 Installing Mac - Need Some Help?, keep getting the same error message! |
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 Dec 3 2006, 10:20 AM
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Living at the Datacenter  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 696 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Australia Member No.: 14,219  |
Hi all,
I was hoping that someone here would be able to help since I havent been able to find help elsewhere! When i try to install mac os onto my macbook i keep getting the same error message. If i start the installation normally, i get to the grey 'apple' screen and the progress symbol (the spinning symbol) just keeps spinning! when i try in verbose mode (-v at the prompt) everything seems to be going well, then... i get a message disk1s2: I/O error sam multimedia: read or write failed, asc = 0×11, ascq = 0×00 sam multimedia: read or write failed, asc = 0×11, ascq = 0×00 sam multimedia: read or write failed, asc = 0×11, ascq = 0×00 sam multimedia: read or write failed, asc = 0×11, ascq = 0×00 this keeps repeating over and over again! i have tried everything i know and its just not going! i really need this fixed as soon as possible. If anyone knows what happening and why im getting this message, please share! Thanks in adavance! |
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Dec 4 2006, 02:08 AM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :)  Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 21-June 05 From: New York Member No.: 6,440 |
Not a mac guy, but it sounds like the hard drive might be the problem here.
I assume this Macbook was just recently bought? Does it have an operating system on it now? Do you have any other Mac OS CDs that you can use to tray booting from it? I want to see if you can get Disk Utilities to run and check the hard drive. |
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Dec 4 2006, 02:29 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 3-November 06 From: USA, CA, Los Angeles Member No.: 16,947 |
Hey,
After looking at the error it is seems that your disk is damaged or just has a few spots on it. Try to clean it up a bit or otherwise contact Apple and have them replace the Disk. You might be able to find some online sources. Hope this helps. |
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Dec 4 2006, 04:20 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 493 Joined: 15-August 05 Member No.: 7,873 |
Yeah, it's a bad drive. Contact Apple support or the Genius bar at an Apple store if you have one near by. They'll be able to send it off for warrenty repairs.
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Dec 5 2006, 06:35 AM
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Living at the Datacenter Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 696 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Australia Member No.: 14,219 |
Hey, thanks for all the help! I've taken it back to the apple store down the road! they're having a look at it for me and i should be getting it back in a few days! thanks for your suggestions though!
but, when you say its the disk does that mean its the install cd that im using or the hard disk? also, how to i run the disk utilities to check the disk? This post has been edited by Jimmy89: Dec 5 2006, 07:12 AM |
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Dec 5 2006, 11:24 PM
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Colonel Panic  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,790 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
it seems like the second drive, partition 3 is dead.
xboxrulz |
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Dec 6 2006, 01:35 AM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :) Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 21-June 05 From: New York Member No.: 6,440 |
QUOTE but, when you say its the disk does that mean its the install cd that im using or the hard disk? also, how to i run the disk utilities to check the disk? It's the hard disk drive. You will need to use the Mac OS CD to run Disk Utilities though. Boot from the OS X CD and go to Installer->Disk Utilities (if I remember correctly). You can select the hard disk drive and choose Verify Disk to see if it finds any errors.Since it's under warranty, take it back to Apple to get it fixed. |
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Dec 6 2006, 11:45 AM
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Living at the Datacenter Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 696 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Australia Member No.: 14,219 |
At the moment i have no operating system on the hard drive and when i put in the mac install cd all i get is the grey screen with the apple logo (as i described earlier). so how can i get to the installer/disk utilities menu? thanks
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Jan 14 2007, 01:21 AM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 14-January 07 Member No.: 19,478 |
Hey Jimmy
I thought you'd brought it in to be repaired. Your last question confuses me. If you want to start from the CD, I believe you hold down the "c" key while booting up or just slide the CD in when it's looking for an OS. |
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Feb 25 2007, 11:01 AM
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Living at the Datacenter Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 696 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Australia Member No.: 14,219 |
sorry for the long delay but i thought it would be good to finalize the topic.
QUOTE Hey Jimmy I thought you'd brought it in to be repaired. Your last question confuses me. If you want to start from the CD, I believe you hold down the "c" key while booting up or just slide the CD in when it's looking for an OS. what i meant to say was that before i took it in i was having problems getting to the installer/disk utils menu! i couldn't even get to the installation screen! but that aside, problem solved! i took it to the local mac store and they fixed it no problems! had it back in a few days and it was running fine! thank you for all your help -jimmy |
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