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| DATE | Jul 16, 2008 |
| TICKET | #338180 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Macbook not starting up (disk full?) |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.4.X (Tiger) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (Intel) |
| MODEL | MacBook1.1 |
| PROC | 2 GHz |
| RAM | 1 Gb |
| DRIVE | 120 Gb |
| NAME | Håkan |
| USERNAME | Doktor Hawk |
| TECHNICAL | Little Experience |
| ISSUE | Some Troubleshooting |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Macbook not starting up (disk full?)
Doktor Hawk - Jul 16, 2008 - 8:46 pm
Hi,
I have a MacBook 1.1, runnning Mac OSX 10.4.6.
After getting "hard disk full" warnings from running programs, I restarted the computer from the "apple" pull-down menu. The computer "froze" on, showing, the background screen. I therefore pressed the power button to reset, restart, the computer. After pressing the power button to start the computer again all I get is a screen, after normal grey screen with apple logo and "revolving clock", telling me "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart Button". The computer the does the same all over again if I do press the power button.
Starting from C (holding down C after power button), and using the disc tool, I can tell that I have 2.1 Gb free space on hard disk.
Does anyone know how to help me get my computer to start again at all?
Regards,
/haakan
I have a MacBook 1.1, runnning Mac OSX 10.4.6.
After getting "hard disk full" warnings from running programs, I restarted the computer from the "apple" pull-down menu. The computer "froze" on, showing, the background screen. I therefore pressed the power button to reset, restart, the computer. After pressing the power button to start the computer again all I get is a screen, after normal grey screen with apple logo and "revolving clock", telling me "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart Button". The computer the does the same all over again if I do press the power button.
Starting from C (holding down C after power button), and using the disc tool, I can tell that I have 2.1 Gb free space on hard disk.
Does anyone know how to help me get my computer to start again at all?
Regards,
/haakan
nhmac - Jul 17, 2008 - 8:23 am
2G is not enough free space on a 120G disk. You want to always keep at least 10% free disk space. Running too close to full can wreck the system and make it fail to boot.
Have you run disk utility to repair the disk? Do you have another Mac handy that you could connect via firewire? You may need to reinstall the system, which would take some space.
--Beverly
Have you run disk utility to repair the disk? Do you have another Mac handy that you could connect via firewire? You may need to reinstall the system, which would take some space.
--Beverly
Doktor Hawk - Jul 17, 2008 - 5:20 pm
Hi Beverly,
Thank you for your quick response. I used the disk utility tool to repair the disk (but it was OK). I now moved data from my Macbook to an external hard drive, freeing some 20 Gb, after which, following your advice and that from "thexlab" - which made me belive my problem was due to a so-called "kernel panic", I made a reinstallation of the osx - which just completed. The user settings and files seem to be OK. But the os is an older version (no longer 10.4.6) - so I will now attempt to update online.
Perhaps not "home safe" just yet, but at least the computer is now up and running again.
Cheers,
/haakan
Thank you for your quick response. I used the disk utility tool to repair the disk (but it was OK). I now moved data from my Macbook to an external hard drive, freeing some 20 Gb, after which, following your advice and that from "thexlab" - which made me belive my problem was due to a so-called "kernel panic", I made a reinstallation of the osx - which just completed. The user settings and files seem to be OK. But the os is an older version (no longer 10.4.6) - so I will now attempt to update online.
Perhaps not "home safe" just yet, but at least the computer is now up and running again.
Cheers,
/haakan
nhmac - Jul 18, 2008 - 11:23 am
How is this now? Got it updated and back in business?
--Beverly
--Beverly
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