Hi Adrian, I'm just curious to know why you didn't plug the MacBook Pro adapter in when you noticed the battery was almost drained.
Cheers, Carlo On 2011-05-10, at 08:54, Adrian Skehan wrote: > > Good morning all, > > Yesterday I ran the latest apple update (iPhoto and Font) on my iMac and > MacBook Pro, the iMac update went OK but I was called away before the MacBook > Pro (Intel OS 10.6.7) had finished so I left it running, on my return I found > that I had neglected to connect the external power to the thing and the > battery was all but totally discharged, when I tried to shut it down I got > endless error messages saying that certain files could not be accessed > (didn't think to write it down) and had to force the shut down via the start > button. the consequence of all this is that it wont boot up past the grey > screen and the ever rotating wheel. > > Zapping the Pram had no effect. > > DiskWarrior 4.3 reported the following: > • 5 files had a directory entry with an incorrect text encoding value that > was repaired. > • 5 folders had a directory entry with an incorrect custom icon flag that was > repaired. > • Incorrect values in the Volume Information were repaired. > > A second DW scan came up with No Errors. > > Booted ut holding down the Command and S keys. Ran the FSCK -FY this showed > No Errors. > > Checked the Volume Structure, File Structure and Surface Scan for bad block > using TechTools Pro 5.0.7, No Errors found. > > Looking at it in Target mode everything looks to be in order. > > Can anyone suggest something else I can try before I resort to reinstalling > the system please. > > > > > Adrian Skehan > adrianske...@me.com > > > Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Model: MacBook Pro > Processor: Intel > > > > > > > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
