A woman in her 50's using her first macbook air :)

hi i do not know if i am in the right area to ask this but i purchased my very first computer in my whole life it is the macbook air 13" the newest one. my son helped me installed the apple care cd onto my computer and ran the test. everything passed except for volume structure. ive been having trouble loading some youtube videos to watch. some thing would pop up telling me it is unable to play with the location of where the problem lies in my computer. im not sure how to be clear about this or how to go about the situation. my son thinks he should take in to the apple store where i purchased it to ask the genius bar for help but i thought i should go on the discussion board to see if i can find help from others who are using the same laptop as me. sometimes when i play farmville on my facebook, it would say the same thing as the youtube situation. can anyone help me? thank you kindly.

Hi and welcome to Mac
If the Apple Care utility is reporting a volume structure problem, then before you install anything else, please repair the drive.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4399
To do this, insert the USB key that came with the MacBook Air - the little white software installation stick - and restart the computer. As it restarts (just as you get the chimes) press and hold down the C key.
This will force the machine to start from the USB stick.
You will be prompted to install software, but ignore this (choose the language only), then look under the Utilities menu and run Disk Utility.
This will allow you to repair the disk.
The restart and see how you get on with that. You should also run Software update after you restart to check everything is up-to-date.
It might also be a good idea to book a session with the Genius Bar at your Apple Store just to have them take you through what you can do with the MacBook Air so you get the most enjoyment out of it.
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookair/
Have fun!
Adam

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A woman in her 50's using her first macbook air :)

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