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OSX crashed while installing updates: Help pls!
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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I was doing a fresh install because I got my computer back from apple today. Everything was working well up until it crashed on the last update. Now when I turn it on it just enters the Grey screen and has a circle with a line going through it, and below it says it's thinking. The thinking never stops!
**Sending it into apple has nothing to with hardware problems, this occured after I got my computer back and I decided to do a fresh install.**
What can I do???
I already tried inserting the recover cd?
Thanks
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: London, UK
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Can you startup from the install disk? You will probably need to re-install and update everything from there.
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Originally posted by wulf:
Can you startup from the install disk? You will probably need to re-install and update everything from there.
Nope its stuck in the machine, and when i start up it does nothing.
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Presumably you've already tried starting up while holding down 'c' (to force startup from the CD).
You can also try starting up while holding down 'alt', which should bring up a grey screen allowing you to choose from any available system disks. Sometimes this is a good way to find out if your machine can see any system at all
Also, holding down the mouse button on startup should eject any CD (or DVD) in the drive, if you want to try changing it, or starting without it.
HTH.
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Originally posted by wulf:
Presumably you've already tried starting up while holding down 'c' (to force startup from the CD).
You can also try starting up while holding down 'alt', which should bring up a grey screen allowing you to choose from any available system disks. Sometimes this is a good way to find out if your machine can see any system at all
Also, holding down the mouse button on startup should eject any CD (or DVD) in the drive, if you want to try changing it, or starting without it.
HTH.
Hey you learn something everyday! I just 3 things in one post.
Holding down C brought up the CD, now I am installing again! Thanks!
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