Touch will not boot

It is stuck on Apple screen and will not boot up. What should I do? Other than restore.

I've been having the same problem, as have others. You will have to connect it to your computer and restore it. Here are two threads on the subject that should be helpful:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1637471
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1608953

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TS3694 mi ipod touch will not boot, it goes to the apple logo then shuts off, I tried to restore it but it shuts off while restore is going on then it saids it can not find the device

Hello,
I need help before i go to the apple store for help.
My problem is that I have an Ipod touch which it was working fine but now it will not boot all the way.
It will not show the red bar when is ready to be turn off or reboot when using both buttons to reset it it will only come to the apple logo then goes blank.
I tried to restore via Itunes but same result, it will start showing is doing the extract then it will go blank and get a message saying that It can not find the device.
What do i need to do.
Thank you for your help.
regards,
Mario
PS. The OS I am not sure do not remember exactly.

- Reboot the computer
- Try another USB port
- Try another cable try another cable
- Inspect the dock connector for bend or missing contacts, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

My 32 gig iPOd Touch will not boot up

I have owned my iPod Touch since February and it has worked almost flawlessly all that time. I did update to 2.0 and installed about 50 apps which I have been using for over 2 weeks now and (was) enjoying.
Tonight (I had the Touch under my pillow After sleeping a few hours I checked my my iPod Touch. For some reason the Touch rest and I was seeing the Apple logo. I manually rebooted (reset) the Touch and the Logo stays there for low long periods of time without booting up. I cannot get it to boot up.
I connected the Touch to my iMac and iTunes will not recognize it. In other words the Touch will not mount so I can try a full restore.
Help!
Any suggestions short of taking it back to Apple?
Thanks
Ken

Have you tried entering DFU Mode ??? Sleep/Wake + Home ( until Apple Logo appears ) and then ( quickly ) release only the Sleep/Wake button, and keep pressing Home for another 10 seconds.
PS: iPod will not enter DFU Mode unless connected to computer via USB.
Hope this helps,
Darie.

Help! My iPod touch 2G will not boot up!

My iPod touch 2G will not boot.
Heres the specs of the problem:
It turns on with an Apple logo with a spinning wheel under it.
I have tried editing the hosts file with the Apple server codes.
I have tried restoring 16 times. (I log what I do on it)
The iPod has never been jailbroken.
It is an MC model.
It is 8GB.
Its formated for Windows. (Windows 7)
iTunes 10.4
I have tried "The Tiny Umbrella TSS Server with SHSH blobs for iOS 4.1"
I tried "RecBoot" no luck.
My Mom will kill me if I can't fix this. I am going on a 9 hour vacation ride with 7 year old brothers that get really cranky. I leave August 6th, 2011. So I need to have it fixed before then. So i really, really, really need help!

Try uninstalling iTunes and installing the 10.4 iTunes that came out a few days ago. Click start, run and paste "%Userprofile%\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates" without quotes. Find iPod2,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw and delete it. Try restoring again and Tiny Umbrella is only for iPhones. Do not use it on iPod Touch or various errors appear. iPod Touches can downgrade at any time (idk about iOS 5). If it doesn't work, reply. :)

Mac Pro will not boot - HD and Machine are fine.

Greetings, and thank you in advance for your wisdom.
I have a 12-core Mac Pro, and she has been running like a dream. Once a month I run Onyx. Yesterday I did the same and upon reboot I got the grey apple screen and the spinning progress wheel that never stops spinning.
1. I repaired the HD via Disk Utility. All is fine.
2. The contents of the start-up drive are accessible - so the drive itself is not physically damaged.
3. I installed a new HD and made a copy of this Start-up disk via the Disk Utility. It will not boot from this drive as well.
4. I installed Snow Leopard (still using this) on the new drive to make sure the computer was happy. It fires up fine.
5. Everything is disconnected from the Mac Pro
So, I have obvious, and idiotically damaged the start-up disk using Onyx (assumption).
My life would be much better knowing I could do something that would enable me to boot from my current start-up and that's where I seek your wisdom.
Another question would be: If the above is not possible, if I install a fresh OS on the new drive, and then begin to replace all of the folders from the old drive (applications, library, etc.) will I be able to access my files as I did before. My issue is that I use this for music production, and there are literally close to 100 plugins that all have been registered. Going back through that process again would be days of labor, as some of these were purchases years ago. Tracking down serials would be a task. I think you understand.
So any advice that might prevent me from having to do as I said above will be wonderful.
Thank you all so much.
Lance

Under some circumstances, you may need to reinstall Mac OS X. You can reinstall Mac OS X while keeping your files and user settings intact.
from:
Mac OS X 10.6: Reinstalling Mac OS X
If your Hardware is functioning correctly, and your disk has no un-repaired Directory problems [Hint: run Disk Utility ( Repair Disk ) first] then re-installing Mac OS X modifies ONLY the files that are part of Mac OS X. Your Added Applications, User files (which contain preferences and serial numbers) are not supposed to be touched.

My touch will not stay on even if its pluged in and this started all at once without any warning what can i do? I rebooted it to factory settings then reloaded everything back on it from itunes but it still is not working right at all. cam anyone help me

MY touch will not come on all of a sudden, but when i plug it in it has to boot up and will shut itself down. i have rebooted it to factroy settings and reloaded back up from itunes but still will not work. does anyone have an ideal what would have cauced it to start and how i can fix it?

If you restored to factory defaults/new iPod and are still haveing the problem than an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

Machine will not boot; hard drive makes clicking noise

My G4 will not boot up.
Here are the symptoms:
It passed the hardware test;
Will not perform a safe start - so cannot run disk utility;
Hard drive makes a clicking noise.
I'd appreciate any advice about how to proceed.
pdh

Yes, as mentioned backup now. best not to use your Mac till you do. The drive may fail for good. Here's some tips on replacing your drive (they are pretty inexpensive now);
This is by SDMacuser,
Even if you have never installed nor pulled a HD from a Powermac...... trust me....it is not all that difficult.
I can actually switch internal HD's among 3 separate G4 Towers I own in a matter of minutes (often less than 10 minutes).
Simply power the system down and ground yourself (a grounding strap is recommended or at the very least touching the metal frame to discharge any potential static electricity prior to actually touching the HD or any internal components on your system).
Disconnect the power cable to the back of the HD, then the long ide connector on the back of the HD / cable (pull straight back while grasping the black connector with 2 fingers ... do not yank the actual ribbon cable).
All of my HD's are mounted or bolted to their own metal sleds (either single sled or a dual sled) with 4 screws.
Unscrew the small screw (philips) holding the sled in place on position one below the ide connector or cable. And gently remove the sled & HD from the Powermac without bumping / damaging other internal components.
Remove the 4 screws from the sled itself holding the HD in place. Be careful not to allow the drive to fall once all screws have been removed.
Install the new HD (and make sure to address proper jumpers on the back of the HD itself.)
Now reverse this process with new HD for proper installation into the G4 Powermac.
Any questions just post back.
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IMac will not boot into OSX after startup disk switch in control panel.!

I am having trouble with my son's iMac DV SE (graphite) running Classic and OSX (10.3.9). Typically, the computer runs in OS9 as the startup system because most of the kids' software we run is old and uses Classic. Over the weekend, I changed the startup disk to OSX in the control panels and restarted the computer so I could install some new software. The computer will not boot past the gray apple and progress indicator. I have tried resetting the PRAM, booting from the CD and restarting with the options key depressed to no avail. (Can't do a Safeboot either.) I was able to put the iMac into target mode and access the control panels via my laptop and restart in OS9. I thought I had resolved the issue causing the startup problem, but I was wrong. Now I can't get past the gray apple or access the hard disk through target mode (the iMac hard disk does not appear on the laptop's desktop). Is there a way to force the computer back into OS9 other than holding down the option key at startup? When I try this, I get the hard disk icon, but I can't move it off of OSX. Thanks in advance for any help.

Is there a way to force the computer back into OS9 other than holding down the option key at startup?
Holding down the OPTION key will only work if OS 9 is on a different partition than the OS X installation. If they are on the same partition, it won't work.
One way to get it back to OS 9 is to boot from the OS 9 or OS X installation disc. Then set the control panel, or preference pane, to boot from the OS 9 installed on the hard drive.
Another way is to boot from the OS 9 install disc and perform a clean install of OS 9. This will create a new OS 9 System folder and it will NOT touch any other files on the drive. KB 58176, Mac OS 8.5, Mac OS 9: Performing a Clean Installation

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Hello charleshobby:
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G4 powermac will not boot up nomally unless i boot up in safe mode help ?

My G4 power mac will not boot up when switched on itakes several re boots and somtimes crashes.
Will boot up in safe mode. but this only allows me to use some of the application software i need and not all of them.
Can anyone help I thought it could be the hardisk but why would it boot up in safe mode?

Boot from the Tiger installation disc 1 (hold down 'C' on startup). Don't touch the installer, go to the menu bar and select Disk Utility (I think it's in the Tools menu on Tiger).
In DU, select your internal drive in the sidebar (the top item with the makers name and serial no.). Run Repair Disk.
If problems are reported, run it again until the green message says the disc seems to be OK.
Quit DU, quit the installer and restart.
If DU says there are problems it can't fix, you may need DiskWarrior.
Either way, let us know the results please.
(PS; this is the Intel iMac forum - PPC are next door!)
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New ipad out of the box will not boot up?

I have a new iPad2 new out of the box and will not boot up. It is fully charged and when I touch the sleep/wake botton a usb cable appears with an itunes icon in the center. Nothing happens when I touch the screen. Any thoughts?

Connect it to a computer with iTunes installed.

Iphone 4 will not boot up, the apple logo does not go away

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And then if that fails try this:
What is DFU: Device Firmware Upgrade
Step 1: Turn off your iPod touch / iPhone completely and connect to PC / mac
Step 2: Hold down the Power button for 3 seconds
Step 3: Without releasing the power button, also hold the Home button for 10 seconds
Step 4: Without releasing the home button, release the power button and keep holding the Home button for 20 seconds.
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Many thanks

1> Easiest method to proove disk has failed...
take the disk out, held in by two screws and power on. If bios boot handler sees no disk then it will return "no system disk" message. If this message does not appear it isn't the disk.
2> (using usb floppy) Try a bootable floppy with fdisk. If no disk visible then the disk is dead. If disk is visible and partitions visible, check to see if windows parition is active. If partitions are not visible then the MFT may have become corrupted or overwritten (disks store backups of the MFT in special locations); as a last chance of hope it is possible to restore these.
3> (using pcmcia cd / usb cd) Try booting using a WindowsXP install CD and progress through recovery consoles scandisk.
4> In the event disk is trashed and you have sensitive data you can get an IDE adaptor and try pumping the data off using an NTFS recovery app.
... Alternatively you can use a write copy of Knoppix or disk commander to acheive similar gains.
Good luck.

Ipod touch will not start at all

ipod touch will not start at all...I have tried everything...it got really hot and then went dead

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Emac Will Not Boot From CD

Hi - any help will be greatly appreciated.
I have an eMac G4. My wife was using it when the dreaded spinning ball appeared. She did not know about the force quit procedure and turned the machine off. On reboot the Mac returns almost to where she left it - Question mark > changes to Smiley Mac - spinning ball upper left - clicking noise very faint in Back. CD heard spinning but when holding "C" key will not boot from CD. Using start > Option, CD appears but right arrow returns screen to smiley and spinning ball upper left.
Any idea if she could have mechanically hurt HD when shutting down as ball spun? Why wont the eMac boot up from a bootable CD when holding "C" or option?
Thanks
John B.

Thanks Tom
I've experimented. Reset the PRAM ... reset the PMU. Now I am getting a little different result. The Mac musical sound when booting works (didn't before), but same result.
Interesting notes: The computer does not shut down when shut down using the power key. It is actually in 'sleep' mode because touching any key or moving mouse wakes it up and begins the start-up process.
I attached an external HD with a boot-up disk on it to the eMac and held down 'option' on start-up. Got the correct screen with the OSX CD in tray and HD 120 showing as options. Chose HD, clicked right arrow and got a long kernel panic notice. On re-doing the same, HD did not show at all. OSX CD in tray showed as option but would not highlight. Then I hit return and got a message saying "invalid memory access" with several numbers. Could the memory be corrupted? Bad Ram chip? Should I remove one ram chip and try that?
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John

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