You can also hold cmd + S while booting the mac, then type : fsck -fy
Push return and let the drive repair itself then type : reboot Push return and let the mac reboot. Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 8 Mar 2011, at 12:18, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
