Hi Sam - yes, am using the updated boot cd, but not from an external drive. The reason I'm using Diskwarrior is because Disk Utilities says there are problems with my hard drive, and that I need to use my installation CDs to restart, then retry Disk Utilities - but the I can't find the installation CDs anywhere. (Which is another problem, I need to deal with....)
I do have my Snow Leopard disk, I think, so can I use that to install it onto an external drive? (And if my installation CDs have disappeared completely, is it possible to get new ones from Apple?) Best wishes Catherine On 8 Mar 2011, at 11:53, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Catherine > > Did you also update the boot cd? The new version works better from an > external hard drive if you've got one spare, it's easy to install osx on it > then diskwarrior. > > Regards > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 8 Mar 2011, at 10:11, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear All, I am currently trying to use Diskwarrior with my Macbook. I have >> updated DW to DW 4.3 from the Alsop website, and am now ready to go. >> However, it has been a long time since I last used DW, so I'm not sure that >> I'm starting it up properly. >> >> I have just tried to restart my Macbook, whilst holding down the C key, as >> in the instructions, and know that it can take up to 15 minutes. What is >> happening is that I get a black screen, then a grey screen + start-up sound, >> followed by the same black screen/grey screen/start-up sound, and it >> continues in a loop. Is this normal? (I seem to remember just having the >> grey screen in the past). >> >> Best wishes >> Catherine >> >> Catherine Hunt >> [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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
