I don't know if this has been posted before or not. but basically i put a whole bunch of files on my mac partition and now i can't boot to it.....(stupid me) i tried booting natively and virtually. Is there anyway i can get those files off so I can boot? Is it even the fact that I only left 120 MB on the partition? or is there some underlying problem to it?

Can anyone help me out?

please!

What files exactly did you put on there? Without that info, no one can help.

music files--mp3's

Try this:

When OS X starts loading after the BIOS logo screen start tapping F8 until you get to a prompt that says:

boot:

In the prompt, type in:

-v

Now record any error messages that you get, or if it freezes at some point, take a picture of the error screen and post it up there. Also try typing this at (again) the boot prompt:

-x -v

See if it boots then, and again see what errors come up. Also try typing this at the prompt:

-s

And this:

-s -v

Well I've given you lots of stuff to try so try all the combos and see if any of them work and tell me which ones work. When booting with -v if there are any errors, post them up here.

pcwiz

Alright, I did what you told me and i got EBIOS Read error: media error Block 5065439 Sectors 64

Hold on...I'll research that and I'll get back to you sometime tomorrow.

Since the problem appeared after copying that many files, I suggest you get some of the out of there. You can boot from the install DVD and move them via terminal.

hecker

I can't find the DVD--it's somewhere in my massive CD collection

Hehe, tell me about it. You may try booting off something else. Maybe that GParted boot disk or something.
The other alternative I can think of if you have another free temporary partition is to clone the whole disk over there.

hecker

Re-download the DVD then... Oh wait! I remember something...If you have Ubuntu Linux installed, do this: Create an OS X partition with Journaling DISABLED. Set the format to Mac OS Extended [withou journaling]. Clone your disk onto this partition. Ubuntu Linux can read and write to Mac OS Extended partitions when Journaling is disabled so boot into Ubuntu, find your OS X partition and delete the MP3s!

i dont have ubuntu installed should i do it that way anyway?BRAINBLAST!!! Couldn't I install MacDrive onto my computer and delete the files from the drive there?

Ubuntu is easy to install but a pain to remove. Try MacDrive (Good thinking!)

Alright, I have almost 8 gigs of free space on that partition. I tried booting it in VMWare and I got
"Operation on file "\\.\PhysicalDrive0" failed (Data error (cyclic redundancy check)).If the file resides on a remote filesystem, please make sure your network connection and the server where this disk resides are functioning properly.
If the file is a CD-ROM image or a floppy image connected to one of the virtual machine's drives, choose Continue, then disconnect the drive. In all other cases choose Abort to terminate the session."

Let me get this straight? So did you install MacDrive and were you able to delete the MP3s? Anyway, that VMware error doesn't mean theres a problem with your installation. Its an uncommon VMware error. Try booting OS X natively and see what happens.

i tried booting natively and it still gets stuck at loading the Darwin...before the gray apple screen....frustrating.

I think you should reinstall...Its really hard to pick out the problem.