Apple Logo And Progress Bar... Why?

[ouimetnick]

I shut the computer off like i normally do. It was fine and well. Went to turn it on, and saw a bar. Whats it for? Its been moving, but very slowly. It never does this. Is there malware or something causing it? Thanks... Oh, and I had a movie on the DVD slot, it that caused it. It wasn't spinning though.

 

[celticpride678]

Entering safe mode? Did you hit the Shift button at startup by mistake?

 

[ouimetnick]

Entering safe mode? Did you hit the Shift button at startup by mistake?

Nope, and it just finished. It started up. All seems well.. strange

 

[Cougarcat]

Does it happen again, when you restart? If so, back up your stuff ASAP. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3148

 

[pwolfe]

doesnt that screen appear when loading up from a safe sleep image? I'd delete any sleep images you have and restart.

 

[pt0016]

That screen appears when updating firmware. Did you recently update software, or install a firmware update?

 

[Cougarcat]

doesnt that screen appear when loading up from a safe sleep image? I'd delete any sleep images you have and restart.

No, that's different.

 

[thirdeyeopen666]

If you're running Leopard, it means your HD is failing. If you're running Snow Leopard it means that there are serious filesystem problems... Or the drive is failing. Boot from your original discs and go into Disk Utility. Choose to repair disk from the first aid tab... If this fails, it's time for a re-format. If that fails, it's time for a new hard drive.

 

[DewGuy1999]

Mac OS X v10.6: Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup