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msbelle - Jan 11, 2015 8:54:04 am PST #24274 of 25496

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Needing some help. This convo started last night in natter. I am attempting to update my os to Yosemite. My internal hd showing some issues, so it will not install.

I have a MacBook pro. My info says " your Mac contains 2 memory slots each of which accepts a 1333 MHz ddr3 memory module. All memory slots are currently in use".

I do have back ups on an external hd and am Connected to that now about to do a control r restart.

From the safe restart it does not give me the option to repair the HD. I can type out what issues it shows if that would help anyone to help me fix it.

As for starting from a backup, I have no idea what to do after I click on rebuild.

msbelle - Jan 11, 2015 8:58:21 am PST #24275 of 25496

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

And I meant command r restart. When I just did it I am getting a completely different screen from what I saw last night. It is walking me through restoring from a back up, just like what I expect from a Mac. Fingers crossed.

-t - Jan 11, 2015 9:33:16 am PST #24276 of 25496

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Good luck! That does sound very similar to my experience so I hope it works out, since I managed to muddle through (I can tell because i have Yosemite running now, so something must have worked)

msbelle - Jan 11, 2015 10:39:13 am PST #24277 of 25496

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Restore is down, I am back up and running 10.7.5. I just ran a verify disk on the HD and now it shows no issues, so I guess I can try again.

msbelle - Jan 11, 2015 11:43:01 am PST #24278 of 25496

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Oh oh oh, the install bar is actually showing progress this time.

msbelle - Jan 11, 2015 12:25:24 pm PST #24279 of 25496

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

done done done success!

-t - Jan 11, 2015 5:26:11 pm PST #24280 of 25496

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hooray!

Strix - Jan 11, 2015 7:24:35 pm PST #24281 of 25496

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Just FYI: I got a HP Stream this Xmas, through the extreme generosity of a person (not a Bufffista or relative), because both my old laptops died, and I couldn't work.

I recommend it highly. (I got the pink one, and it makes me happy every time I look at it.) It's about $199 and has Office 365, and works like a dream. Lots of memory in the hard drive and 1 TB of cloud memory, and the keyboard for such a small laptop is stellar.

I adore it.

Cass - Jan 13, 2015 2:49:09 pm PST #24282 of 25496

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Anyone need a 10.6.8 (Snow Lion) disk? I have a spare. Family didn't communicate well...

Due to a strange occurrence, yes. Do you actually have one still, sarameg? I realize your post was weeks ago.

Nephlet is now 18 and got his old computer back. But we age-restricted that thing like crazy and no one knows the password.

sarameg - Jan 13, 2015 4:44:13 pm PST #24283 of 25496

Yep! Send mailing address to my boardname.1@gmail !

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