Hi Thanks to all of you for your reply helps. Will work my way down list and hopefully fix the problem.
Cheers Janis On 28/09/2010, at 10:38 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Janis, > > Disk Utility will do the repair itself - it's just that it can't do it on > the start-up volume (a bit like sawing through the branch you're sitting > on). > > So, what you need to do is boot up the macbook from the original DVD disk > that came with your computer - when the macbook is running from this disk > you will be able to use disk utility to repair the disk - asssuming, that > is, that the disk IS repairable. > > If you find the above confusing, Ronni has covered all this in much more > detail in previous posts. > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > on 28/9/10 6:31 AM, Janis Lynn at [email protected] 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 >> >> >> -- 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]> >> > > > > > > > -- 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]> > -- 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]>
