Installation failure... all data gone?
Howdy folks,
I think I might have made a serious mistake, in one way or another. I went to do an upgrade on my MacBook Pro, but I was so excited that I forgot to make a backup copy of anything. The DVD check was at 6% when I decided to skip it, I looked away for a minute, and there was an error message on my screen telling me that the installation could not be completed. No other specific information. When I went to try again, it informed me that I would have to do a complete wipe and reinstall on my disk. So, I guess that means the aborted install corrupted my disk? If so, is there anything I can do to save the data on it? What on earth could cause an error so quickly after the beginning? Is there a key combination I can use to eject the install disk during boot-up? Thanks for any help you can offer.
-Joshua
Edit: I ran a verification on the disk using the Disk Utility, and this is what it gave me:
"Invalid node structure.
Volume check failed.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed"
Is there some way I can transfer a few of my files to an external hard disk or something?
Message was edited by: Rekishika
Message was edited by: Rekishika
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You can hold down your mouse button during boot to eject dvd.
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