Boot-up, Shut down & Recovery partition

In-place upgrade from 8.1 to 10. It went well. However the shut-down takes very long to complete as well as the boot-up (when the HP motif on screen disappears to goes into a blank screen for a few seconds - patience is a virtue here as the Windows kicks in eventually). I have no issue with Windows 10 per se but I cannot identify what processes causes it to be slow. Is a new BIOS needed What are your experiences? Is HP able to offer a tool to upgrade the recovery partition: as it stands if the worst case scenario did happen and I was required to restore, I would have to go through Windows 8.1 then Pro upgrade, then Windows 10 upgrade including all the updates in between?

I do understand seeing the sheer volume of postings
Howver, I am frustrated:angryfire:
This morning it took 4 attempts to boot up. I got to the end of the boot up process, Windows loaded, other software loaded then power off o_0it booted fully and is on. it will stay on all day because if I switch off I can get the same on reboot.
My system details are as follows:
Motherboard: MSI 865PE Neo2-P
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz – 533 FSB
PSU
RAIDMAX
DC +3.3V +5V +12V -5V -12V -5 VSB
10A/5A 26.0A 32.0A 13.0A 0.5A 0.8A 2.0A 420W
Memory: Crucial 512MB PC2700 CL2.5
CD ROM: Nec Double Layer 8x max DVD
Hard Drive: Diamond Max Plus9 120GB UDMA133 – Maxtor 6Y120LO
Graphics: ASUS V9570LE TD Geforce FX5700LE 128MB AGP 8x
LAN: Edimax 2.4Ghz - 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card
some Software: Windows XP Pro SP 2 Core Centre Norton Internet Security Asus Smart Doc

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Extremely slow boot and shut down

I've been experiencing VERY slow boot up and shut down times (in excess of one minute for both booting and shutting down). I've removed everything from my login items and I still have the same problem. I have a late 2007 black MacBook with 10.5.3 on it. Any help would be appreciated!

Try running a cache cleaner and clear out all system and user cache files. Onyx is a good freeware application for this. There are several others of course.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html

Cannot boot up, shut down after 5% progress bar

Newbie to Mac OS - recently ported over from Windows since July '12, when I gotten Mac Mini.
Shut down Mini as usual before I went to bed one fine night.
Strangely, I noticed the power light is still on the next morning.
Turn on monitor and saw a strange box with 4 options.
I click X to close it.
I could see the the title of this is Disc Utility.
It also presented me with 3 options now after clicking the X.
"Boot from Macintosh HD something..." or "cancel" or "Restart".
Being a newbie to Mac, I chose Restart, thinking it's a safe bet.
(Things I remember of this is vaguely now).
Now, the Mini refused to boot up.
It'll go to the initial screen with Apple logo.
The spinning wheel is visible.
Also, there's a loading bar below it.
The bar will move like 5% only before it shuts down!
I've tried Safe Boot (holding down shift key), but nothing happen.
I may be doing it wrongly though.
Additional info, while performing shut down that night, keyboard is tuck away cramp in a bag. Could that changed something if some keys were pressed while shutting down?
Also wondering if wireless USB keyboard is working during boot up - in case that nothing happened when buttons are pressed.
Hope to continue my learning journey with Mac OS.
I guess best way of learning and trying things is when episodes like this happen and reading hours of info from the Internet.
Thanks.

Just gotten into Recovery now.
Verify Disk fail - Invalid key length.
Prompted to run Repair Disk.
Repair Disk fail - Invalid key length. The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely.
"Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk... disk, and restore your backed-up files."
Quick question...
1) does this confirm that hdd had failed?
2) is there any way to retrieve data before any replacement?

Boot Camp shut down randomly and took 170GB of space with it?

I own an iMac and I was trying to install bootcamp. I started to partition the disk and I used 170 GB of space for Windows. It was almost half way when my screen froze completely. I had to force shutdown and I turned it back and everything worked perfectly. I checked my disk and it said I only had 10GB left. I did the math and I figured out whenever Boot Camp Assistant shut down, so did my space. Any help?

This can be fixed. First, make a backup of your files.
To do it, I need that you start your iMac from the Snow Leopard disc, holding the C key while your Mac is starting. Then, choose the language and go to Utilities menu (on the menu bar) > Disk Utility.
Now, you will see your OS X volume in the sidebar as Macintosh HD, so select it and repair the drive.
After doing that, select the hard drive at the top of the sidebar and go to Partition tab, so you will see a bar with Macintosh HD and grey space. The only thing you have to do is tp press Macintosh HD at the bottom right corner and drag it to the end of the sidebar. Finally, press Apply and restart the Mac

My iMac G5 1.6 Ghz Won't Boot. Shuts Down at Gray Screen. HELP!

Hi guys. I need some help. I have an iMac G5 that seems to be having some serious problems. It is a 17" 1.6 Ghz w/ 1GB of RAM.
The problem:
• When I press the power button, I get the beautiful Mac chime, and the LCD turns on to the gray apple screen. I get the spinning gray bars below the apple, and then...it shuts down. Sometimes it doesn't even make it to the gray screen and it shuts down.
What I have done recently/tried.
• I installed iLife '06 and all the updates a day or two before this began.
• I reset the PRAM.
• I tried booting in safe-mode...no luck.
• I tried starting from the factory CD. The drive begins to spin, and then it shuts down.
When this first happened (yesterday), I started it in safe-mode, and everything looked ok. I zapped the PRAM, and then started it up, and once again, everything looked ok. That was last night. When I got home from work tonight, none of those things worked, and I am now looking for some help from you guys. Any suggestions? Thanks, in advance, for the help.
BTW, I think I'm running 10.4, but I'm not certain because I can't start it up to tell.

See if your machine falls under the parameters of power supply or video and power issues.
Please post back and let us know,
Miriam

Equium will not boot - how to access Recovery partition?

Hi, my sister has a 2008 Equium A200-1V0 with Vista 32-bit which will not boot (probably due to virus rootkit damage). It loads the BIOS but then goes straight to black screen with flashing cursor.
F8 does not work.
F2 goes to Phoenix TrustedCore Setup utility. The Toshiba hard drive and CD-ROM drive are listed in Main and Boot in the correct order.
Using F12 I can get it to boot from a Win7 64-bit repair disc I burned using my laptop.
However, this does not recognise the OS nor any image or restore points (because it is 64-bit) but it will load Command Prompt.
In *Command Prompt*, I can start Notepad and when I click File/ Open and double click on Computer it shows 4 Hard drives as follows:
Local Disk (C:)
Data (D:) 42 GB free of 54.5 GB
WinRE (E:) 1.11 GB free of 1.46 GB
Boot (X:) 29.0 MB free of 31.5 MB (which is used by the Repair disc)
So the C: drive is listed but without capacity.
*CHKDSK*
chkdsk c: /r and press return
"The type of the file system is NTFS.
Unable to determine volume version and state. CHKDSK aborted.
Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50.
*Running TESTDISK*
Analysis:
Partition Start End Size in Sectors
1 P Windows RE(store) 0 32 33 191 89 26 3072000
2 * HPFS - NTFS 191 89 27 7477 118 1 117051392
3 P HPFS - NTFS 7477 118 2 14592 190 62 114307072 (data)
* = Primary bootable
When doing Quick Search and then P - list files, of the second partition it reports:
"Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged."
So what I would like to do is boot up from Windows Restore on the E drive.
My question is to any Toshiba experts: When F8 does not work how do I use the recovery partition???
Laptop is:
Part Number : PSAF5E-002005KS
Key Features
- Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2310
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
- DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive
- 2,048 (1,024 + 1,024) MB RAM (667 MHz)
- 15.4 " WXGA TFT display 1,280 x 800

*UPDATE*:
I have borrowed a genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit dvd and booted up with that.
Clicked on "Repair your Computer"
Then it goes striaght to System recovery Options but no Operating System is shown. Click Next.
Then:
"Choose a Recovery Tool.
Operating system: Unknown on (Unknown) Local Disk"
*Startup Repair*
This takes 1 second.
Root cause found
System volume on disk is corrupt.
*System Restore*
"X - To Perform an offline System Restore, you must specify which Windows installation you would like to restore.
For example, if the installation located in "C:\Windows" should be restored enter the following command:
rstrui.exe /OFFLINE:C:\Windows "
*Windows Complete PC Restore*
" No valid backup locations could be found.
Windows cannot find a backup on the hard disks or DVDs on this computer. Attach the correct hard disks or insert the last backup DVD and then start the restore process again. "
Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
Windows cannot check for memory problems...[snip]
*Command Prompt*
This is working fine.
CHKSDK C:
The type of file system is NTFS.
Unable to determine volume version and state. CHKDSK aborted.
The HDD is 120 GB and is split by Toshiba into 3 partitions.
C:\ drive (56GB) is bootable with Windows - this is corrupted.
D:\ drive (55 GB) has all Data - fully accessible
E:\ drive is CDROM
F:\ drive (1.46 GB) is the WinRE recovery partition - this is fully accessible.
So my question still remains: can I recover my Toshiba laptop using this recovery partition?
PLEASE NOTE: as mentioned above, pressing F8 during boot has no effect and therefore Safe Mode cannot be accessed.

After install of Mavericks, it looks like my system kernal panics and just sits there. I tried waiting over two nights. Tried reinstalling twice, booting r/s. Recovery partition now has Mavericks as OS. Im running a iMac i3 27 inch circa 2011. Any ideas?

After install of Mavericks, it looks like my system kernal panics and just sits there. I tried waiting over two nights. Tried reinstalling twice, booting ro the repair partition and repairs permissions/drive/verify , with no problems. Tried reseting PVRAM(or whateverit called). Recovery partition now has Mavericks as OS. Im running a iMac i3 27 inch circa 2011. Any ideas? Can still bootcamp into windows.
Thank you

bhadotia wrote:Anyway's the file downloaded from dell to update the partition for Studio 1555 is corrupted (checksums don't match). My partition still doesn't boot. I'm working to fix this and will update my post when I'm done.
The file seems to create the CD/DVD/Image and USB just fine. So I used this only to create a CD image which I then wrote on a blank CD which seems to work fine. Also, I played around a bit and had some partial success in booting the partition. I've updated my original opening post with the new findings.
Whew!! what a waste of time! Never want to do all of this again .
Last edited by bhadotia (2012-03-03 00:05:22)

How to auto boot after shutting down bootcamp Windows?

I have an instructional lab of 30 20" imacs that are running dual-boot, 10.5 & XP SP3. They have bootpicker installed to simplify the selection of which OS to boot to and auto-select Windows at 60 sec. (This is for new computer users and English as a second language users that are not familiar with the dual-boot setups.)
In both OS's we run deepfreeze to protect the configurations from change. I have set the Energy Saver settings in the Mac OS to start or wake at 7am weekdays. Deepfreeze for Windows is set to shut off the Macs at 10PM. This is also set by Deepfreeze in the Mac OS but since they primarily run Windows in this classroom the Mac's are shut down from the Windows side.
After making the auto start setting and shutting them down from Windows once they will no longer auto start the next day or ever again after that. I have tried using pmset to remedy this and have tossed the plist for the settings numerous times. Same thing every time. One auto boot and then none after. I would use a script from ARD to wake them but they are not in the same subnet as my ARD setup and my network group will not configure our switching to allow for it.
Does anyone know how to make the Macs boot consistently, automatically, every day I wish them to boot after being shut down from Windows by Deepfreeze.

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Extremely slow boot and shut down process; very stance crashes;

I have re-installed OSX lion three times already. Everytime I carried out a clean install on my Macbook core duo 2 3Gb ram, 500GB hard drive, 2006 model.
All the times the OS appears to be as slow as ever on booting (approx 2 minutes or more).
The apple logo stays on for quite a while then It disappears and the cursor appears on screen then the logo comes back on again for another couple of seconds and then the desktop slowly appears but still i have to wait for another couple fo seconds before I can use it.
Then once the desktop is up and running if I open safari along with Mail both of them stay unresponsive for a while before I can get to do some work.
Not to mention the shut down process; it takes at times up to 2 minutes.
I checked all the processes in the Activity Monitor and there doesn't seem to be any process slowing or taking loads of memory.
The only app that i could think of is Quicksilver which I have promptly removed/unisntalled without any changes in boot times etc.
Is there any other thing/test I could carry out to find out or resolve this issue??
I have also run disk utility Permission check/fix, disk check from Rescue disk but nothing seems to work and I can't find anything to help on the net.

Try running a cache cleaner and clear out all system and user cache files. Onyx is a good freeware application for this. There are several others of course.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html

MacPRO boots and shuts down in 1 motion

Evevning forum,
After returning home I have tried to bootup my MacPRO (early 2008) and the machine is acting weird. Before I left all was working fine. It seems as soon as I press the start button the computer tries to power up and shuts down straight away, within in seconds. Could this be a power supply issue as many seem to have fallen fate to this issue. If so wha are the cost of a new one?
Thanx in advance

Was it plugged into a UPS?
Was it unplugged from power?
Have you tried an SMC Reset?
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
Symptoms
If your Macintosh computer won't turn on, here's how to troubleshoot it. Please keep in mind that although your computer may display similar symptoms that prevent it from showing video, this article discusses what to do if the computer won't turn on, meaning that when you press the power button:
You don't hear a startup chime.
You don't hear any fan or drive noise.
The power button or power indicator doesn't light up at all.
If your computer doesn't display any video, it may display one or more of these similar symptoms when you press the power button:
You may hear a startup chime.
You may hear fan or drive noise.
You may see the power button or power indicator light up.
If any of these conditions occurs, see Troubleshooting: My computer has no video instead.
Resolution
If your computer won't turn on, try each of these steps:
Make sure that the power cord is plugged into a working wall outlet, and that it's properly connected to the power adapter. (To check if the wall socket is working, plug in a lamp or other electrical device.)
Make sure that the power adapter is properly connected to the power port on the side or back of the computer.
Disconnect all accessories that are plugged into the computer, such as a printer, hub, or other mobile device.
Reset the computer's PMU, SMC, or PRAM. Refer to the instructions for your model:
Portable (iBook or PowerBook)
Mac mini
iMac
Power Mac
Mac Pro
MacBook or MacBook Pro
Other Mac computers
reset SMC For "Mac wont' turn on or boot" and related
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
General purpose Mac troubleshooting guide: Isolating issues in Mac OS X
Creating a temporary user to isolate user-specific problems: Isolating an issue by using another user account
Identifying resource hogs and other tips: Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Starting the computer in "safe mode": Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
To identify potential hardware problems: Apple Hardware Test
General Mac maintenance: Tips to keep your Mac in top form

How can I repair my OS X Boot Disk without a Recovery Partition (Using Disk Utility)

Hey there,
I recently found that my OS X boot partition is corrupt (using DU's "Verify Disk" function). I would like to repair it using Disk Utility, but that would require me to boot from the Recovery Partition, which is a problem...
I have Ubuntu installed on a separate partition on my internal hard drive (using a Hybrid GPT - MBR Setup). Because of this, the Mountain Lion Installer wasn't able to install the Recovery Partition.
What is the best way to get Disk Utility to repair the disk in this situation. I know that I could boot another OS X install from an external hard drive and use that to repair the disk. This is a bad option for me because I don't really have a spare external hard drive that I could use (or partition)... Other than that, I'm clueless
Thanks in advance

Unless you install Mountain Lion properly you'll not have a Recovery HD partition. Your options are to install Mountain Lion on another drive from which to boot the computer should you need to use Disk Utility. Or you can try this:
Boot into single-user mode. After startup is completed you will be in command line mode and should see a prompt with a cursor positioned after it. At the prompt enter the following then press RETURN:
/sbin/fsck -fy
If you receive a message that says "***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****" then re-run the command until you receive a message that says "** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK." If you re-run the command more than seven times and do not get the OK message, then the drive cannot be repaired this way. If you were successful then enter:
reboot
and press RETURN to restart the computer.

Slow booting and shut down. How?

I just bought my macbook pro 13" just a month ago, and now the motherboard has crashed. Sent for repair and is useable now, but the booting up and shutting down took longer than before. What should I do?

Hey Joseph! Thanks for your help. Now the shutting down seems to be faster by a bit. But it still shows the blue screen which i hate to see. Starting was as usual slow.
The only program that needs running upon start up was MSN. And it usually doesn't gets signed in by itself even when it's checked at "auto sign in". And I'm not sure if msn itself is having any issue, or has it got something to do with my mac, because sending messages online was kinda terrible. There were many times where I typed a chunk of messages and after 5-10 mins then they told me that it wasn't sent at all. Plus it keeps logging me out. SO ANNOYED.
And lastly, safari web browser KEEPS CRASHING. that i have to force quit it many many times. I wrote to Apple support alr. Hope that they will get back to me soon abt this. It's kinda frustrating to use it when there are so many issues whereby I don't even know the cause of.
Beth

How to boot on MacMini's recovery partition without screen?

hi,
i'm using my MacMini on Mavericks with my iMac's screen. when i want to see the MacMini, i press cmd-F2 on the iMac's keyboard. so far so good.
problem is now i need to boot on my MacMini's recovery partition (to delete Macintosh HD since i'm selling the MacMini). i rebooted from the MacMini pressing Alt key for a very long time , lost the "MacMini's" screen, and THEN i pressed cmd-F2 on the iMac's keyboard.
unfortunately, there seems to be no way to use the iMac's screen for the MacMini for the above mentioned purpose: i press cmd-F2 but nothing happens.
i tried several times but no success.
please note that when trying to boot the MacMini "normally" (without pressing Alt key), i can see it as usual.
i'm really stuck. any suggestions please?
Thanks

belso wrote:
that means that, without a monitor (which i don't have anyway - apart from my iMac's one), i won't be able to see the recovery partition on the MacMini, right.
my main concern is to erase my MacMini's Macintosh HD before I sell the machine.
as a workaround, i'm considering:
1. doing a simple "install and erase". that would reinstall Mavericks. hope i can do that USING MY iMac's Monitor. is that right?
2. then i'd place plenty of dummy data on the empty new Mavericks install.
3. then i'd do another "install and erase"
please let me know whether such a procedure would make my personal data not retrievable by the person who'll purchase the MacMini.
Thanks.
Correct. You have to use a monitor to view the Recovery HD's OS X Utilities Menu. If there is a way of viewing the Recovery HD - OS X Utilities menu without a monitor, I don't know how.
And as far as preparing your Mac Mini for resale, it's best to put the version of OS X on that the Mac came with:
1. Clone your Mac Mini drive to an external drive so you can use your iMac as a monitor. You can use Carbon Copy Clone or SuperDuper (free for full clones).
2. Boot into the clone from the Mac Mini using the Option/Alt key at restart. And use Disk Utility to erase your Mac Mini's internal HDD. I think you can do a Secure Erase if you're concerned that someone could access files after a format.
3. This is the tricky part without a monitor. Somehow you need to be able to see a screen to boot into Internet Recovery (Command+Option+R) which boots to Apple's server. You'll see the same OS X Utilities menu, but it's from Apple and you can then install the version of OS X that came preinstalled (e.g Mountain Lion, Lion).
I don't know how you can do #3 without a monitor. And I'm assuming your Mac Mini came preinstalled with an OS X version prior to OS X Mavericks.

MacBook Pro won't boot and shut down on its own.

Hi, I am running a Macbook Pro. My problem is that the OS froze during use, and I could not move the cursor. As which point I force shut down by holding the powerswitch. From that point onwards I could not get the machine to boot, it keep getting stuck at the grey screen with Apple icon. After loading at the grey screen for 15-20 mins it shuts down on its own.
I've tried to reset SMC (shift-control-option + power button) and PRAM (Command-Option-P-R) but it dint work. Please help. Thanks.

It appears your problem occured after you upgraded to 10.8.2, but if you did it right after the SSD and RAM switch then it's hard to tell exactly what is causing the issue.
I advise returning back to factory, hold command option r boot and wipe everything and reinstall 10.8
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
If the problem continues, then make a warranty/AppleCare call, hopefully you didn't strip the screw heads or leave any other tell tale damage inside.
If your fine on 10.8.2 for some time, then switch the RAM and do a hardware test extended or Rember or Memtest to make sure the new RAM is not the issue.
If that's fine then Carbon Copy Cloner to the external SSD and hold option key down to boot from it and test that.
Then do the internal SSD switch and test that.
Take your time, Mac's are so finicky and you can't just slap this or that and expect it all to immediatly work like it should.

Boot up, Shut down noise, Audigy Ca

Hi,
If my volume is on, when booting up or shutting down, I get a loud pop from my speakers, as power comes on or off. Normal operation is fine. I usually keep my volume switch turned off unless I am expecting audio. Any ideas?
Thanks.

I do understand seeing the sheer volume of postings
Howver, I am frustrated:angryfire:
This morning it took 4 attempts to boot up. I got to the end of the boot up process, Windows loaded, other software loaded then power off o_0it booted fully and is on. it will stay on all day because if I switch off I can get the same on reboot.
My system details are as follows:
Motherboard: MSI 865PE Neo2-P
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz – 533 FSB
PSU
RAIDMAX
DC +3.3V +5V +12V -5V -12V -5 VSB
10A/5A 26.0A 32.0A 13.0A 0.5A 0.8A 2.0A 420W
Memory: Crucial 512MB PC2700 CL2.5
CD ROM: Nec Double Layer 8x max DVD
Hard Drive: Diamond Max Plus9 120GB UDMA133 – Maxtor 6Y120LO
Graphics: ASUS V9570LE TD Geforce FX5700LE 128MB AGP 8x
LAN: Edimax 2.4Ghz - 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card
some Software: Windows XP Pro SP 2 Core Centre Norton Internet Security Asus Smart Doc

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