Also, if it's suffering a kernel panic at startup try the following : Boot holding down alt + cmd + P + R until you hear the startup chime twice Switch the machine off, remove the battery & power, hold the power button down for 10 secs, reassemble and switch on
If that doesn't work : pop your original OS X installer DVD (or Snow Leopard upgrade disc would be better) into the MacBook on startup and hold C on the keyboard. Once it's started from the DVD you should be able to go to the Utilities menu > Disk Utility > run disk repair on your hard drive. If that doesn't sort it then you'll have to do an archive and reinstallation: 10.5 > Click on Options when asked to select a drive to install OS X on, choose Archive & Reinstall > tick "Preserve User & Network Settings" 10.6 > Just select the internal hard drive as usual, default installation is Archive & Reinstall 10.4 > buy the Snow Leopard upgrade disc and see above…. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
