spining mac

[admin_exported]

my imac just keeps spinning around on start up, can anybody help please

 

[Anonymous]

Try nailing it to the desk perhaps?

(sorry)

 

[professorhat]

It's a fair guess! Sorry, not sure what you mean by "spinning around"?

 

[lonely boy]

I guess we're talking about the beachball?

We are going to need some specifics if anybody can help you - what is the model, what operating system are you using?

 

[Anonymous]

And I presume it doesn't boot?

 

[Anonymous]

sorry ,it does not boot

 

[Anonymous]

Not that familiar with macs, but I'd try booting off a cd to see if it's possible to access the hard disk, then re-installing the OS.

You could try re-installing anyway, because if that doesn't work, then you have a hardware problem.

 

[Tom Moreno]

First try resetting your PRAM.

Hold Command-Option-P-R on startup and keep them held until you hear the second bong startup noise.

If it doesn't boot after that, try booting in safe mode.

Hold the left shift key on bootup until after you see the spinning wheel on the white apple screen.

If that works, repair your disk permissions* while booted in safe mode then restart the computer and you should be fine.

* to repair disk permissions open applications/utilities/disk utility select the main hard drive and under the First Aid tab, click the repair disc permissions button.