Trouble with software update

The last time I was able to get online and do a software update, I was on a time constraint and by the time my computer was done and ready to re-start. I had to shut down and leave my internet access. Now my computer freezes after the gray apple screen and flashes back and forth between light blue and blue screens and wont start up past the blue screen. Even after bringing it to a place where it got an internet signal, it won't do anything but flash back and forth blue, light blue, blue, light blue. AHHHHHHHHH Help please

don't ever interrupt an update in the middle of an installation! Your options right now are quite limited. If you have access to another mac you can try installing the update from there. reboot your computer and hold "t" at the chime. this will boot it in target mode. connect it to another mac, download the update you were trying to install from the apple site and run it. on the screen where you choose the destination drive to install the update choose your Mac. let the update finish and restart your mac.
If this doesn't work, do an [archive and install|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710?viewlocale=en_US].

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1725
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I guess you have no time-machine or carbon copy cloner backup at hand.. then you will go a manual way.
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