My macbook pro is stuck... Help!!!
My macbook pro restarted when i was updating to the lastest ios but after it reopened, it is froze on a screen with i think are codes... And i tried pressing buttons on keyboard but nothing happens... What shud i do?
Reset PRAM.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11243
If that doesn't help, post more specific details and we'll go from there.
Good luck!
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Unfortunately this means that there is a problem in the boot sector of your hard drive. It might be indicative of a fundamental corruption in the coding that allows your computer to boot your operating system from your hard drive. I had this problem twice and it resulted in me having to get a new hard drive and restore my data.
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Greetings.
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Message was edited by: Olexiy.pDisconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
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