Disk Repair Help Please

Hi,
I'm stuck - Verify Disk tells me to repair it.
I'm on 10.6.7 and put in my Install disc 1 (10.4.6) and Press C
It keeps spitting the disc out - at boot or even booted.
Cannot get to Utilities > Disk Repair - what stupid thing am I missing please?
Thanks,
David

dacio1 wrote:
I have a Mini at work with Snow on it if you're around tomorrow pls?
I'll be here on and off all day Monday.
I'll post this now though. You can hook up your MacBook to the Mini using Target Disk Mode and repair the MacBook using the Mini's Disk Utility's Disk Repair on the Macbook hard drive.
DALE

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Good evening,
Just wondering if you guys can give me any help with regards to my Mid 2010 Mac Mini running Mountain Lion.
I only use the computer for internet browsing and iTunes, I've upgraded the RAM to 8GB myself which was straight forward.
Yesterday I get home from work and the Mac is turned off (I usually leave it on Stand-By). Upon turning it on by the button on the back I get the Apple Logo and the rotating circle, followed by this screen;
[IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/Jonny2modified/6E058BF7-C5CC-4725-BB6E-64 D53168DAD8-11438-00000B443DCDE4DC_zps4a055f0a.jpg[/IMG]
If I click on Disk Utility I've got these options on the left;
[img]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/Jonny2modified/B1377C74-71DB-45B0-B700-11 77B06FC73D-11438-00000B4442D9F747_zps5208f360.jpg[/img]
I've a 160GB external hard drive which has stuff on it now but could transfer that stuff over to a very old and slow laptop if I need the extra space for backing up.
Verify Disk on the top drive gives me this, which looks fine?;
[IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/Jonny2modified/777713AF-708F-4723-B947-2B 9337725A74-11438-00000B444825DEFF_zps957f56f9.jpg[/IMG]
But Disk Repair on the greyed out drive gives me this;
[IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/Jonny2modified/5A6FC9F4-79E9-44DB-ACF3-96 44F9631AEB-11438-00000B444DBBA0CE_zps46e5ea78.jpg[/IMG]
Which doesn't sound good?
The bad bit.. I've not backed up anything since I got the computer, I've got pictures/music on my computer I'd like to keep if possible.. But I don't know anything about backing things up, or how I'd go about it. Sounds pretty terminal from that pop-up message from Apple!
I've got installation disks if I need them.
So you helpful people - What do I need to do first?
Thanks in advance!
(Apologies about the bad pictures, thought it'd be better than nothing though!)

Thanks so far, Viking.
Tried to do the Shift or S key on boot up after/on the chime but nothing.
Will try a wired keyboard tomorrow, will any USB keyboard work to you know? Can borrow one from work if so..
EDIT;
I appear to have got it into Single User Mode. Tried the fsck command, this is what I got back from that;
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/Jonny2modified/19CDDA7A-43CF-4F3C-A4B7-22 BAA013BB53-12042-00000B863A4EDB71_zps64426d37.jpg
Still started up in Disk Utility..
If I try and install Lion again I get this;
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/Jonny2modified/C2691425-5AA3-43B7-B354-58 F1F9AA199B-12042-00000B863E72ED34_zpsc5118a5e.jpg
So, I guess it's dead?

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Hi I am getting a message in disk repair that says "This drive has a hardware problem that can't be repaired. Back up as much as possible and replace disk.
See an Apple Dealer.
It is Media S.M.A.R.T status failing (whatever that means)
Does this mean my hard drive is fried?
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Hi WZZZ
I went out and bought a new iMac. Time Capsule had worked perfectly, so all is wonderful again. I had tried to
back up with another external hard drive before the crash, but it didn't work, so I am glad the TC did it's job.
I am going to get a new hard drive put in the old iMac (it's 6.5 years old). I just upgraded the OS to Snow Leopard
from Tiger, and increased the memory, so if it works for a while as the grandkids computer I will be happy.
I just wanted to thank you for your quick answer. It really helped me to make some decisions.

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Hi again, Donna,
Happy to hear you got rid of Norton!
You say your Mac has not panicked since you got rid of Norton, right? If so, you may have already fixed the kernel panic problem. I have not had a single kernel panic since I uninstalled Norton years ago.
If you do experience another kernel panic, the advice about kernel panics that you got from mrtotes is about the best that most Mac users can do for themselves. As explained in those suggestions, kernel panics are often hardware related. Be sure to disconnect all external devices that are not absolutely necessary when checking for and attempting to solve kernel panics.
You should not need to take your Mac to an Apple Service Technician for kernel panics if you can fix it yourself with the advice you have already been given.
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Next issue: You mention that your Mac runs slow (the beach ball spins for a long time.)
If you multiple applications running, close all but one and see if the problem goes away. If so, you may just be working your Mac too hard. Run fewer apps at a time.
If you have any external devices, including your external CD/DVD drive, connected, unhook them all and check to see if the beach ball goes away. If so, one or more of your devices may be the source of the problem. You can find which by reconnecting only one at a time and then checking to find whether the beach ball comes back. If no one device causes the beach-ball to reappear, try connecting two at once to see if any of your external devices might be conflicting with each other.
Your Mac may need basic Mac OS X maintenance. You have already done a Safe Boot, (and perhaps a disk repair), so try a permissions repair next.
Unless you have set the slider for your computer to "Never" sleep in System Preferences > Energy Saver > Sleep, you should also force background maintenance tasks as explained in
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The article lists several equally effective ways you can do this, I personally use MacJanitor, which is free and very simple to use.
FileVault slows disk operation and adds processor tasks to your Mac. If you have enabled FileVault, turn it off (turning FileVault off can take a while) to see if your beach-ball problem goes away.
One other thing that can cause slow (beach-ball) operation is that your startup disk may be too full. Check free (Available) space with Finder > File > Get Info. If you do not have at least 10 GB of free space, try Increasing available space on your hard disk.
For more comprehensive suggestions on OS X Maintenance, see Gulliver's
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I have mad skills in other areas, but not computer management.    Help appreciated!
My older Macbook Pro is slowing down.   Websites are slow to load, switching from one app to another takes way too long. I looked up reasons and low disk space seems likely. I ran EtreSoft and got the into below.
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Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Support]
GarminGpsControl: Version: 2.8.2.0 Release [Support]
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206 MB iPhoto
73 MB WindowServer
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2.41 GB Active RAM
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391 MB Wired RAM
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when they gifted me the mountain Lion software several years ago.
Mountain Lion was introduced in July 2012. Did the people who gifted you possibly use their Apple ID for the purchase of your OS? If you used your own Apple ID, you should have simply used the one you use for all things app store. The problem with any purchase at the app store is: whatever Apple ID was used to purchase, it willl stay tied to that Apple ID forever. And, purchases from the app store are not transferable.
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