That's what I was going to say.
On Aug 14, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > How about a new hard drive? > > Saturday, August 14, 201010:14 AMDan [email protected] > >> 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 > -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137 Kentuckiana's FileMaker Users Group: Listserv signup: http://fmpug.com/mailman/listinfo/louisville_fmpug.com Blog: http://kyfmp.com Next meeting: 9/16/10 1:00 pm _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
