I Need Help!!!

dustdoctordustdoctor
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
My dad operates a computer on Mac OS X 10.3.5. He used an application called FileBuddy ver. 8 to get rid of orphan files. But when the orphan files were deleted. The computer no longer let us login and gave us a blue screen with a file folder in the middle. We were finally without knowing it able to get to the Unix code and bott from there. We then reinstalled OS X 10.3 and the upgrade, but when we shut the computer down we ended up getting the blue screen again and after four hours of trying we got back to the Unix command line and booted on the computer. How would we get back onto the computer by using the login feature once again? It should also be noted that before we deleted the orphan files we backed them up yet we have no idea on how to find out where they go. Any advice???

Thanks in advance for your help.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    talksense101talksense101 Posts: 1,738member
    Boot from the OS-X installation CD. Do a archive and install after running disk check. Check the genius bar forum for instructions on how to do this.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dustdoctor

    He used an application called FileBuddy ver. 8 to get rid of orphan files.



    Beware of software named FileBuddy.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    Off to Genius Bar with you....
  • Reply 4 of 5
    dustdoctordustdoctor Posts: 3member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by talksense101

    Boot from the OS-X installation CD. Do a archive and install after running disk check. Check the genius bar forum for instructions on how to do this.



    The problem is, is that the computer won't boot.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    sparhawksparhawk Posts: 134member
    that's why you read here first. It will show you how to.. good luck
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