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Glenn, OK back to where I was a few days ago. I have it booted up in a safe
mode, but no idea what I'm doing.

If I just let it try to boot up it goes from the sound to the Apple logo
gray screen, cog spinning and an then an oblong bar which looks to be
loading but only gets far and then disappears. That just began at start up a
few days ago.

Lost?

Ron

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Glenn Gutierrez <yah@glenngutierrez.com>wrote:

> **
>
>
> To boot from any optical disc: Startup/restart the Mac, insert the disc (if
> it isn't in there already), and hold the C key. The last two steps have to
> be done quickly. I don't like forcing a disc into a slot-loading drive
> without power, so getting it in there while the Mac is off isn't something
> I'd do. Worst case, if it doesn't boot the first time, try again now that
> the disc is already in there. (You can force shutdown by holding the Power
> button for 10 seconds.)
>
> Or: Hold the Option key while booting to get to the Startup Manager. You
> should see your internal HD and the OS X DVD. Select the DVD and hit Return
> or Enter to proceed.
>
> G
>
>
> On 15 Sep 2011, at 1:58 PM, Ron Dragotta wrote:
>
> > At one point I could safe boot, now just a black screen. OK, remedially
> if
> > you will, take me through trying to boot up with my SL DVD. Please
> remember
> > you are talking to mental midget at this point (brain dead). The mouse
> trick
> > still worked, or did a few days ago when I couldn't get the Lion DVD out.
> At
> > this point, nothing to lose. Actually feels quite refreshing. Not much
> > pressure.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Glenn Gutierrez <yah@glenngutierrez.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Ah, I thought you said you could safe-boot.
> >>
> >> If you can completely boot up with the Snow Leopard DVD, then it may
> indeed
> >> be your internal HD going bad. After booting from the CD, you should be
> able
> >> to go up to the Utilities menu and run Disk Utility to check things out
> in a
> >> little more detail.
> >>
> >> To get the DVD back out if things go sideways, you can either reboot and
> >> hold the eject key (or press it repeatedly, as I usually end up doing),
> or
> >> hold the mouse button down (if that old floppy trick still works?). Last
> >> resort: Use the paper clip hole trick after powering back down.
> Basically,
> >> there are a few ways to safely get the disc out. No worries.
> >>
> >> G
>
>
>

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