to the .Mac server.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. You can easily locate any of the folders referred to in this post by copying the folder path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the folder path there.

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