Am stuck in the grey start-up screen

Any ideas about what I can do to resurrect my Air?

Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install the Combo Updater for the version you prefer from support.apple.com/downloads/.

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My computer won't load pass the grey start up screen

    MacBook pro won't load pass the grey start up screen?

Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a boot failure is to secure your data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since your last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
     a. Boot into the Recovery partition, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) When the OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
b. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
c. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
Sometimes a boot failure can be resolved by resetting the NVRAM.
Step 3
If there's a built-in optical drive, a disc may be stuck in it. Follow these instructions to eject it.
Step 4
Press and hold the power button until the power shuts off. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to boot, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Use a different keyboard and/or mouse, if those devices are wired. If you can boot now, one of the devices you disconnected, or a combination of them, is causing the problem. Finding out which one is a process of elimination.
If you've booted from an external storage device, make sure that your internal boot volume is selected in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
Step 5
Boot in safe mode. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
When you boot in safe mode, it's normal to see a dark gray progress bar on a light gray background. If the progress bar gets stuck for more than a few minutes, or if the system shuts down automatically while the progress bar is displayed, your boot volume is corrupt and the drive is probably malfunctioning. In that case, go to Step 5.
If you can boot and log in now, empty the Trash, and then open the Finder Info window on your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) Check that you have at least 9 GB of available space, as shown in the window. If you don't, copy as many files as necessary to another volume (not another folder on the same volume) and delete the originals. Deletion isn't complete until you empty the Trash again. Do this until the available space is more than 9 GB. Then reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)
If the boot process hangs again, the problem is likely caused by a third-party system modification that you installed. Post for further instructions.
Step 6
Launch Disk Utility in Recovery mode (see Step 1.) Select your startup volume, then run Repair Disk. If any problems are found, repeat until clear. If Disk Utility reports that the volume can't be repaired, the drive has malfunctioned and should be replaced. You might choose to tolerate one such malfunction in the life of the drive. In that case, erase the volume and restore from a backup. If the same thing ever happens again, replace the drive immediately.
This is one of the rare situations in which you should also run Repair Permissions, ignoring the false warnings it may produce. Look for the line "Permissions repair complete" at the end of the output. Then reboot as usual.
Step 7
Reinstall the OS. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade.
Step 8
Repeat Step 6, but this time erase the boot volume in Disk Utility before installing. The system should automatically reboot into the Setup Assistant. Follow the prompts to transfer your data from a Time Machine or other backup.
Step 9
This step applies only to older Macs (not current models) that have a logic-board ("PRAM") battery. Both desktop and portable Macs used to have such a battery. The logic-board battery is separate from the main battery of a portable. A dead logic-board battery can cause a boot failure. Typically the boot failure will be preceded by loss of the startup disk and system clock settings. See the user manual for replacement instructions. You may have to take the machine to a service provider to have the battery replaced.
Step 10
If you get this far, you're probably dealing with a hardware fault. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested. If you can't get to an Apple Store, go to another authorized service provider.

I am experiencing some major problems with my MacBook Pro. I have had some issues with it turning on/off at random times, but today, when starting, I get the grey start-up screen and a recovery bar. After filling in approx 1/4 of the way, the machine dies

I am experiencing some major problems with my MacBook Pro. I have had some issues with it turning on/off at random times, but today, when starting, I get the grey start-up screen and a recovery bar. After filling in approx 1/4 of the way, the machine dies. After starting it in recovery mode, it will not allow me to download OS X Mavericks- it says the disk is locked. Any ideas? I do not have a back-up and do not want to erase everything before I have explored my options. Help?

try forcing internet recover, hold 3 keys - command, option, r - you should see a spinning globe
most people will tell you to do both pram and smc resets (google) and if you still have issues, either clean install (easy) or troubleshoot (hard)

How to get past the grey start up screen after mavericks update

I have recently installed a free update of Mavericks on the App store. However after installing this, the Macbook Pro that i've installed on will not boot beyond the Grey start up screen. I was running Snow Leopard on a machine with intel core 2 duo processors 4 Gb of RAM and over 100Gb of free memory.
I have attempted a safe boot (holding down shift while while holding the power button down), and Reseting the NVRAM by pressing 'command', 'option', 'P' and 'R' at the same time.
I do not have an installation disk or a time machine back up.
Does anyone know how to get passed the Grey start up Screen?
Any Suggestions would be mucho appreciated.

I have recently installed a free update of Mavericks on the App store. However after installing this, the Macbook Pro that i've installed on will not boot beyond the Grey start up screen. I was running Snow Leopard on a machine with intel core 2 duo processors 4 Gb of RAM and over 100Gb of free memory.
I have attempted a safe boot (holding down shift while while holding the power button down), and Reseting the NVRAM by pressing 'command', 'option', 'P' and 'R' at the same time.
I do not have an installation disk or a time machine back up.
Does anyone know how to get passed the Grey start up Screen?
Any Suggestions would be mucho appreciated.

I have zero out all data on my imac, as i brought it second hand and the disk the guy supplied dont seem capatable with my imac to install the operating system again so it is frozen at the grey start up screen. show i buy a new snow leopard disc fromapple

i have zero out all data on my imac, as i brought it second hand and the disk the guy supplied dont seem capatable with my imac to install the operating system again so it is frozen at the grey start up screen. should i buy a new snow leopard disc from apple and install that as my new operating system. please help as had the computer a month now and still cant use it yet.

You can call AppleCare and request a replacement set of the original DVD's that shipped with the computer for a nominal charge. You will need the serial number (look on the bottom of the stand) and a credit card. Click the AppleCare Contact Info link. Without knowing which iMac you have it's very difficult to say if a new SL disc would work or not.

My iPod Touch (2nd Gen) is stuck on the Apple start up screen.

My iPod Touch (2nd Gen) is stuck on the Apple start up screen. I have restored it three times so far, but every time it turns off the problem returns. Since restoring yesterday, the battery life has been dramatically shortened as well. I have no idea what to do, as my iPod is out of warranty and this problem started for no reason what so ever. I also have no local access to Apple support. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've tried this. Though it brings temporary success, in the fact that the iPod functions until it is turned off again. Then the problem seems to return. I thought it might be a problem with the backup file, but I have since restored it completely (to have nothing but the basics on) and the problem is still there.
Thank you for the responses so far though. Hopefully, they can help others with a similar problem.
mary annfromhamilton wrote:
my ipod touch ( 2 gen ) isnt even updating from version 4.2.1 like its says its up tp date
I believe mine is also 4.2.1. I made an error when selecting the OS at the bottom of my posts and have no idea how I change it.
*EDIT* - I have now managed to change my iOS, not that it makes much difference. I've heard people have been having trouble with iOS 4 on the 2nd Gen iPod Touch?
Message was edited by: Rickithly @ 14:40, 03/08/2011

TS2570 My 2010 MacBook pro gets stuck at the apple start up screen

I think I've tried almost everything possible and my computer gets stuck at the apple start up screen with the loading bar under every time I shut the computer down and restart it. I've tried all the resetting, trying to do the apple hardware test (which never worked), and so many other things that I can't even remember everything that I've tried. Could someone out there possibly help me?

Yes. I turn it on like I normally would. I hear the chime and everything. It looks like it wants to start up and it acts like its loading. Then it just gets stuck when the loading bar gets to right about the middle.

When i turn my computer ON the grey start up screen looks corrupted

Corrupted might be an overstatement, but when i turn my computer on the grey start up screen with the white apple logo and the loading bar appears at an inferior resolution than the screen, and it's not even well proportioned because there's a black bar on each side. I have no idea why this happens or if it's even normal, mostly because i'm a recent mac user. I have a non-retina mid 2012 15" macbook pro, 1440x900 screen.
i've also been having problems with the wi-fi connectivity. it looses connection more often than i would like, and sometimes i have a "Connection Timeout Occured", i have no idea why, but i've seen people complaining about it.
thanks

Your GPU could just be 'hiccupping' on start-up - if I were you, and since you're still under warranty, I would take the machine to your local Apple Store and have them run diagnostics to see if there's really anything wrong with the GPU.
As to your wireless problems - so many things to trace down. Start by running the "Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app" found in System>Library>Core Services and see what those reports show. It could be anything at this point.
Clinton

Imac is stuck on the grey boot up screen!

my imac froze while using safari (that evil spinning wheel showed up & wouldnt go away) so i had to restart it manually. & now it wont get past the grey boot up screen! i have no idea what to do! im freaking out cuz just the other day i imported a whole bunch of my newborn sons photos & didnt back anything up!!!! (i know that was dumb of me, was not thinking at all!) i really really really REALLY dont want to lose any of his pictures! theyre all ive got! Someone please help me!!!!! ive only had the imac for about a month; bought it used from a friend & shes never had any problems with it! im pretty sure theres no apple warrenty either.
oh & ive already tried restarting it more than once & unplugging the power cord & what not!
help me out please! & thank you!

Boot the Mac to Safe Mode - turn off, turn on, as soon as you hear the startup chime press and hold Shift. You'll see a grey bar appear at the bottom of the screen, when you do you can let go of shift.
See if it boots in this mode, if it does then make sure all the SW is up to date and then try rebooting again.
Make sure there is nothing connected to your iMac other than the power cord - no external HD's, USB hubs etc - if there is then disconnect them and try to boot.
If none of the above works then we would need to boot to the install DVD and verify the HD to see if there's any errors that may cause it to not boot. Insert the Mac OS X Install DVD 1 and boot the Mac holding C. Choose the language and then open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu along the top of the screen. Select the HD and then Macintosh HD and verify/repair each one in turn.
When done try rebooting the Mac.
If this still doesn't work then you may need to reinstall the OS. Naturally it shouldn't hurt your files and it's recommended you have a backup just in case. As you did not back up your files (naughty, naughty) you won't really have a choice. Follow the above steps to boot to the disk and then choose to Reinstall Mac OS X and follow the prompts.
If you need an install DVD because you have lost or damaged yours then call AppleCare. Regardless of your support they can sell you one for $16+tax and ship it out to you. If you asked really nicely they might even make an exception and ship it for free .
Best of luck.

Macbook won't get past the grey start up screen

I purchased my Macbook in 2008, roughly July.
My fiance unknowingly shut down my macbook in the middle of start up. Before that it was running perfectly fine, I had no issues.
After my fiance stopped the start up, the macbook won't turn on. It'll load up to the grey loading screen (example here)... It doesn't make much noise as it starts up either. I have all original discs that came with the macbook, if that helps any.
I'm frustrated, as I can't afford to replace my mac at this point.
Any idea what I can do?
Thanks..

Hopefully, nothing permanent. Do the following:
If you have Snow Leopard installed:
Reinstall Snow Leopard without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install the Combo Updater for the version you prefer from support.apple.com/downloads/.
If you have Lion installed:
Reinstalling Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.
If you have Leopard installed:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

Occasionly stuck at the gray start up screen...

About two weeks ago my G5 got stuck at the gray screen and the fans started up, full blast. I attempted to reboot, but still the same issue. I unplugged the machine for about 24 hours and luckily it turned on as it should upon my next attempt, however the issue has reoccured twice since that day. After powering the machine on, I can tell when the CPU is not going to boot up because once the gray screen is shown, the loading icon beneath the Apple logo will not be displayed. I have also noticed that when I am able to get around this issue that my Mac has been "acting strange" such as Safari having unexpected shut downs more often than ever before. Any suggestions?

You sound as if you are having thermal problems - go to User>Applications>Utilities>Console and look in your system log for any temperature related items. You may either have bad caps or your power supply unit it failing.
You can try to reset the SMU
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Unplug the computer's power cord.
3. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
4. Release the power button.
5. Attach the computers power cable.
6. Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Let us know if that helps. Also, make sure your vents are free of dust and empty Safari's cache.

Please help me!! My Power Mac G5 is stuck at the grey apple logo screen and nothing is working!

My computer froze a few weeks ago and I got a grey screen that told me I needed to restart the computer. When I restarted, the computer froze on the grey screen with the apple logo. No pin wheel. Nothing. Eventually the fan begins running at warp speed. I've scoured this discussion board for a solution and I've read every possible thing I can find on the Internet regarding this issue. Nothing is helping. I've tried reseating memory, resetting PRAM, I replaced the PRAM battery, all the standard stuff on the message boards. I can't run a disk, i cant boot from a disk holding down c, but I can hold down the option key to open the hardware test, I've done the extended and short test and passed both.
When I hold the shift+command+v it tells me-
com.apple.driver.appleintelcpupowermanagement isn't a valid Mach-o (magic is cefaedfe)
Error mapping module file com.apple.driver.appleintelcpupowermanagement
Can't map com.apple.driver.appleintelcpupowermanagement in preparation for loading
Can't determine dependencies " "
Can't alloc class " " blah blah blah
I'm pretty sure this is some sort of kernel panic. This computer has been pretty much trouble free in the 8 years I've owned it. I had recently upgraded iLife to iLife 07 before the trouble happened.
I've also been able to get it to boot once or twice since then. I get a message that says" the computer was shut down blah blah do you want to send a report to apple?" I'm able to do some basic stuff like back up some pictures onto my external hard drive and then it will freeze again and the fan will come on. While I had access to the desktop I checked the disk repair permissions and they were all messed up. I tried repairing permissions but I don't think it worked. Also the time and date was messed up which made me think it was a battery thing. Lately I haven't been able to boot at all past the apple screen. I don't have much money but I have to get this fixed!
Some specs--
Power mac g5
CPU @1702037.8 ghz
Boot rom version 5.2.4f1
Memory 8 gb, 400mhz
Pmu/fcu versions:127/6.0.1 f0
Running OSX 10.5.6
Just to be clear this is the power pc from around early 2005, not the intel based g5, not the water cooled one, and not a Mac Pro!
Please help me!!

HI, have you blown the dust out lately?
Does it boot better/further if allowed to cool?
If you're sure the RAM is good, try the Hair Dryer trick...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13240047#13240047
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15223603#15223603
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15499912#15499912
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15613068#15613068
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3270112
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16053892#16053892
No power light at all...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3692775?tstart=0
It can show on any G5, and even many other computers & electronic devices of the period.
http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/pmg5.html
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/power-macintosh-g5.html
And see this last one in particular...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16781690#16781690
Heat gun better...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3916312?tstart=0
If we don't get more help or answers here, feel free to join my site & ask...
http://x704.net/bbs

MacBook Pro freezes at blue screen after the grey start-up screen.

I was installing the latest updates including the os x. But my mac froze while it was doing so. And now when I try to start my baby up, she freezes after that first grey screen with the logo on it. (Sometimes the power-button won't even take any effect at all, no matter how long I hold it down or whatever)
Please help.
-Lucas

hi there--
the first thing you need to do is to try a safe boot. do this by holding the shift key during startup until you see the spinning cog under the apple. keep in mind it can take up to 10 minutes or more to go into safe boot. if you get into safe boot the first thing i would do is open disk utility and repair permissions. then i would try for a normal restart. if it still doesn't work, do another safe boot and remove items from /library/startupitems folder and from system preferences > accounts > login items. and then restart the computer. if that doesn't work or there is nothing for startup items or login items, try removing the com.apple.loginwindow.plist and restarting the computer. also, try booting to the install disk and running disk utility. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214. if none of these things work, then try a pmu reset. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319. hope one of those things works for you. [ 8 ) ]

Why is my macair stuck on the gray start up screen?

I try to start my computer but it just sits there on the gray screen with the apple symbol and the spinning wheel. I don't have the external cd drive so is there anyway I can fix this?

Assuming you are running 10.7.x boot the mac holding "Command + R" and restore your drive.

Major Problem! Booting gets stuck on the grey Apple Logo Screen

HI All,
My iMac wont startup. It gets to the screen with the apple logo on it with the small dial spinning and thats it .... I left it for a bout 10 - 15 mins and thats as far as its got!
I'm running 10.5 with the 300 GB HD partitioned into 2 one for Mac and the other running windows through boot camp. I booted from 10.5 disk... went to Disk utility and repair It only shows the the one disk 300GB usually it wold show 3 the 300GB and the 2 partitions as a sub of this.
Another thing I'v noticed is that looking in the start up disk nothing appears in there apart from the CD.
SIf I just wanded to reinstall the OS doesn't even look as if thats a possibility.
OK... So I tried the same thing but booting from and older operating system disk 10.4. I disk repair the 2 partitions are there so I run the disk repair while repaiing it come up with 'Incorrect number of threads recorded'... continues throught the other things like checking multi linked files etc. gets to the end then repeats the reparing volume. It automatically did the for 3 times now and its finally finished says
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS Volume Checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
Repair attempted on 1 Volume
1 volume could no be repaired
.. looks obvious to me that there is a problem with the HD that it cant seem to fix.
Does anybody have any ideas what I may be able to do to try and fix this problem or does it sound like the HD is dead?
Thnaks
Wayne

Ive just restarted held down option and managed to boot in windows so I know that this part of the disk partition is running good.
However I tried the Install & Archive option on the Mac partition from the 10.4 System CD and it will only get as far as Varifying destination disk the progress bar move only a couple of mm and thats it.

Am stuck in the grey start-up screen

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