Yesterday the hard drive on my MacBook Pro went AWOL — directory scrambled so badly that Disk Utility couldn't repair it, hard drive volume wasn't being mounted, no drive found at startup, etc. But drive was visible in Disk Utility and I was able to re-partition it and restore from my Time Machine backup of the night before.
After restoration, all files and apps and system seem to be in place, but I can't boot up in anything other than safe mode (shift-boot). If I try a regular start up, not holding down any keys, it displays the gray screen with the apple and the spinning "cog" for a while and then goes to an all-blue screen and hangs there. If I safe boot, I get a normal start up, but of course without extensions loaded. I've tried the usual fixes: zapping pram, repairing permissions, verifying the disk, etc., but still get this blue-screen hang on a normal boot. Anyone have any suggestions for fixing this? Does anyone know exactly what's going on in the system boot process at the time that the blue screen appears? (In a normal boot the blue screen only displays for a second or two, then the cursor appears, then the desktop. In my case I get the blue screen and never get to the cursor.) Thanks. Dan _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
