Hi Peter, I believe that DiskWarrior 4.2 is for Snow Leopard. You will need DiskWarrior 4.1 for Leopard.
Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 18/01/2013, at 9:01 AM, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so my Dad kindly sent me Disc Warrior (for Leopard and Snow Leopard) and > I put it in and did a restart whilst holding "c". The DVD drive spun > indicating it was booting from the DW disc. I left it all night last night > and this morning still grey screen but with Apple icon and the spinning > spinner thing. > > I will eject this disc and try with the OS disc to see if that gets anywhere. > > I think it's cactus. > > Regards > > Pete > > On 13/01/2013, at 4:26 PM, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Peter & Susan, >> >> I'm having a break from WAMUG.... but in this instance... I felt I should >> contribute. >> >> On startup a Circle/Slash (Prohibitory Sign) means your Mac can’t find a >> valid Startup Disk. >> >> This can indicate a corrupt installation of Mac OS X or a failed (or >> failing) hard drive. >> >> A pass through the excellent DiskWarrior utility is highly recommended for >> any disk-related startup problems. >> You can also try Apple Disk Utility (booted from the installation disc as >> Susan has already mentioned), or another third-party utility like TechTool >> Pro or Drive Genius to try to repair the disk. >> >> If the drive is OK after repairs but the Mac still won’t boot, do an Archive >> & Install of Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) to replace the operating system. >> >> If Mountain Lion: Reinstall Mountain Lion >> >> Restart your Mac holding the cmd+r keys. >> >> When Mountain Lion installs it creates a special small, hidden Recovery >> Volume on your hard drive. >> Booting cmd-r will boot your Mac into that Recovery Volume. >> <http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/> >> >> The screen should give you these choices... >> >> Restore from TM backup >> Reinstall Mac OS X >> Get help online >> Disk Utility >> >> Choose Reinstall OS X. This will be an install in place and won't affect any >> of your own data. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni back to her break from WAMUG >> >> On 13/01/2013, at 4:04 PM, Susan Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter, I did a quick google and found this question and answer which >>> solved someone's problem. If your son has the original install disk he >>> should boot up in from the install disk, by holding down "c" when starting >>> up. He can then run disk utility on his hard drive to check for problems as >>> a first step. Also, we need to know which operating system he is running. >>> >>> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/271143-macbook-pro-wont-boot-up-no-recovery-disk.html >>> Regards, Susan >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 13/01/2013, at 12:59 PM, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> My 12 yo's MacBook has refused to boot up after shutting down in the >>>> normal way a few nights ago. >>>> >>>> I am remote so trying to resolve this remotely from him is a bit >>>> challenging. >>>> >>>> I did a quick google and it suggested to try boot up in Safe mode. >>>> >>>> He tried this but screen stays on the grey screen with a circle with a >>>> diagonal slash through it the whole time. I left overnight thinking it >>>> might be processing but to no avail. >>>> >>>> Are there a series of steps to go through to maybe work this out? >>>> >>>> We have full backup on Time Capsule to restore content if it turns ugly. >>>> >>>> Any tips appreciated. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Pete >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130113/fb9c2d53/attachment.htm >> >> -- 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> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130118/67049fba/attachment.htm -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
