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Mac mini no longer boots
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Hi
Was installing some updates on a mac mimi and the power got pulled!!
Now it wont boot.. and give a boot panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A9C68 etc etc
It then tells me the computer need to be restarted!
It just will not boot!!
PLEASE help me as its not my computer!!
Ive  it right up!!!
Rich
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MacBook Pro 2.2 i7 | 4GB | 128GB SSD ~ 500GB+2TB Externals ~ iPhone 4 32GB
Canon 5DII | EF 24-105mm IS USM | EF 100-400mm L IS USM | 50mm 1.8mkII
iMac | Mac Mini | 42" Panasonic LED HDTV | PS3
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Have you tried booting from the OS X DVD ?
Tried booting into Single User mode ?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I once had this happen with my iMac. It wasn't the cable pulled, but a power-outage.
Didn't come on for a while, and after a while it did.
Can't imagine you f ed your mini up. It's probably just pouting.
PS: I'm using an APC battery pack against power outages. It's also harder to pull a plug accidentally from such a heavy box than from a wall outlet.
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Clinically Insane
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Reinstall the system using archive & install from the install disk.
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Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
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Your OS X installation is hosed, but your data is in all likelihood ok. Do an archive & install and things should be back to normal.
<moderator speak>Oh, and please don't choose such a noisy, undescriptive title. </moderator speak>
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Agreed. Fix your OS and you should be fine.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Thanks guys... for some reason last night in my 'OMG WFT' panic couldnt find the archive and install option!
So if i an do archive and install is the absolutely NO chance it will wipe the data in the user folder etc?
(ps... sorry this was started in the wrong forum.... and sorry about the noisy title... i just soiled myself thats all!!!)
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MacBook Pro 2.2 i7 | 4GB | 128GB SSD ~ 500GB+2TB Externals ~ iPhone 4 32GB
Canon 5DII | EF 24-105mm IS USM | EF 100-400mm L IS USM | 50mm 1.8mkII
iMac | Mac Mini | 42" Panasonic LED HDTV | PS3
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2000
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A&I should not touch user data. Beware though that just because a user account doesn't appear to exist, does by itself not mean the user data isn't still on the drive.
In the very worst case you should be able to use Migration Assistant to copy back user data from your TM drive or from a backup clone (if you made one).
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2006
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All sort and back EXACTLY how it was.... OSX for the win!!
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MacBook Pro 2.2 i7 | 4GB | 128GB SSD ~ 500GB+2TB Externals ~ iPhone 4 32GB
Canon 5DII | EF 24-105mm IS USM | EF 100-400mm L IS USM | 50mm 1.8mkII
iMac | Mac Mini | 42" Panasonic LED HDTV | PS3
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