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marzipanni

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4. I have tried to start with a OSX (Leopard) disk which is the 10.5 series

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 16, 2016, 07:23 PM

Apr 2016

holding down the "C" key. The computer was running 10.5.8 I think. My husband tried to re-install from that disk, but it said, "12 minutes remaining", and the progress bar hung up part way through. He left it for 40 minutes and it didn't move.

The same happened when I tried Disk Utility>repair disk. The progress bar gets halfway through then stops, or the bar looks like a horizontal spinning blue barber shop pole, and the beachball spins.

Thanks for your reply. Maybe something is wrong with the disk or disk drive.

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We have a G5 mac from 2008 (?) that starts and has a normal desktop [View all] marzipanni Apr 2016 OP

A couple of thoughts PJMcK Apr 2016 #1

I have tried to start with a OSX (Leopard) disk which is the 10.5 series marzipanni Apr 2016 #4

Try this site PJMcK Apr 2016 #2

The HD is working well enough to boot up ... sounds more like some system files corrupted. eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #3

It gets stuck partway through verify disk, then the ball spins. marzipanni Apr 2016 #5

Yeah, that's not good. Back up everything you can. eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #6