Macbook freezes on start up, diskwarrior and/or tiger disks not working
Hi,
My laptop slowed whilst I was accessing my wireless modem via the ethernet cable, it wouldn't restart and I waited an hour, but no luck, so I held down the power button to turn off.
Upon turning it on again I got the grey screen, then the apple with the turning 'clock' graphic, which stays for about 4 mins, then shows the 'stop' sign, and flashes up a message saying 'you need to restart your computer'.
I have tried restarting it several times, the same thing happens. Once, I got the icon with the ? and the folder, but this disappeared and the 'stop' sign reappears.
I tried to boot from the os x 10.4 installation CD, by holding c when restarting. It will not boot from this.
I then tried disk warrior, holding c to boot from cd. It will not boot from this.
Is there anything I can try? I think my computer memory was a little too full when it broke down (about 90%), but not sure if this is relevant.
If anyone can help me to at least get my stuff off the laptop I'd be very grateful indeed!
cadorette:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Is there anything I can try? I think my computer memory was a little too full when it broke down (about 90%), but not sure if this is relevant.
I suspect that part of your issue may be due to a too full HDD which may have resulted in a corrupted directory/filesystem. Unfortunately you are not able to boot from Disk Warrior or the install disk to run diagnostics and repairs. Your first priority is to secure your data. Using firewire target disk mode as suggested by BDAqua is your best bet, if your MacBook supports firewire.
Next try checking the filesystem using the method described in the article Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck.
And finally, your computer usage suggests that you might need more storage capacity. I suggest that you consider installing a larger capacity HDD. This is something you can very likely do yourself. If you are interested in this approach don't hesitate to post back for suggestions and directions.
Good luck.
cornelius
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