Mac Mini home computer won't boot

[buckeye]

Weird, weird, weird. The Mac Mini wouldn't show up in DiskWarrior while booting from the cd but the Mini showed up when booted in Target Mode and then running DiskWarrior from a host computer. I did a rebuild from there but it failed when I tried to replace the directory. I'm at least getting files off of the Mini now before I do another rebuild or format if I have to.

Thanks to all for your time.

Erik

 

[DCurry]

Even if DW works and you get the Mini back up and running, I'm not sure I would trust the drive. It is cheap insurance to buy a new hard drive and install it in the Mini. While you're at it, pick up a nice external drive and use it as a Time Machine backup. You'll sleep much better!

 

[buckeye]

DCurry,

Agreed! Got my files off that I wanted. DiskWarrior tech support said that the error that DiskWarrior was reporting means that the hard drive is beginning to physically fail. I already purchased an external 1 TB MyBook and will use Time Machine to back it up. In the process now of looking for a new internal replacement hard drive.

Thanks,

Erik