[X4U] iMac 10.5.8

[J McClernan]

Hmm...
I hate to bring this up, but you might be facing a hard drive failure. Although, the dreaded flashing question mark usually shows when the HD is failing and you said you just had the gray apple on the white screen, not the question mark.

When you get the disc from Apple and try to install it, if the name of your hard drive does not show up as the destination for the install, then I think your HD is toast.

If it does show as an option for the install, you'll be fine.
Since you have that recent Time Machine backup, you should be okay doing an erase and install.
Good luck.
John


On Jan 20, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Al Grappone wrote:



Sent from my iPad2

On Jan 20, 2013, at 17:32, J McClernan <mcclernan1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Before you go to all the trouble of reinstalling the OS, though that might be the best of all worlds, you can try running the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update.  

Trouble now is that I do not have the desktop showing. White screen with apple icon. I do have a recent backup with TM on ext drive.

Thanks John
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