On May 25, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Geke wrote: > A friend of mine using 10.6 got a problem with his boot disk.
What problem? > So he > restored it with Time Machine, but now the Mac doesn't boot from that > disk anymore: it just showed the rotating cogwheel for an hour or > more. Well, it's entirely possible that the underlying issue with the boot disk was never fixed, or that it's a hardware failure. This doesn't necessarily count as 'Time Machine troubles'. Time Machine faithfully copies what's on the hard drive; if it's some issue with a driver or corrupted system file restoring with TM won't fix it. First thing to do is try safe booting: boot while holding down the shift key. If that fixes it, odds are it's fixed. If it boots in safe mode, but not regular mode the problem is in something that isn't loaded in safe mode. Boot in safe mode and look at added drivers, preference panes, etc. This Apple KB article details what happens in Safe Mode: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US> Often booting in verbose mode (hold down Command-V) will tell you exactly what's going on when it fails to boot. Boot from your system or system restore DVD and run Disk Utility on the disk check it for problems. If it's a bad disk, replace the disk, restore from TM and continue. If the disk checks out ok, reformat it, and restore. If restoring from Time Machine after reformatting *still* gives you issues, re-install OS X from the system disks (without using the Time Machine restore option) MAKING SURE to give the first user you create a different name (otherwise the next step will not work). Then use Migration Assistant to selectively restore from the Time Machine backup: just the user files. UNCHECK Applications and System Settings. Re-install applications from your media or re-download them. This is why you keep a list of serial numbers in a safe place... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
