Apple Boot Error – Any Ideas?!

first!!

When did this occur?

Have you contacted Apple?

The prohibitory sign shown here indicates that the kernel could not progress because it:

* Can’t find the root device
* Failed to run fsck (verify disk)
* Can’t find the startup disk driver

Is your hard drive fried?

Do you leave it on all the time?

This could be the problem, Chris!

Hope this stuff helps!

https://sharepoint.sacredheart.edu/it/kb/Knowledge%20Base/Mac%20OSX%20-%20Boot%20Errors.aspx

Wow. No details about if an Apple crashes?
There’s no error code?

Looks like a dead HDD. Sorry Chris!

eeekk! Good Luck with that Chris! I believe that is a HD failure…

Is that the MBP that wicket puked on? If so, then…. well i guess it was suppressing that bad memory until it couldn’t take it anymore. Poor thing :(

Maybe this will help… http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1892?viewlocale=en_US

Maybe you should boot from the installation disc and repair your disk?

I’ve seen that before on machines when the drive went bad. im amusing u put in the disk to see if the hd is still detected.??

Wow that sucks

ok so im a windows guy…

but we got 1 of these at school and i fixed it

forst
hold down while you turn on the mac.
2. once your in just go to the apple menu and press restart

vollia! fixed

Ouch. Hear any clicking sounds?

I’m sure the rest of your mob can suggest all the good tricks to try in terms of booting up. If nothing works, you’ve got a dying or dead drive, and I hope you’ve backed up your data.

It could just be a startup glitch, a misplaced bit on the drive that is preventing the computer from finding it as a valid boot drive. That could be a simple thing.

OR your drive is on the highway to hell and you’ve got to extract it ASAP, get it into an enclosure, and comb through its bits for nuggets of precious data like some kind of nerd 69′er.

There’s a lot of stuff it could be. More diagnostic info plz.

–Naomi

Oh Mods please delete first post…

hold down shift when you press the power button of your mac and boot in safe boot just go to the apple menu and press restart

Hold command+V and reboot it to boot in Verbose mode and show what it says. That’ll be a bit more descriptive than a no sign.

Hi Chris !

See this KB of Apple for info : http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1892

Hope that helps,
polo200

I have noted a link, with helpful information, for you to check out.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1921221&tstart=0

Good luck!

Hold the option key?

Well Mr. Pirillo, seems that your famed Apple Product failed. That never happens to Windows Computers, if Windows has a problem at least it will tell you what went wrong and not just display a useless symbol. It’s about time all of your Vista bashing catches up with you. Good luck trying to fix you beloved Apple product. I hope all doesn’t go well for you.

Or maybe Apple changed their logo! Sorry, no clue, just take to ‘em Geniuses.

HAHA. i hope you are happy now. this is why you should run a pc. you KNOW what the fuck your computer is doing if you do it right. not run vista right out of the box like you did dumbass. hope all your macs catch on fire and you are forced to use a pc and lose all 10 of your fans.

so go fuck yourself chris, and maybe fuck your wife too. shes probably lonely.

Hey Chris,

Have you tried booting in to verbose mode: Press and hold Apple-V button while pressing Power button. Anything in the output that might shed some light?

Chances are you may need to boot via the Leopard DVD and run disk utility to check for issues (e.g. disk permission errors, etc.)

Maybe it can’t find the OS
But if that is the case, it will show a Macface on a folder with a question mark
Kernel?

Yeah, it can’t find the OS

It means your computer can’t find the HD

When you see the folder with a question mark, it means that it can see the HD but can’t find an OS on the HD. Similar, but not your issue.

When you see what your seeing, it means your computer can’t even see the HD.

Hope you got applecare there, dude. Last time I checked, that means it can’t find your HD

Possibly a corrupt system file required for the boot sequence?

Hmmm I have had that.. I am trying to think what happened.

I believe it was something bad with the Kernel or a driver/hardware issue.

Try booting with Verbose Mode which is done by holding command + v on boot I believe and try and see what the problem is, it will tell you whats stopping it from booting
you might also want to try booting into safe mode which is done with command + x

Have you tried booting from CD or an external USB or Firewire drive?

Had a similar problem a couple weeks ago….. I gave in and reinstalled OSX. It worked but you may want to heck forums and Apple before going all the way.
Hope that helps….

I apologize for the typo…. heck is check.

Try booting from your install discs that came with the computer by holding down option during boot, in the installer, run disk utility to see if the hard drive is being recognized, if it is, attempt to repair it, then archive and install, if it’s not recognized, thenyou probrably need a new hard drive, hope this helps.

Concerning your problem, you can get a installation disk for the OS online. I have downloaded it B4 for a friend. I am a windwos user and not fimilar with mac. Search it online. but only download one with good comments.

If you need any help with windows, contact at youtube. my channel name is : CheapModsOnline

I think you need to reinstall you’e system
Put the computer in target disk mode and coppy you’re files on to another computer, With Fire wire, then do a clean install on the system thats what i would do,

Honestly?

1) backup important documents
2) format hard drive
3) destroy Mac install media
4) install either ubuntu or windows
5) live happily ever after :)

Wish i had some insight, but that is a new one and i work at an apple retailer! I have seen the globe, the folder, the folder with the question but have never just seen a NO!

I have no clue

Most likely your OS is corrupt. Back up your data using target disk mode and then boot to the install disk and archive and install.

This is not a boot error, somebody modified their system and changed the boot logo. It can be done with any logo within a certain size and color constriction.

get something not made by apple XP even linux if you must jajaja anything is better especially now that windows 7 is coming out the god of all os’s

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2674

“# Circle with Slash – could not load boot.efi, or some other issue”

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1411#symp2

“This symptom usually occurs when a file or folder has been moved, replaced, or damaged. It could also occur if you use certain hardware or software with your computer. The steps to fix this symptom are in another article titled, “Mac OS X: ‘Broken Folder’ Icon, Prohibitory Sign, or Kernel Panic When Computer Starts Up”. Try the steps in that article. If they don’t solve the issue, try these steps:”

Oops, that last link is for 10.3 and earlier – way to link me to the wrong page, Apple. This is a more generic (10.2+) version:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1892

That’s not BootXChanger, is it?

take the hard drive out and put in a freezer for 3 or 4 hours and try again

Take a look at this:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7369458

Saw that problem on a friends macbook, turned out the HD was bust.

For troubleshooting take a look at http://www.systemrescuecd.org, livecd, boots on a mac, will probably give you some indication as to what’s wrong…

Let me know if that helped.

This screen essentially means that the firmware was not able to find a blessed OS on any hard drive attached to the computer.

Usually it is advised to boot from the Installation DVD/disc to see if it is possible to rescue the HD with Drive Utility. If that fails, Drive Genius is the next utility I try. Tech Tool Pro is included as part of the resource disc included with any new purchase, but I prefer Drive Genius.

Good Luck!

Kernel error or the hard drive went kaput.

Try archive/install to install new system files.

Correction: website is http://www.sysresccd.org

Well, Im not sure how oyu expect us to guess whats wrong with it from a picture. Tons of things can cause this. A pic doesnt do anything. All we can do is guess. Whatwas it doing? How far into boot does it get? Can you boot from teh Leopard dvd holding the “C” key and running disk utility from hte boot dvd? It fixes almost ANYTHING.

I had the same problem with a unibody macbok. Reseting the PRAM solved it. I hope this help.

Pull out the drive and put it into OWC’s Mercury On The Go external 2.5″ enclosure, pull the data off onto another puter/drive, pop the HD back in the laptop and start from scratch.

Either that or, if you have Time Machine running, wipe without abandon and restart from there.

No bootable device. Will it boot from CD/DVD?

hold down option during start up and u can choose the disk u wanna boot to. That screen happens when trying to install multiple OS’s or if you chose a CD/DVD as the start up disk then ejected it, the computer couldnt find it during startup and that screen appears.

ya i use a mac to play some of my games such as BF2142, but that means there is no bootable disk :( you probably need to reinstall OSX. if you have no idea what im talking about, just put in the disks that came with your computer (this is like reformatting a Windows)
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In my plenty years of using a mac Ive NEVER experienced this

I’ve seen this before on various macs… Sometimes, this is also presented with a broken folder icon. It means that you (or another program/installer) has changed the place of the System/Library or Applications folder (system folders of Mac Os X). If those are changed from their original place, mac os x can’t boot and then shows this icon.

You can try to boot from the Mac OS X installation DVD, then you can try to repair the permissions/the disk with Disk Utility.

Hope this can help a bit ;).

Could it be your Hard Drive is dead?

Is your computer an apple made product? Are you running Mac OS on a Windows Based Machine? If so, It will be because Mac OS X doesn’t support any processor other than Intel. If your computer is Apple Made (eg. Macbook Pro) Then I would try booting up on your Mac OS X Install Disk by Holding C at startup. And Re-Install Mac OS X with the options to keep all files that are currently on mac os x. (Select Archive Files in the install options)

Hope This Helps,
Jo

well…..that can’t be good :( try reinstalling OS X maybe?

-dede

You might try one of the boot-up keyboard shortcuts on this webpage: http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Mac_Shortcut_Keys Bootup Shortcut Keys section. To clear some things, or get into Open Firmware.

That is unfortunate that your Mac crashed, it happens.

it means there is a missing boot file/s check the hard drive is in working order or even plugged in if not reinstall OSx

Unfortunately, it sounds like a dead hard drive.

But by now, you already know that.

Reformat?

I get lots of Boot Failiures with Windows. Then again, it’s Windows! lol

Reload?

I am glad to see that you got it working again. Now all you have to do is put everything back on there.

I’d expect a better description than “a photo” from a geek.
Is this how we describe things to support departments? They would call us ‘idiot users’.
Was it you, or your wife who posted this, Chris?

As my daughter used to say, “Oh Poop!”.

windows, linux, and even OS X boot errors can most of the time, be corrected using Spin Rite. I know it is a paid for program, but it’s saved my bacon, and MANY others. I don’t fully understand all that it does, but it WORKS!

http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

Check it out! You’ll have to temp. add your OS X drive into a windows machine to use the program, but then it’s back into your apple, and BACK TO BOOTING NORMAL!

and people tell me that mac is perfect

World’s first broken Mac? Wow.

What does it sound like booting up? I can usually tell what’s wrong by listening to it.

so what’s the latest then, did it get fixed??

You’ve done alot of “good” for both the PC and Mac crowd, Chris, and I’m sorry to see so many adolescent jerks turning an issue that could occur in ANY platform (e.g., Mac, Windows, Linux, etc.) into yet another pointless PC-v.-Mac debate.

Thanks Yabanize I tried your method from the 2nd post and boot into safe mode and restart and now its working nicely thanks alot

My Mac did this earlier in the week.

I switched the port my keyboard was plugged into while on the white screen and it booted up just fine.

I hope your problem is just as easy to fix.