Oh, yes! Forgot about that part. And I've done that before too. Thanks for the reminder. :-DD Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP Lakewood, WA U.S.A. 2010 / 11 / 20 19:00 PST On Nov 20, 2010, at 0908 , Eric Welch wrote: > When you start, hod down Command+S and then wait for the command prompt. > > The instructions are there in the text that scrolled by. > > First type: > > /sbin/fsck -y -f > > Press Return. > > When it finishes, it will say The system has been modified or that it appears > to be okay. > > Then type: > > /sbin/mount -u -w / > > Wait for the prompt. > > Then type "reboot" and press Return. > > Hopefully it will be okay. > > Eric > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I was using my Macbook 13" laptop tonight when suddenly it froze in Safari >> and the Force Quit didn't work. Neither did anything else. I held the power >> button down, and it shut off. >> >> Now when I try to turn it on, it starts to boot, chimes, and the little >> thermometer comes up. It's the one that shows when you have a long startup >> sequence to go through. Then the whole thing powers off instead of booting. >> If I hold down the power button until the long tone sounds, the same thing >> happens. I inserted my OS disk hoping to do a restore, and it just ate that; >> it won't eject no matter what, and there's no paper clip hole. >> >> Power on, progress thermometer moves to about 5% then restarts a couple of >> times, then it powers off. I powered up and connected my firewire backup HD >> but it's no help. >> >> This Macbook has been flawless since 12/06, and I just installed the latest >> big OS and Safari updates last night. It worked perfectly all day, however. >> >> Any ideas, gang? >> >> Don't make me go to the Apple Store on Saturday! >> >>