Frozen Macbook

My macbook is frozen, and rebooting doesn't help. I can move mouse, but nothing happens. Can anyone give advice? Do I need to take it to a service center?

Do you have the OS 10.6 disks. or any utility software like Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro? Post back if you do.
If you don't have any of these disks you have not much chance of doing any trouble shooting by yourself, so take the MB into an Apple store.

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Last night I was awoken out of a sound sleep by a loud grinding noise coming out of my MacBook. This was not a 'hum' or a 'buzz' this was a full nuclear invasion Alert! When I investigated, the Macbook was frozen. The screen was on but the keyboard and mouse were unresponsive. I did a hard reboot (what else was there) and it returned to its happy little self.
I'm worried that this is a failing harddrive. Anyone else have an experience like this? I have an appointment w/ the Genius Bar but I'm not really interested in four hours on the road to get their opinion if they can't do anything until the computer completely dies.
PS. There was NO kernel panic.

A couple of things to try...
1. Run the Disk Utility directly from the DVD. Verify and repair permissions and then verify the drive. See if you get any errors and report back.
2. Run the Apple hardware test, also from the DVD.
3. Reset the PRAM and the SMC. Apple has outlined how to do this on their site.
If none of these things show any errors, that doesn't mean it can't happen again. I'm starting to think these hard drives in the MacBooks are flimsy and bad updates don't help either.

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I have a macbook pro that refuses to get past the start up screen without freezing. Luckily i have a 10.8 partition i can still use, but my mavericks partition (which i need for work) always freezes.
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HI
First time on here so be gentle, please!
I was setting up my new MacBook Air and was transferring information over from my iMac and my wi-fi cut out.
Since then I have had the transferring information box saying "cancelling migration.." under a minute to go for the past few hours!
I haven't a clue how to escape from what is, effectively, a frozen scheme
Can anyone help, please?

Which version of OSX are you running? If it is Lion, startup in disk recovery mode, by holding command-R during the startup process.
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If not, report back here for more advice on how to proceed.
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My 13" Macbook Pro has been working flawlessly for over a year now, but today, I tried to eject my disk and it didn't even register that I hit the eject button. I then tried to restart my computer but it wouldn't even turn off. I quit all the applications beforehand but it didn't work. It then told me to relaunch Finder and now my computer is completely frozen. I have no idea what to do and I need help as soon as possible! I'm desperate!

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My MacBook froze and did a Manuel shoot down and now it won't do an internet recovery it come up with a message "-2000F" what do I do?

That means you either have no Internet connection or are trying to use Internet Recovery with a pre-2010 model.
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OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
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Frozen Macbook Air

My Macbook Air freezes on startup and won't get past the white screen - any suggestions?

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They are called betas for a reason.
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