Cant archive & install OR safe mode boot and finder is screwed

I will try and put this all in one post.
- Running a G5 dual processor. For some reason the thing has always taken overnight to repair permissions.
- Lately it only randomly sees DVDs, depending on it's mood.
- After installing 10.3.9 upgrade the finder is all screwed up. Takes half an hour after logging in to settle down. Web browsing and a couple of applications will work, but if you try and use the finder for anything it will give the spinning beachball forever. Even if you try and "save as" a simple text document that will happen, or if you just click on a file on the desktop to get info the beachball comes. It all seems to center around the finder.
- This does not happen when i log in on the "guest" account I made for guests at my house. (however, if you log in as a guest and then try to go to the hard drive to save the files on the other users desktop it will give the beachball as soon as it has to start "looking" over there)
- Tried repairing disk permissions a few times. Tried trashing the finder preferences. Nothing worked.
- Gave up and thought it would be easier to get Tiger, and simply archive and install, but it refuses to "see" the install disk for Tiger. It just spits it out.
- Tried starting in "safe mode" but it freezes the computer and then goes into airplane hanger mode and I have to shut down.
- Tried booting to the Tiger disk by holding down the "C" during boot, and it just spits out the disk.
- tried resetting pram
- Finally in desperation I thought I would just do an archive and install from the ORIGINAL powermac G5 disk 10.3, but after it begins to install it says there was an error and after trying again a couple of times the same error comes up.
- I CANNOT wipe the hard drive as the data is EXTREMELY valuable.
Any help MUCH appreciated.
Thanks

Hello all,
Update:
I have found I have an "Invalid node structure" and when trying to repair the disk it returns "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exite (-9972)
So after reading more, and trying more, it seems I am screwed and am attempting to back everything i have up before wiping the hard drive completely and installing Tiger from the ground up.
Therefore I am changing the subject of this thread and simply asking what i need to do to preserve all my data, preferences, safari bookmarks, iCal dates, etc etc. I have to do this all manually because computer is barely stable at this point, running extremely slow taking hours at a time, and i'm sure cant use a backup program.

Similar Messages

POSReady7x32 F8 Safe mode boot

I have just done a clean install of PoSReady7 32 bit.
No additional drivers or Windows updates installed.
OS boots to desktop ok.
However, when I press F8 and select a safe mode boot option, the OS boots as far as the Welcome screen with the animated circle. At this point it reboots! No error message displayed.
Does the same reboot when I use MSCONFIG to force a safe mode boot.
When I use MSCONFIG to force safe mode boot and also select F8 boot option 'Last known good configuration' then OS boots into safe mode ok.
Anyone got any ideas as to why I cannot get into safe mode by just selecting it from F8 boot menu?

Thanks for the suggestion.
The usual Windows boot menu is already being displayed ok when F8 is pressed before Windows OS starts loading.
Anyway, I entered 'bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes' which completed successfully but it hasn't stopped the OS from rebooting when I use the F8 safe boot option.

After the install upgrade my imac wont load anymore i tried to do a safe mode load and wehn i do at the end of it it tells me that i have a "systemShutdown false" what does this mean

after the install upgrade my imac wont load anymore i tried to do a safe mode load and wehn i do at the end of it it tells me that i have a "systemShutdown false" what does this mean

If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partitirion & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.
If that doesn't help Reinstall the OS.

Successful XP SP3 install, now safe mode only after OSX disk.

Hello, I have an iMac running Leopard 10.5.8.
So yesterday, using an XP Professional Disk with Service Pack 3, I was able to install XP Using Boot Camp. I was in Windows, and was continuing with the next step of inserting the Mac OSX disk to install Boot Camp Drivers, and it was installing well until it suddenly just restarted.
Now, when I try to start Windows normally (through selecting the drive by holding option, ect.) it gets to the Windows XP loading bar then just stops after one scroll and restarts itself. I CAN get into windows XP in safe mode though.
So I can only assume that something the OSX disk installed did not work with XP SP3. When in safe mode I cannot find the Boot Camp Manager in the Control Panel so I assume it never fully installed Boot Camp onto XP (though I can successfully select both OSX and Windows at start up).
So is there a way I can uninstall any drivers that the disk installed? I know that SP3 needs to have Boot Camp 2.1, but I can't get windows to open the installer in safe mode.
Thanks
edit: Forgot to mention, no System Restores to fall back to.

Thanks, that helped me get out of safe mode.
Now though, windows still does not start normally, but if I press F8 and say "Do not restart at system failure" it does continue on into normal Windows bootup.
I have also found what is causing the issues in the boot camp install, when it gets to the RealTek Audio Driver it tries to install and causes it to crash. The boot camp on the CD says it is version 2.1.0, so I don't know exactly what's wrong there.
When I try to install the drivers manually,they all work (expept for the Realtek, which will crash it again). But after restarting, none of it seems to work, though it is displayed in the add/remove software list.
Will 2.2 fix this? I don't know if I can even install it because it doesnt seem to even have successfully installed Boot Camp into XP. Anyone know a way that I can skip the Realtek install part of the autorun of the CD? I get wireless when using autorun (up to the point of the realtek driver of course) but not when I install drivers manually.

Prompts me for a Safe Mode Password and the reenter

When I add a ADDS object powershell still prompts me for a Safe Mode Password and the reenter even thought I have the code below.
Where am I going wrong?
$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "E#$rty1248" -Asplaintext -Force
Install-ADDSForest `
-SafeModeAdministratorPassword $SecurePassword `

Please try it that way:
-safemodeadministratorpassword (convertto-securestring "Password1" -asplaintext -force)
However, this is highly discouraged.
Instead, I would recommend storing the obfuscated password in a file and then re-use it:
$file = "c:\pw.txt"
$pw = read-host -prompt "Password:" -assecurestring
$pw | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content $file
-safemodeadministratorpassword (Get-Content $File | ConvertTo-SecureString)
More details here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574166.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.
Ahmed MALEK
My Website Link
My Linkedin Profile
My MVP Profile

HELP! MacBook Pro 17" Won't Boot-Grey Screen-Errors During Verbose Safe Mode Boot

Booting regularly it hangs on the grey screen, if it does go into desktop, it freezes and won't do anything.
I did disk check and repair even though it found no errors, and did verify and fix permissions since it showed a LOT of permission errors. Still won't boot into desktop though.
Ran safe mode verbose and got the following disk0s2 I/O Errors-What does this mean??? Hard drive problem?
I have reload OS X 3 times in the past few weeks because of freezing issues in Mavericks and stuck with Mountain Lion and it was running fine until I went to boot up this morning after a clean shut down and won't boot up ever since.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e389/RIPNHL2005/photo_zpsb0d8d5cf.jpg
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/RIPNHL2005/media/photo_zpsb0d8d5cf.jpg.html
Please help.....This is my main laptop and job search tool.....
Thanks!!!

Is this the right drive config for the macbook pro?
Is Western Digital no good? Best Buy has them in stock.....
HGST
500GB Travelstar™ Z5K500 Hard Disk Drive
2.5-Inch | SATA 3.0Gb/s | 5400RPM | 8MB Cache
High-performance, high-capacity mobile storage for notebook PCs and other applications
Low Profile - 7mm thickness for slim designs
High Capacity - Up to 500GB
Quiet Operation - Enjoy a richer audio-listening experience
Travelstar Z5K500 is the second generation 7mm, 5400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drive from HGST, with capacities ranging from 250GB to 500GB, and the second generation Advanced Format drive. Advanced Format increases the physical sector size on HDDs from 512 bytes to 4,096 (4K) bytes, which improves drive capacities and error correction capabilities. The 500GB per platter, one-disk models are designed as a direct replacement for standard 9.5mm HDDs, for use in notebook PCs, external storage and gaming consoles, as well as new, thinner and more robust device designs. The Z5K500 carries the EcoTrac classification due to its low-power consumption and eco-friendly, halogen-free production. Travelstar Z5K500 delivers the right balance of capacity, power-management and design flexibility to meet the needs of mobile applications.

'Famous' blue screen at startup AND safe mode boot failure

Dear all,
Two days ago, after installing the new Java update/airport update and restarting, I encountered a 'blue screen' on startup after getting past the mac symbol and swirling cog. I cannot say whether the updates were the cause (doubtful) of if my cheap USB mouse that was still plugged it caused it or whether i have the dreaded 'bad sectors.' The cause aside, here is what i've tried to fix the issue:
1) Disk Utility - Verification (OK'd) and Repairs (fine)
2) Disk Utility - Verification of Permissions (a few needed to be done) All repaired
-blue screen-
-Restart after period-
3) Rebooting in safe mode, removing startup items from the login items settings menu
4) Removing startup items from System/Library/StartupItems folders
5) Remove airport extensions (recent - date modified in list view)
(NB - safe mode i could say my desktop perfectl in original form and all files!)
-Restart-
-no longer able to start in safe mode-
-blue screen remains-
6)Single User mode -
resetting preference files (loginwindow.plist and windowserver.plist)
Finally system profiler from Tiger DVD states:
*Permissions repaired
*Dependency errors: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily & com.apple.kernel.iokit no valid version found
*Integrity: kext has no receipt
I backed up most my data from the LAST crash, but recent music/1000 photos and others have been backed up altho i've been meaning to! Help!
I'M PANICKING now can no longer get in SAFE MODE!!
Please help Mac911!!!!
Charlie
G3 iBook 800mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Update:
So, I managed to do ALL that you said, EXCEPT, the reboot and work fine business.
I created the admin account which works fine. So now I can see three user accounts (looks like there as already an admin type one).
The one I created works fine, only, I can only access/see the login screen through a safe boot, (otherwise blue screens...) . I can get into the admin account fine, but when restarting and logging in as my original user account it won't boot. Something is very wrong in MY user account. I think at this point my data there is still retrievable somehow for a backup, clean start. but i haven't reached that point yet.
Anyone have any clues what migt have caused the error in my user login?
One of the things I tried (too hastily now i admit) first was to remove the recently added updates from the extensions folder. has this exacerbated the problem? Can i put them back without logging in as me??
remember from my first post system profiler says software/extensions integrity 'kext has no receipt' and dependency errors: 'com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily and com.apple.kernel.iokit; no valid version found' - whereas in my newly created admin account it appears AOK.
is this the source?
any ideas anyone?
sorry lots of queries here but i am ever hopeful.....
All yours,
Charlie
G3 iBook 800mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Nothings working safe mode boot from cd and start up

Safe mode won't work
Boot from cd won't work
Os is gone because I have a extra partition for some weirdreason and only boots in hd recovery

Boot from the recovery partition (Command +R on boot) and use disk utility to repair your OS 10.7 partition.

First windows only safe mode boots. Now system won't power up. :(

First A Hearty Thank You
First of all, thank you all for helping me with my issues here( https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=50738&sid=&hilight=Bamaboy ). And thanks Bas for the heads up on the 1 Gig of RAM thing with Windows98. That's one possibility I hadn't even considered. (But it still seems strange that it would even go into safe-mode witth the 1gig, does it not? )
But A Whole New Gremlin Rises To Challenge Me
But now I have a whole new issue that may prevent me from even trying your suggestions from before. While experimenting on different ways to get my system running, I took off one of the front panel USB connectors and inserted the D-Bracket thingie, and the system booted once normally (well, normal meaning I could access the BIOS/Windows Safe mode, etc ). And after that, it won't boot at all!
*sigh*
How do I kill THIS Gremlin?
Does anyone have any idea what the problem could have been? I didn't smell anything fun, so I don't think anything fried, but I could be wrong. I've tried turning off and disconnecting the power supply, but nothing. The fan don't come on, and I don't hear anything powering up at all.
Any ideas?

Not sure exactly what I did to do the trick. I unplugged one of the front panel USB connectors as suggested, and I turned off and unplugged the PSU and restarted. And everything powered up! I still have no idea why this worked, but I'm not complaining.
Now I'm at least back to square one of trying to figure out how to get Win98 to load up.

Safe mode boot?

hello, i am trying to start photoshop CS6 in safe mode to solve some strange application behavior..Can someone give me instructions how to do it?

It's an interesting idea though. One issue might be screen resolution. Photoshop needs a minimum screen size in pixels, and you probably going to be looking at SVGA (according to your monitor's aspect ratio). You can give it a go though, and I think 1024 x 768 was the minumum spec for Photoshop so you might be OK.
F8 on boot is a common switch for Safe Mode with PC systems, but Google your particular hardware if that doesn't work. You may find you have to repeatedly hit F8 while starting the computer to hit the right moment.
Note: Your desktop icons might be scruched into a corner when you next start the computer normally after Safe Mode.

New tab page was fine for MONTHS, had an image I uploaded. Today, I got a 'safe' mode whatever, and my image is gone. How do I restore it, so my image comes up?

I had set up my new tab page with an image I uploaded. It worked fine for months, if not years.
Today, I got a 'crash' that asked me to start Firefox in 'safe' mode or 'restore'. I chose 'restore'.
Thereupon, my image was gone from my new tab page. I cannot find how to restore it, and add ons that supposedly allow me to add my own image are not helpful. At least, I cannot figure them out.
Can you provide help on a computer for dummies level?

Sounds that you have reset Firefox and created a new profile.
You can try to create a new profile or reset Firefox.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Managing+profiles
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems
When you reset Firefox then a new profile is created and some personal data (bookmarks, history, cookies, passwords, form data) is automatically imported and the current profile folder will be moved to the desktop to an "Old Firefox Data" folder.<br />
Installed extensions and other customizations (toolbars, prefs) that you have made are lost and need to be redone.
It is possible to recover more data from the old profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over the problem.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
You can try to restore the prefs.js file and copy this file from the "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop shortcut to the current Firefox program folder.
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)

Boot issues with Win98. Safe Mode Boot only. Not all drives detected...

Hello guys! This is a great source of information and I've learned a TON browsing this place (on company time, hehe), but I've hit a road block that I can't maneuver around.
System Config
Neo K8T Neo Fisr mobo
Athlon64 3200+ CPU
1 Gig Kingston RAM
Ti4200 64 MB video card
520 Watt Antec Power Supply (after getting schooled by Bas's great posts on the importance of PSUs, I found out my lame-o 350 watt (!!!!) PSU, errr, ain't gonna quite cut it.)
Problem:
Windows98 won't boot all the way to normal mode. It only boots to safe mode. Apparently a driver issue?
Symptoms/Clues:
- Only detects my Western Digital harddrive (and only after some finegling)
- Wierdness with my 1.44 3.5" floppy (A:) drive. At first the BIOS would tell me the A: drive was there, regardless of whether it was plugged in. Then I plugged in the A: drive and Win98 in safe mode couldn't read from it. Right now, I don't have my A: drive connected and it's not in my Boot Order sequence (hard drive only for now).
- BIOS doesn't detect my new CD-ROM (SONY) drive at all. Note, this is a brand new drive that was NOT on my old system.
- I disabled the S.ATA controller. (This was confusing because there's an option to disable some SATA thing under an "Integrated Peripherals" menu. However, there's another setting to disable s SATA thing under a PCI Controller's menu. Seemed vague to me,, but then it's been a while since I've done this sort of thing.)
- I cleared the CMOS earlier because of wierdness were the system would hang on bootup and would ask me about starting a "Flash Recovery" process, upon which it would just sit there ( I left it running overnight once).
Call for help
Unfortunately I have no boot floppies, so I was hoping this was something I could fix without one, perhaps by changing some BIOS settings. Maybe it's a RealTek Boot Agent thing?
Any help is appreciated!
BamaBoy

Im running win 98se with no real problems, and its doing so well that I still dont even feel like trying anything else..........
I'd say RE-clear your c-mos , using the jumper, and unplugging the power for 5 seconds..... then reset your bios settings.......Also, maybe just reinstall the via 4-in1 chipset drivers...... I remember fiddling with some bios setttings before, like the acpi by os or by bios etc.... that helped.....but its been awhile......The great thing about 98 is that you CAN tweak so much.......
You can reinstall over itself also, which can help redetect the hardware, yyou should always have the 98 files on the hard drive so you dont need the floppy or cd...... So many things you can try....... Resolve yourself to trying as many as possible , its fun when you get it right........... My prob. is that I never remember what I did to fix stuff heheheheh.......good luck
ps, the "flash recovery" thingy has to do with the realtek ethernet lan thingy....which you should disable in its bios.....I forgot how to get to it, I think F11 or something like that while it shows when you are booting....Then it will still ask when you boot, but wwont hang......

Cant get out of safe mode

HP tech support took over my computer in an attempt to fix a problem with my HP printer. The screen has been turned back to me in the safe mode. I have attempted several time to close the safe mode and go to normal mode using on screen instructions
from Windows Help and Support but nothing works. HELP. Thank you

Hi,
You can also try this registry fix:
Safe boot is administered in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Option]
"OptionValue"=dword:00000001
You can change OptionValue back to 0 the return to normal mode (after reboot).
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Accessing menus is very slow unless I'm in safe mode. And I've tried everything I've found on the help pages.

If I go in using safe mode the menus work fine. If I don't the time it takes to get the sub-menu is several minutes. I've tried "disabling the add-ons" and "resetting the controls" but that doesn't affect it. It is still slow if I'm out of safe mode. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling it. And I've tried deleting the "Program Files" directory it occupies in-between uninstalls and installs, too. I've also tried getting rid of Firefox and the Mozilla Maintenance Service at the same time, too, just in case. Nothing works.
I get the following error if I look at "the console": mutating the [[Prototype]] of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial [[Prototype]] value using Object.create
resource://gre/components/steelApplication.js Line 783
And I've tried looking at all the other forum posts complaining about this "mutating the prototype of an object" error.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Same issue reported at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1052155 so locking this topic

I'd still like some help on this: Accessing menus is very slow unless I'm in safe mode. And I've tried everything I've found on the help pages.

If I go in using safe mode the menus work fine. If I don't the time it takes to get the sub-menu is several minutes. I've tried "disabling the add-ons" and "resetting the controls" but that doesn't affect it. It is still slow if I'm out of safe mode. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling it. And I've tried deleting the "Program Files" directory it occupies in-between uninstalls and installs, too. I've also tried getting rid of Firefox and the Mozilla Maintenance Service at the same time, too, just in case. Nothing works.
I get the following error if I look at "the console": mutating the Prototype of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial Prototype value using Object.create
resource://gre/components/steelApplication.js Line 783
And I've tried looking at all the other forum posts complaining about this "mutating the prototype of an object" error.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I had this problem for about a year or so. I can't remember how long I had it. I just began using safe mode all the time, so I could still use Thunderbird. I had already tried what Christ1 had recommended, too ("You can try to disable all extensions and then enable one at a time until Thunderbird starts getting slow again.").
Then one day fairly recently the problem just disappeared. I didn't do anything. I'd been upgrading Thunderbird regularly, all during the time I had the problem, too. And I'd already tried all the various solutions that had been offered on the web. It just magically disappeared one day. Oddly, I was kind of expecting that would happen. I'd just wanted it to work a lot sooner.

Cant archive & install OR safe mode boot and finder is screwed

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for