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punky · 19-09-2005, 20:43

I was trying to upgrade to Tiger on my Powerbook. I put the DVD in and went through and installed it. It initally booted up and it worked, used Dashboard, etc. I then went to the Software Update menu, and went to install the updates. My Powerbook restarted and hasn't managed to boot up since.

It makes the chime, and it loads with the inital grey screen, with the rotating dial, and just seems to hang there. It does seem to make occaisonal noises, but how long could I leave it there? Its been over 20 mins already. I have tried retarting whilst pressing C and retsrting whilst pressing D and both bring me straight back into the grey boot up screen. The computer seems to be fairly alive, I can retstarting by pressing the power button and the battery charging indicator works. I don't wether it just needs to be left hours to sort itself out? How long do you leave it? I think it may be stuck in inifinite loops or waiting for non-existant events.

I have taken the battery out and waited, and restarted to see if that works, it doesn. I have tried booting with command-ctrl-r-p pressed down, the computer chimed a second time, but didn't get further than before. I managed to get DVD out, with a bit of agro, can't remember how, so I am a bit reluctant about putting it back in.

What's the best thing to do to sort it, and how do I do it? A reformat & reinstall? Some other system restore thingy??

Thanx in advance guys...

19-09-2005, 20:43	#1
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 44 Posts: 14,750	Apple with new Tiger upgrade won't boot I was trying to upgrade to Tiger on my Powerbook. I put the DVD in and went through and installed it. It initally booted up and it worked, used Dashboard, etc. I then went to the Software Update menu, and went to install the updates. My Powerbook restarted and hasn't managed to boot up since. It makes the chime, and it loads with the inital grey screen, with the rotating dial, and just seems to hang there. It does seem to make occaisonal noises, but how long could I leave it there? Its been over 20 mins already. I have tried retarting whilst pressing C and retsrting whilst pressing D and both bring me straight back into the grey boot up screen. The computer seems to be fairly alive, I can retstarting by pressing the power button and the battery charging indicator works. I don't wether it just needs to be left hours to sort itself out? How long do you leave it? I think it may be stuck in inifinite loops or waiting for non-existant events. I have taken the battery out and waited, and restarted to see if that works, it doesn. I have tried booting with command-ctrl-r-p pressed down, the computer chimed a second time, but didn't get further than before. I managed to get DVD out, with a bit of agro, can't remember how, so I am a bit reluctant about putting it back in. What's the best thing to do to sort it, and how do I do it? A reformat & reinstall? Some other system restore thingy?? Thanx in advance guys...