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boot fail

  1. RedFlyer

    Every other time I boot MP goes to recovery partition

    I've got a 3,1 Mac Pro running 10.10.5, it started having problems with Photoshop crashing and unexpected restarts and about every other time it is restarted it fails to mount the boot drive and boots into recovery mode. Using disk utility it doesn't seem to have any issue with permission or...
    • RedFlyer
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    • boot fail mac pro recovery partition
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    • Forum: Mac Pro
  2. SolidCake

    MP 4,1 flashed to 5,1 won't boot after FileVault

    Hey guys, Recently I overhauled my Mac Pro 4,1. I flashed it to 5,1 and upgraded the CPU to 2 x Xeon X5690's, which I successfully delidded myself *proud*. I also upgraded the RAM to 32GB 1333MHz and OSX is running from a Samsung EVO 850 @ 500GB. When I wanted to encrypt the drive, using...
    • SolidCake
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    • 4.1 to 5.1 4.1 upgrading boot fail filevault firmware firmware flash macpro 2009 no boot x5690
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  3. bowlerae

    iMac 2011 El Capitan wont Boot after GPU Replacement

    Hello, A few weeks ago my computer froze while I was using it so i performed a hard reset, after which the computer would not boot. I performed every troubleshoot I found online and got it to boot once successfully in single user mode but after about 20 minutes, my screen did a weird thing...
  4. A

    Resolved Windows installation fail (iMac 27 mid-2011)

    Hi Guys, Problem: Im trying to install windows 10. Since superdrive is failing, i change it to SSD. So installing Windows trough superdrive ODD/ the easy way (bootcamp) is not possible to install. My mac : Model no : A1312 iMac 27 i7 3.4ghz 8gb Ram (4+4) osX - El Capitan AMD Radeon HD 6970M...
  5. Mejenborg

    Unable to boot to OS X from Windows 10

    Hi Having a kinda strange problem. I have a Mac Pro 4,1 (upgraded to 5,1) and two drives - one drive with OS X El Capitan installed, and one with Windows 10 installed. I used Boot Camp Assistant to install windows 10 which created 2 partitions an EFI and a Bootcamp. When installing Windows I...
  6. jp182

    MacBook 13" boot issues - any advice?

    Hi all, Have been having some booting issues with my MacBook Pro '13 (Summer 2012) as of today and was hoping I could get some help here. I've had this laptop since Jan '13 and asides from some kernel panic issues which were causing it to restart that were resolved when I updated to Mavericks...
  7. M

    MBP 2009 10.10 startup fail

    Hi to all, the mac wont boot. There is a way to access hard disk files with a disk o usb like ubuntu live cd (for PC)? regards.
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