Finder is broken and i can't handle any files.
Problems began accuring just after i installed some some NTSF format thing for my new Seagate 500gp goflex external harddrive.
I noticed this morning that my computer took much longer to turn on than usual. Once the desktop was loaded i clicked on finder and the dot appeared next to the icon, but the finder never opened (Also, the curser turned to the rainbow loading orb indefinately). Finder never opens. So i forced shutdown (with button). When i restarted my macbook pro it showed the usual grey screen with the apple logo and the circle loading thing. But there was a weird loading bar under the loading circle, the bar disappeared but the screen remained this way for hours before i gave up and shut down the computer again. I restarted my computer with command-s and it eventually got me to my desktop (thank god!). But alas, when i clicked finder it did the same thing, when i clicked the folders they didnt open, and when i clicked the application folder in the dock it no longer showed my applications, but just said the 'show in finder'. When i clicked 'show in finder' a message popup cameup saying finder error -1712. If anyone has any information that will help me solve the problem, i'd appreciate it greatly!
THINGS I HAVE TRIED
1) Doing a software update, it failed saying something was corrupted.
2) Restarting the computer.
3) I'm not very good with computers so idk what to do much more than that.
-Luke
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