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#570601 - 02/04/12 06:58 PM I am in deep trouble
KateSorensen 77 and counting Registered: 05/19/01 Posts: 3665	. My iMac will not start up. My 4.3 DisdWarrior DVD is stuck in disk drive. I chose a partition to boot from called DW for Intel systems. IMac now wont boot so I can change startup drive. When I choose DW disk to boot from by holding down letter "c" at startup, it gets stuck on spinning gear. I've searched around Gogle and Apple support forums without luck. I dont have ApplrCare. I am flustrated. :-) I think I can call Apple and pay per incident call or something -- I think. If I try to get help here, I get so d a m n e d mixed up. Getting too old -- too old. /rant Good thing for trusty iPad! . _________________________
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#570602 - 02/04/12 07:02 PM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: KateSorensen]
NucleusG4 MasterBlaster Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 9793 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Try to get the DVD out by restarting and holding down the mouse button till it gets to desktop..? _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#570604 - 02/04/12 07:09 PM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: NucleusG4]
KateSorensen 77 and counting Registered: 05/19/01 Posts: 3665	. My iMac will not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I need to designate new startup drive --the internal hard drive. But My iMac will not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edited by KateSorensen (02/04/12 07:11 PM) _________________________
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#570607 - 02/04/12 07:24 PM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: KateSorensen]
NucleusG4 MasterBlaster Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 9793 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Unplug iMac for 10+ minutes and try again. _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#570610 - 02/04/12 07:34 PM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: KateSorensen]
Jim_ aka Reboot Registered: 04/21/02 Posts: 12959 Loc: Columbus OH	Hold down the Option key right after you hear the startup chime, it will get to a screen where you can choose the startup disc. _________________________ AppleCentral Trivia MM-MCF Trivia Call the Doctor
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#570613 - 02/04/12 09:29 PM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: Jim_]
KateSorensen 77 and counting Registered: 05/19/01 Posts: 3665	. Originally Posted By: Reboot Hold down the Option key right after you hear the startup chime, it will get to a screen where you can choose the startup disc. Hey! That's a good tip. Didn't get a chance to try it. Since I ranted and rested up a while, I tried target mode. Nearly forgot about my backup iMac in the other room. It allowed me to choose to eject the CD, the partitions, or all. I chose CD. Nothing happened. But I exited Target Disk. rebooted mucked up iMac and held down that key on top row to eject disk. It ejected and I was back on my iMac Hard Drive. Phew!! Please remember that startup disc hint for me will ya. I may need it some day. Thanks Reboot and Nuc. . Edited by KateSorensen (02/04/12 09:31 PM) Edit Reason: tried to make it readable. _________________________
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#570622 - 02/05/12 04:10 AM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: KateSorensen]
NucleusG4 MasterBlaster Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 9793 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Great! Bet you were sweating it...lol. You do have a back up, right? _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#570629 - 02/05/12 06:45 AM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: NucleusG4]
KateSorensen 77 and counting Registered: 05/19/01 Posts: 3665	. Yeah, iMac is back. Now I read up some more how to use DiskWarrior. Propely! . Edited by KateSorensen (02/05/12 06:46 AM) _________________________
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#570631 - 02/05/12 07:02 AM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: KateSorensen]
Jim_ aka Reboot Registered: 04/21/02 Posts: 12959 Loc: Columbus OH	W Originally Posted By: KateSorensen . Yeah, iMac is back. Now I read up some more how to use DiskWarrior. DW takes a really long time to boot from the DVD. It also may be too old a version to boot your iMac if it's a new iMac. Alsoft's tech support is pretty good. They can tell you if the DW version you have will work with your iMac if we can't figure it out. What version does it say on the front of the DVD. What is the model # of your iMac, System Profiler will have it. It should say iMac 4,1 or something in the number-comma-number format. _________________________ AppleCentral Trivia MM-MCF Trivia Call the Doctor
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#570634 - 02/05/12 07:37 AM Re: I am in deep trouble [Re: KateSorensen]
NucleusG4 MasterBlaster Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 9793 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Kate.. lol.. I said.. you do have a back up right? Time Machine or or otherwise..? _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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