Hrmm, during boot hold down Command+V for a verbose boot. A whole bunch of text will appear, but the last couple of lines displayed should hopefully give us some indication of why its not booting.
Kind Regards Patrick Lawrence On 10/05/11 10:45 AM, "Adrian Skehan" <adrianske...@me.com> wrote: > >Thanks Patrick, > >I have done what you suggested but unfortunately it made no difference, >it still wont go past the grey screen during boot up. > > >Regards, > >Adrian >adrianske...@me.com > >On 10/05/2011, at 10:29 AM, Patrick Lawrence wrote: > >> 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> >> > > > > >-- 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>
