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rockyjob

Location: Anywhere but where I am.

Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:27 pm   Reply with quote         


Shit... I just got the kernel panic on my mac while working on something for the reunion contest, is there any way I can get back the psd or atleast restart the computer... I put the install cd in, pressed C, NOTHING happened, tried to eject by pressin the eject button on the keyboard and guess what... nothing! Help please, need some fast help so I can atleast submit what I had saved.... Confused Confused




marcoballistic

Location: I am everywhere, and Nowhere, but mostly, I am right here!

Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:31 pm   Reply with quote         


Dependent on mac & operating system, not sure which, but you need to get into the BIOS & settings when your computer is booting up (I think it's F12/F2 or something along those lines - it tells you as you're booting it)

This happened to my girlfriends laptop a few months back & that was the only way we found that would get the disk to eject & boot it because that failed too. It's worked fine since.

All the options are in those settings somewhere.

Hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't have been clearer Rocky.




rockyjob

Location: Anywhere but where I am.

Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:35 pm   Reply with quote         


marcoballistic wrote:
Dependent on mac & operating system, not sure which, but you need to get into the BIOS & settings when your computer is booting up (I think it's F12/F2 or something along those lines - it tells you as you're booting it)

This happened to my girlfriends laptop a few months back & that was the only way we found that would get the disk to eject & boot it because that failed too. It's worked fine since.

All the options are in those settings somewhere.

Hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't have been clearer Rocky.

I`ll try it, thanks for taking the time to help, all help is welcome... Wink
Edit, SHIT!No luck, tried pressing every single key one at a time on the keyboard and then later holding them down...FUCk! Sad




dunno

Location: here

Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:58 pm   Reply with quote         


i've never come closer to a mac than 3 steps... but as i read on the webs, it seems a common problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=963645&start=0&tstart=0

i got 3 things out of this thread:
- check/change the RAM
- Apple denies a problem and repairs silently the macbooks
- someone said, keeping mouse buttons pressed during boot would eject the CD Raising Brow

good luck with everything you might try!




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rockyjob

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Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:06 pm   Reply with quote         


thanks, dunno, will try, also where the hell is the restart button... all I see is the power button.. wtf, ps. ejected the cd Smile




dunno

Location: here

Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:23 pm   Reply with quote         


restart button located on the back?:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/cgi-bin/howto?howto=mac-restart

sheesh... there is more:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431
i used the search field on top with "resetting" and found also articles about resetting some "SMC".
and i always thought, those apples just work... Confused




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rockyjob

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Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:28 pm   Reply with quote         


dunno wrote:
restart button located on the back?:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/cgi-bin/howto?howto=mac-restart

nope, just the power button, well anyways I managed to get to the install thing...after putting the cd and pressing c and waiting for like 15 min...no idea how to get my files back Confused
EDIT/ ok, its reinstalling the software, repaired the disk now all I have to do is wait for the comp to verify the cd.. wish me luck, I hope I can atleast post the chop Wink




dunno

Location: here

Post Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:43 pm   Reply with quote         


alright, data recovery seems to be more of an impossible mission on a mac.
i'll stay with the others...

sorry i cant help further.

*edit*
sounds good! i'll keep my fingers crossed that you'll find your files back.




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nancers
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Post Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:10 am   Reply with quote         


Best place for Mac help..

http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa




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TutorMe
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Location: Sitting in this room playing Russian roulette, finger on the trigger to my dear Juliet.

Post Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:52 am   Reply with quote         


I had a mac freeze in the middle of partitioning an external hard drive. Talked to multiple people, and carried the thing all around town
trying to find someone who could retrieve the data. All of it was lost. Nearly 500 gigs of multitrack files for songs I'd recorded gone... Good luck with yours.




Oscar

Location: Northern California

Post Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:09 am   Reply with quote         


lol no backup or save?

There is a nifty program that saves the psd's every 10 seconds to my external drive. Nifty plug-in indeed.




rockyjob

Location: Anywhere but where I am.

Post Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:29 am   Reply with quote         


Hooray!!!! After 3 hours of waiting for it to load and sleeping 1 30 am I finaly managed to recover every thing! Very Happy
thanks for all the help Very Happy Posted as promised




bogonet

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Post Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:16 am   Reply with quote         


rockyjob wrote:
Hooray!!!! Posted as promised


Damn! Another top 3 spot is gone now. Smile Good luck!




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