Apple Logo Stays with a Circle Spinning (Late 2007)
I installed some RAM and I added a Mac OS X Leopard into my External Hardrive. I took out my external hardrive and I put it inside the macbook. So I turn it on and it comes with a apple logo. Few seconds, the circle is spinning. The last I had problem with it is that the circle in the bottom freezes out of no were. So since install a program on the external hardrive, now it shows a appe logo with the circle spinning. It been for 20 minutes doing that with out proceeding to the next step.
I am not sure if I should do the trick but I just know that it wont work correctly.
Please help and answer ASAP because I want this to WORK PERFECTLY !!!
Thank you,
DaddyCorrupted
Hello,
Notwithstanding Barry's point; try working through this article.
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