start up trouble!

[mini_nic]

ive tried switching on my powerbook - normal desktop started but none of buttons or icons worked... so i switched it off via power button - waited and switched it back on....

now its got a black screen asking for login name and password - i think this is in ref from the startup disk ( which i cannot find !!) - is there any way i can get round this without going to the Mac store??

pls someopne help me!!

 

[Ric]

Hi there and welcome !

what does it 'actually' say on the screen ?

Have you tried your account name and password ? Did you set this Mac up originally ?

regards

Ric

 

[mini_nic]

Hi Ric,

its got a black screen saying:

Darwin/BSD (console)
login:
password:

then after my attempt :
login incorrect.

'' CFPropertyLoistCreateFromXMLData: plist parsefailed;the data is not proper UTF-8. Yhe file name for this data could be:/Libabry/Managed Preferences/root/com.apple.appliqicationaccess.plist
the parser will retry as in 10.2, but the problem should be cprrected in the plist. ''

i have no idea what that means??!!

i set the Mac up when i first got it.. and have tried all possible login names and passowrds...

any way it be fixed...is it possible i have lost stuff on my hardrive etc??

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

reboot the Max and hold down the x key, see if that boots you back into OS X.

regards

Ric

 

[mini_nic]

Hi Ric,

Just tried ur suggestion - no luck, still comes back to the black screen asking for login / password...

anymore suggestions?

thanks,
nic

 

[Ric]

reboot holding down command and s to boot into single user mode...

Give it a go, should be a different prompt...

regards

Ric

 

[mini_nic]

Hi Ric,

tried ur suggestion - now comes up with half screen of competer jargon...
something about security auditing present/
-lots of IOP card info
-console message : command not found

has not returned to OS X... do u think its serious?

nic