Adrian No, reapplying the Combo update should hopefully get you back to how the computer should have been if you didn’t run out of battery. When manually installing the update make sure you select to install it on the Hard Drive of the Macbook Pro connected via target disk mode, I think its a yellow icon.
Kind Regards Patrick Lawrence On 10/05/11 9:25 AM, "Adrian Skehan" <adrianske...@me.com> wrote: > >Thanks Lawrence, >Should I delete anything from the MacBook before running the Combo? > > >Regards, > >Adrian >adrianske...@me.com > >On 10/05/2011, at 9:16 AM, Patrick Lawrence wrote: > >> >> Adrian >> >> If you have another Mac, boot the MacBook Pro in target disk mode >>connect >> it to a second Mac. Then download and install the 10.6.7 Combo Update >>onto >> the MacBook Pro using the second Mac. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Patrick Lawrence >> >> >> On 10/05/11 8:54 AM, "Adrian Skehan" <adrianske...@me.com> 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 up 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> >> > > > > >-- 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>
