Stuck on dark blue screen on boot up Macbook Pro

I was opening emails and my computer froze and a dark blue screen came up with no words. Then I tried rebutting in safe mode, while holding command r, and in recovery mode. Nothing will boot. Every time the computer gets past the gray screen with the apple logo it goes back to the dark blue screen. I was able to use a lightning cable to get the data i need off the computer in target mode. Any ideas?

How full is your HD? I had this same problem and the Genius Bar guy thought that the lack of space on the HD led to file corruption during virtual memory swapping. After deleting ~10 GB of files (backed up, of course), I re-installed the OS from the install disk and everything seems fine now.

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Hi Heidi,
Do tou mean it only boors to a blue screnn???
If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.
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Hold the mouse down during startup to get the drive to open.
Or use the OPTION key to stop at boot selector and do it then.
I would make sure to have a working bootable backup of your drive at all times, and an emergency boot drive/partition.
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Boot from another drive. Turn off journaling. Repair drive.
Once at Finder desktop, delete the caches folders on your main drive.
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/System/Library/Caches
/System/Library/Extensions.mkext
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Then do Safe Boot from your main drive.
But do install OS X to another drive to work from.
PRAM only affects settings. If you mean PRAM/NVRAM from cold boot, that would help with corrupt nvram due to hardware changes.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86760
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I was downloading a program that was put onto a disk image, then my macbook battery died (forgot it was unplugged). When i plugged it back in and booted it back up, it did the usual tone and apple logo/spinning gear. Shortly after it would go to a pale blue screen and occasionally have a spinning gear, but no matter how long i wait it stays on the same screen.
i have tried everything here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
except i't wont let me start from the install disk (it just goes to the blue screen)
i have the mac os x install disk one and two, but im also not sure what one to put in and if these are the right ones anyways.
I also have a windows xp partition that i CAN access without getting stuck on the blue screen.
So, is the hard drive corrupt even though i can access the windows partition?
Do i need to replace the hard drive?
i cant go to an apple store and get it fixed, i just dont want to drive there (but i will if i need a new hard drive)
this is my first mac and i have only basic knowledge of the operating system.
i think it was running on 10.6 (snow leopard), but i only have the install disks that came with my mac.

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If your under warranty or AppleCare, take it in for service.
You can also hire the services of a local Mac computer support technician experienced in these matters.
Have them look at your Wifi, RAM amount, extra storage and computer backup proceedures in the process.
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bildungsroman wrote:
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Since not one else is jumping in, I’ll give some suggestions.
Try
Mac OS X 10.6: If you see a blue screen at startup - Support - Apple
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7212
OS X Mountain Lion: If you see a blue screen at startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11043
Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/startupitems.html
You can always seek free help at an Apple store of for a fee at an Apple Authorized Service Provider.
Genius reservation http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/ .
or find an Apple Authorized Service Provider https://locate.apple.com/country

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