On 27/01/2005, at 10:15 AM, gary dorn wrote:

iMac A with OS 10.2.8
kids( 8 & 4 year old) playing around it

no longer starts up -ie  spinning bar in start up window

restart with OS 9 cd and reset startup disk to OS 8.6 all okay

used disk utility to verify and repair- but only does classic files
restart off Jaguar  install CD - go to disk utility - verify and repair

says 4 files at fault - repair
again verify - says fault- keys in wrong order - repair

do again same fault- repair

did this again

then retrurn back to OS 8.6, changed startup disk to X

and restarted

spinning wheel at start up and doesn't progress

any suggestions?

chow


Re-install MacOS X. Clean install with archive if necessary.


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