I'm not sure what it is doing, but if you do have to reinstall the OS make sure you use the combo update rather than the incremental updates. You can get the combo update from the apple website. Don't use software update.
--- On Mon, 6/1/09, Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> > Subject: [MacGroup] iMac hangs at blue progress bar on startup > To: "Macintosh topics" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 4:18 PM > I have an older "lampshade" iMac that > was recently upgraded to the > most recent system (presumably the latest Tiger) via > Apple's Software > Update program and now it won't start up. It gets all the > way to the > end of the blue progress bar at the "Starting Mac OS X" > screen and > hangs. I've run Disk Warrior and Tech Tool and both found > some volume > directory stuff to repair ... but it still hangs at the > same place. > > Any suggestions, or am I reduced to reinstalling the system > (and all > it's updates)? > > Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
