> So that's it, apparently a corrupt file(s), that OSX apparently verified,
> but it wasn't sound. All that cost me way too much of my life, but now I
> get to reap the glory of solving my problem, and hopefully saving others
> from the same fate.So if this works for you, then that validates
I know this is an Old thread, but I recently ran into the same issues
trying to revive an old MacBook Pro 17". I went through a few days of
trying every online tip I could google, and finally... FINALLY.. i had a
eureka moment after reading a thread about doing it manually from the file
downl
