On 28/09/2010, at 6:31 AM, Janis Lynn wrote: > > Hi All > > Since upgrading to Snow Leopard my macbook has trouble on start up. I lose > my desk top and only screen saver appears. After several restarts it comes > back. I used disk utility and it said I need to do a disk repair. Can > anyone recommend a free 3rd party disk repair app? I downloaded applejack? > Thanks. > Janis
Hi Janis, One thing you could try is: Startup from the Snow Leopard Installation Disc and use Disk Utility on the Install Disc to 'Repair Disk'. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. C).Then Download the Combo Update from here: <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048> and install. D) After you install the Combo Update, Repair Permissions again, this time from Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. E) Run Software Update and install any updates. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
