Disk needs repair and no alternative disk to start up
I am a neophyte. Actually a gerontophyte as I am an old fart, though I have used Macs for years, though always with as little understanding of the internal workings as possible. My MacBook has been glitching a lot so I went into Disk Utilities and did the Repair Disk thing, but halfway, or a thirdway through it stopped and popped up, well, I guess a popup that said something like "Disk needs to be repaired - start computer with another disk (Mac OS X installer, e.g.) and then use disk utility to repair this disk." Oh, cool... I live in a remote part of Papua New Guinea - yes, we have broadband because we installed satellite. But I am pretty sure I do not have my original Mac OS X installation disk - so am I totally screwed or what? Do I have to find an installation disk somewhere? My main problem is that I keep getting the damn Spinning Color Rainbow Eternal Wheel of Excruciating Death (S.C.R.E.W.E.D.). It is not only interfering with my work (Force Quit is becoming a mantra I am afraid may apply to me more than to my computer), but I am dreaming of SCREWEDs......
Any ideas people??
Any ideas people??
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http://www.paragon-software.com/home/rk-mac/
It's free and seems to be exactly what you need to solve your problem.
Good luck.
You reboot holding command-s and you reach a console.
When the text stops loading in, type:
fsck -fy
then hit return and it will repair your disc. It will then verify it again. When it's done, type reboot and hit return.
Thanks to Dr. Millmoss, Bancho and especially Marvin for the time and attention. It is much appreciated. And I have not seen the Spinning Color Rainbow Eternal Wheel of Excruciating Death all day long, which is a first for months....
Cheers,
Zonker
Jesus I cant believe I happened upon this thing. Amazing and I had the same results. thanks thanks thanks.
I just ran into this problem on my machine...with no install disc and was quietly (or not so quietly) freaking out until I googled and luckily landed here on this old solution. Perfect fix!! Thanks!
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