Operating System will not re-install
Hi,
Had problem with CD stuck in drive and operating system crash. Got CD out and operating system CD in (many thanks), but now it won't re-install. Get through all the process up until point of it trying to Finish Up - then says "there were errors installing the software". Have now tried twice. Really don't want to try a re-install wiping all existing data.
To recap, before this I could not launch some applications and got an error message along the lines of "cannot launch application because of shared file library mirror" or something like that. (Hope this is not a virus). Appleworks and Civ 3 would not launch, Filemaker Pro and Dreamweaver did. Restarted machine, took out battery etc - to no avail. Then machine just had circle turning and then finally nothing but flashing operating system icon. Hope it's not dead. Help.
Steph
What it means is the drive's directory is damaged. You have a couple of choices.
1. Use Disk Warrior to repair the drive.
2. Erase and reformat the drive then reinstall everything. If you don't have your data backed up you'll loose everything. You could try connecting it to another Mac and starting it in Firewire target mode to attempt to recover the data but with a damaged directory it pretty iffy that the drive would mount. It's worth trying though.
John
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