Details first so we all know what I have.
Mac Pro 3.1 ( I think it's a 2008 end of year version. Not sure) running Snow Leopard. Partition that has Windows 7 Home Pro running on it. I use the Mac side for work, the Windows side for Games. Went into the Windows environment and saved as much as I could so that I can do a full reinstall.
Now for the issue.
One day I was doing something and I deleted out something from the top bar on my mac. The one that shows the date, or you click to eject a CD, etc. that bar.
I did not know how to get it back but read on a forum that if I shut down and restarted in "SAFE MODE" and then shut down and did a normal normal restart, it would return.
I shut down, did the SAFE MODE restart (reboot holding S down I think it was) which has the Safe Mode bar at the bottom show the progress. Then once it was fully into Safe Mode I did a normal shut down, waited about 30 or so seconds and then did a normal restart (hit the power button and waited). The computer started up power wise, but it showed the Safe Mode bar at the bottom. It was booting up in Safe Mode (I assume) EVEN THROUGH I did not choose that.
A few moments into the Progress Bar (perhaps 10% of it done, the BAR blinks off and then comes on again restarting the progress aspect. It then does one of two things. It either shuts down the computer when it gets to about 10% (as if it was running a shut down bar mode), OR it goes into the Grey Window with the Windy Wheel turning (for ever) and never boots up.
All the following steps have been done with as few connected devises as possible such that only a monitor (tried a few different ones), Keyboard (tried a few different ones when I used them), and Mouse (tried a few different ones when I had them connected) were connected. Even tried everything without any of these just so see. (connected the monitor IF it didn't shut down. Most of the time, it just shut down.)
Steps I have tried with no luck. All of these were tried WITH and WITHOUT the Mouse, keyboard, or Monitor at one time or another:
1) Regular Reboot (tried this a number of times)
2) Tried a Safe Mode reboot to see if I can get it to finish booting up. Even if only in Safe mode.
3) Rebooted with OPTION key down. Lets me choose the Mac or PC (PC being the Windows 7 partition). Mac did not work, but I CAN boot up in to my Windows 7 system.
4) Booted up holding down the "C" Key with my Snow Leopard disk inserted in hope of just doing a full reinstall. Just goes into Safe Mode boot up as if the "C" key is not being held. Then shuts down or winds away for ever.
5) Restarted holding down the Apple+Option+R+P, waited for it to Chime 5 Times and let go. It just goes into the Safe Mode restart again.
6) Held the power button on until the light blinked and the bell chim went off. No luck. Still goes into the Safe Mode bar thing.
7) Inserted Snow Leopard DVD, did restart and held Option down to choose the DVD as the Startup Disk. It beginns the DVD reading, the kicks open the Disk and pops it out and initiates the "Safe Mode Bar" thing. It just won't keep the disk in there and use it as the Start Up option.
8) Booted up holding down the (I think) R key to get into some kind of scripting window that shows the boot up process, but I had no idea what to do in there.
I have no idea what to do now since I can't even try a full reinstall since I can't get past the (partial) Safe Mode boot up sequence.
Please help me.
Vic
Mac Pro 3.1 ( I think it's a 2008 end of year version. Not sure) running Snow Leopard. Partition that has Windows 7 Home Pro running on it. I use the Mac side for work, the Windows side for Games. Went into the Windows environment and saved as much as I could so that I can do a full reinstall.
Now for the issue.
One day I was doing something and I deleted out something from the top bar on my mac. The one that shows the date, or you click to eject a CD, etc. that bar.
I did not know how to get it back but read on a forum that if I shut down and restarted in "SAFE MODE" and then shut down and did a normal normal restart, it would return.
I shut down, did the SAFE MODE restart (reboot holding S down I think it was) which has the Safe Mode bar at the bottom show the progress. Then once it was fully into Safe Mode I did a normal shut down, waited about 30 or so seconds and then did a normal restart (hit the power button and waited). The computer started up power wise, but it showed the Safe Mode bar at the bottom. It was booting up in Safe Mode (I assume) EVEN THROUGH I did not choose that.
A few moments into the Progress Bar (perhaps 10% of it done, the BAR blinks off and then comes on again restarting the progress aspect. It then does one of two things. It either shuts down the computer when it gets to about 10% (as if it was running a shut down bar mode), OR it goes into the Grey Window with the Windy Wheel turning (for ever) and never boots up.
All the following steps have been done with as few connected devises as possible such that only a monitor (tried a few different ones), Keyboard (tried a few different ones when I used them), and Mouse (tried a few different ones when I had them connected) were connected. Even tried everything without any of these just so see. (connected the monitor IF it didn't shut down. Most of the time, it just shut down.)
Steps I have tried with no luck. All of these were tried WITH and WITHOUT the Mouse, keyboard, or Monitor at one time or another:
1) Regular Reboot (tried this a number of times)
2) Tried a Safe Mode reboot to see if I can get it to finish booting up. Even if only in Safe mode.
3) Rebooted with OPTION key down. Lets me choose the Mac or PC (PC being the Windows 7 partition). Mac did not work, but I CAN boot up in to my Windows 7 system.
4) Booted up holding down the "C" Key with my Snow Leopard disk inserted in hope of just doing a full reinstall. Just goes into Safe Mode boot up as if the "C" key is not being held. Then shuts down or winds away for ever.
5) Restarted holding down the Apple+Option+R+P, waited for it to Chime 5 Times and let go. It just goes into the Safe Mode restart again.
6) Held the power button on until the light blinked and the bell chim went off. No luck. Still goes into the Safe Mode bar thing.
7) Inserted Snow Leopard DVD, did restart and held Option down to choose the DVD as the Startup Disk. It beginns the DVD reading, the kicks open the Disk and pops it out and initiates the "Safe Mode Bar" thing. It just won't keep the disk in there and use it as the Start Up option.
8) Booted up holding down the (I think) R key to get into some kind of scripting window that shows the boot up process, but I had no idea what to do in there.
I have no idea what to do now since I can't even try a full reinstall since I can't get past the (partial) Safe Mode boot up sequence.
Please help me.
Vic
