This hackintosh died unexpectedly

[HarryCJ]

Hi. So normally I'd try going for a full reinstall, but in this case, I had lots of data on my Mac, too many programs installed, and none of it backed up. So I guess solving it is the way to go.

When I start my PC, chameleon loads up, I select my Mac HD (named Mac OS X) and it starts booting. After a couple of seconds, the PC turns off. TURNS OFF. In graphic mode, the apple logo can be seen, but no spinner. Instead, there's a long bar at the bottom, that starts filling up, and at a particular point, the PC turns off. In verbose mode, this is what I see:

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Any solutions? This is so unexpected, I didn't make any BIG changes to my Mac installation recently, but even so this happened.

What do you say, reinstall and let go of all my stuff? I don't want to, really, so please suggest a solution.

Tried booting with -x, -v, -f, and combination of all.

Thanks in advance !!

 

[kidpub]

See if you can boot into single-user mode, or use an install disk to get to the console, then run fsck -fy on the OSX volume. The volume is corrupt and may or may not be able to be fixed, depending on what the damage is.

This article might help, too:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?s ... 4093925888

Perry

 

[HarryCJ]

See if you can boot into single-user mode, or use an install disk to get to the console, then run fsck -fy on the OSX volume. The volume is corrupt and may or may not be able to be fixed, depending on what the damage is.

This article might help, too:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?s ... 4093925888

Perry

No use, still the same message "The volume Mac OS X cannot be verified completely."
Alas, time for a reinstall. I'm curious to know what caused the problem? Why did it get corrupted?

 

[davids8477]

See if you can boot into single-user mode, or use an install disk to get to the console, then run fsck -fy on the OSX volume. The volume is corrupt and may or may not be able to be fixed, depending on what the damage is.

This article might help, too:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?s ... 4093925888

Perry

No use, still the same message "The volume Mac OS X cannot be verified completely."
Alas, time for a reinstall. I'm curious to know what caused the problem? Why did it get corrupted?

You might want to get a copy of Disk Warrior. You can boot from it and then rebuilt your hard drive. Its a lot more powerful than the Disk Utility in MAC. Its saved my bacon on a couple of occasions.