Jun 1, 2018 - If your MacBook is not compatible with Internet Recovery let me know. However, I tried again by dd 'ing the same disk image into my USB.
Do you have a disk drive capable of writing 400/800K floppies? Most if not all contemporary floppy drives (oxymoron, I know) are practically limited to 1.44MB support; if you have access to a vintage Mac (any 680x0-based system should do) with a floppy drive capable of using 400/800K disks that you use to create System 6 disks, you should be good to go. Obviously the computer will need an internet connection of sorts or if the computer has a CD drive you could theoretically burn the files to a CD and hope the computer will be able to read the CD-R (which it has for me in the past). Do you have a disk drive capable of writing 400/800K floppies? Most if not all contemporary floppy drives (oxymoron, I know) are practically limited to 1.44MB support; if you have access to a vintage Mac (any 680x0-based system should do) with a floppy drive capable of using 400/800K disks that you use to create System 6 disks, you should be good to go. Obviously the computer will need an internet connection of sorts or if the computer has a CD drive you could theoretically burn the files to a CD and hope the computer will be able to read the CD-R (which it has for me in the past).
Click to expand.When ever I had that problem, the first thing I'd try is to make a new folder on the disk, then drop the 'Finder' and then the 'System' suitcase into the closed folder one at a time. Doing that would often reset the System Folder Pointer to a NEW folder. The name of the new folder doesn't matter. Then, drop them, one at a time, back into the original, closed 'System Folder' to reset the System Folder Pointer to it.
If that didn't work then it was usually time to check the disk with Norton v3.2.1, or there may be a second folder with a 'Finder' and 'System' suitcase inside it.
As I've said before, for me. At one point, I realized that there were plenty of files on my Mac that I didn't need any more, but too many to delete individually. In other cases, your Mac can be experiencing some major malfunctions: constant crashing, locked controls, slow boot times, missing files, etc. Often, the best option to fix these problems would be to reformat your computer and reinstall your OS, but since most of us don't plan on ever taking this drastic measure, we don't obtain a recovery disc or thumb drive. Thankfully, the geniuses over at Apple have made the process easy for us—no need for a disc; no need for a drive—all you need is a decent internet connection. With just a few clicks of some buttons and your Mac is gonna be running like it did the day you got it.
Best of all, this will work with Lion,. Step 1: Back Up Your Files! Okay, so you may have a lot of files that you want to get rid of, but you definitely have some files you want to keep.
In my case, I even have programs I want to keep so I don't have to re-download them after the process is over. Use a writable CD/DVD, a, or any of the multitude of cloud options to keep your important files backed up. You could also create a Time Machine backup, but I wouldn't do a full restore later—just pick and choose things you want back after a fresh install—otherwise it could run just as sluggishly or erratic as it did before. Step 2: Restart Your Computer Once you've double-, triple-, and quadruple-checked your backups, restart your computer. Step 3: Press CMD+R The second you see a grey screen, hold the CMD and R keys down for about 15 seconds, then let go and you'll be taken to OS X Utilities recovery. PLEASE HELP!! Whenever I turn on my iMac, it would load up to the apple logo and shut down after a few seconds.
This happened ever time i tried to turn it back on again. I had a bit of hope but nothing ever changed so I decided to erase my disk and was immediately promoted me to restart my computer.
When I did, it brought me a a symbol of a folder with a question mark which flashed forever. I held the power button to turn it off and hit it to turn it on again while pressing command and R keys at the same time, it brings me a sign of a spinning globe that loads forever.
When I restart it and immediately insert its installation DVD while pressing key C, it brings me the apple logo and stays like that for ages. This is freaking me out. I have read and tried so may solutions online but nothing has changed. Please help me with another way. In summery, my computer has no files and I won't install a new OS. So I'm having a slightly different issue.
I've followed your steps, but every time I hit 'erase,' it brings up a notice saying: 'Disk Erase failed with the error: Couldn't unmount disk.' I've attached a pic of the error. However, on the left one can clearly see the main '500.11 GB Toshiba MK5,' and below it, the 'Macintosh HD' option. This error pops up ONLY when I try to erase the Toshiba drive. But it allowed me to erase the Macintosh HD option. Has my drive been erased nonetheless? Or do I still need to do something else?
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Is all hope lost? FYI: was running Mountain Lion. My original install discs are probably lost for good.