Okay, before I go pay for someone's opinion on my macbook, I figured I'd tap into the genius of online forums first.
I have a macbook pro, bought from new line in 2009, it originally ran just leopard. I ended up using bootcamp so I could have a PC side for programs at school. My computer has always acted funny since then: Trouble booting up (I would have to power it down by holding the power button then power it back up because the computer wouldn't load to the desktop), it also started freezing quite often, and other noticeable differences from before bootcamp. I recently got fed up with it and decided to reboot with the start up disk. The first thing it asks me to do is restart the computer to get the program started. My macbook, however, can't "restart" the normal way. A screen pops up and says, "You need to restart your computer, Hold down the power button for several seconds, or press the restart button." I've tried to leave it on that screen to see if the computer will just do it's business after awhile, but it stays on that screen as long as it has power. So I try holding the power button down and restarting it that way. But like I stated before it has trouble booting up. Sometimes takes several tries. Once, however, I was able to get it to start up on the first try that way, but still the program did not run and I had to load the disk from scratch again.
It's a never ending loop of head aches. I'm sure most answers will be to take it in to someone to work on it or give up and get a new one. But I figured if anyone has had this problem and fixed it, and knows a way that I can do this on my own, then this is worth the first shot.
Thank you, and happy mac-booking!
I have a macbook pro, bought from new line in 2009, it originally ran just leopard. I ended up using bootcamp so I could have a PC side for programs at school. My computer has always acted funny since then: Trouble booting up (I would have to power it down by holding the power button then power it back up because the computer wouldn't load to the desktop), it also started freezing quite often, and other noticeable differences from before bootcamp. I recently got fed up with it and decided to reboot with the start up disk. The first thing it asks me to do is restart the computer to get the program started. My macbook, however, can't "restart" the normal way. A screen pops up and says, "You need to restart your computer, Hold down the power button for several seconds, or press the restart button." I've tried to leave it on that screen to see if the computer will just do it's business after awhile, but it stays on that screen as long as it has power. So I try holding the power button down and restarting it that way. But like I stated before it has trouble booting up. Sometimes takes several tries. Once, however, I was able to get it to start up on the first try that way, but still the program did not run and I had to load the disk from scratch again.
It's a never ending loop of head aches. I'm sure most answers will be to take it in to someone to work on it or give up and get a new one. But I figured if anyone has had this problem and fixed it, and knows a way that I can do this on my own, then this is worth the first shot.
Thank you, and happy mac-booking!