Series of problems :(

Schism

Schism

Schism

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Hey all, well it's one thing after another!

My first problem was that I tried to log into my main user account (the admin account, the only other account I had was a "Guest" account), and it wouldn't work, I could only login into the guest account, and after reading around the internet etc I couldn't find a fix. So I thought I'd change the root password for my whole system so I can log in with the "Other" option (not Guest or my usual account) and try to back up all my files etc and try a clean install. THEN I couldn't get past the off-white Apple Screen with the spinning "cog", so then I thought I'd try an archive and install by putting in my disk and holding the 'C' button, but now it just comes with a message saying I need to restart my Computer and writing in the background including the text:

"unable to find driver for this platform: "ACPI""

So it's pretty frustrating that I can't do anything at all! I also tried safe mode before, but it didn't respond and just tried to load up like normal.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks a lot!
 
Macbook then, well you can swap hard disks in that so best course of action is buy a new one, wack it in and get an external enclosure and get the data off that way.

Hope you have a time machine backup, and if you don't time to get one! :)
 
Concorde Rules said:
Macbook then, well you can swap hard disks in that so best course of action is buy a new one, wack it in and get an external enclosure and get the data off that way.

Hope you have a time machine backup, and if you don't time to get one! :)
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So it's pretty much certain that the hard drive is the problem? :)

And I've never thought of doing that, but surely if the hard drive is broken it won't work even as an external?
 
Schism said:
So it's pretty much certain that the hard drive is the problem? :)

And I've never thought of doing that, but surely if the hard drive is broken it won't work even as an external?
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When my hard disk died it wouldn't boot off it but I could read it using an external bay to get some data off.

As for being certain, it sounds like what I had when I had a HD failure but the kernal panic didn't happen.

HDs are cheap so might as well try, im assuming its not in warranty anymore...
 
Concorde Rules said:
When my hard disk died it wouldn't boot off it but I could read it using an external bay to get some data off.

As for being certain, it sounds like what I had when I had a HD failure but the kernal panic didn't happen.

HDs are cheap so might as well try, im assuming its not in warranty anymore...
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Yeah I suppose so, what enclosure would I need for a macbook hard drive? Also, any recommendations for a new HD?
 
Finally got my new Hard Drive today, but still got the same problem! Any ideas? :(

(Tried the original RAM, both sticks, and then the separate sticks on their own! No idea :(
 
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