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Erase hard drive

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December 16, 2013 10:25:16 PM

I am having heaps of problems to start it and then use the
/sbin/fsck -fy command and when it starts to update it will not restart only hang with the apple sign and spinning wheel.
If I delete the contents of the hard drive will it help?
I do not have a disk to restart.
Please give me any ideas as I have the stuff I need backed up already.
Thanks

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December 16, 2013 10:36:00 PM

Have you tried to boot into Disk Utility? When you boot hold down the Command key and R at the same time. This should take you into Disk Utility and it should tell you if its failing or not based on its S.M.A.R.T status. If your drive is not failing then you could restore from a Time Machine Backup if you have one.
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December 17, 2013 12:45:12 AM

Boss Cat Johnson said:
Have you tried to boot into Disk Utility? When you boot hold down the Command key and R at the same time. This should take you into Disk Utility and it should tell you if its failing or not based on its S.M.A.R.T status. If your drive is not failing then you could restore from a Time Machine Backup if you have one.


I tried that but landed up with the spinning wheel and later a black screen.
Any other thoughts or problems. Thanks
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December 17, 2013 8:21:04 PM

Have you tried booting it up in safe mode?

Instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

It sounds like your hard drive is shot, but try this and see if it helps. How old is the mac? Is it still under warranty?
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December 18, 2013 5:46:47 PM

Boss Cat Johnson said:
Have you tried booting it up in safe mode?

Instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

It sounds like your hard drive is shot, but try this and see if it helps. How old is the mac? Is it still under warranty?


Hi Its about d3 or 4 yrs max no warranty
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