How do I use my Mac when the start screen never goes away?
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"Press the Power button, and immediately press and hold down the Command key and the S key as the machine starts up. This boots you into Single-user mode and you should see white text appear on the screen.
When you see the # command prompt, type /sbin/fsck –fy ) and hit Return.This could take 15 minutes or so—or even longer...
If and when you see the message “File System was modified,” repeat the step above again, and again, until you finally, hopefully, see a message saying, “no problems were found.” When that happens type reboot and hit Return again. Good Luck"
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http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-806211.html
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emm Mac Book Pro basically one of the new ones (i know thts no help) .... I dont have the box description or system CD with me, is there no way around using that? or should I just go to the Apple store?
Since it is pretty new, let the Geniuses work for you. They are so nice and have all the resources right there. I highly recommend it.
personal opinion.
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Like maybe a USB drive or a flash drive ?
Try 'verbose' mode
press and hold Command-v and you will see a lot of text that tells you what it is doing, from there it may be possible to figure out what is preventing correct startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492
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