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I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. Erle Carey

DundeeErle <erlecare@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there > another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot > agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any > suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix > this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. The answer depends on what kind of computer it is. In many cases, if you have *another* Mac, you can connect it to yours and it can see the hard drive of this one, and so you can delete stuff on that hard drive. It's so easy to do that your Mac expert can do the whole job in three minutes; perhaps if you tell him you know that, he'll reduce the price. :) m. -- matt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Tiger - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com

In article <1179281887.127158.24850@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, DundeeErle <erlecare@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there > another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot > agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any > suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix > this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. > Erle Carey So... how about starting from a bootable DVD or CD with an operating system on it and then deleting whatever you want from the HD? -- dorayme

DundeeErle <erlecare@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there > another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot > agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any > suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix > this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. You posted the same thing a few days ago and got several good responses. Reading those responses instead of posting again would be appreciated. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Humorous/muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift

In article <1hy78cq.1c1tr0j2eq90N%mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: > DundeeErle <erlecare@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there > > another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot > > agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any > > suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix > > this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. > > You posted the same thing a few days ago and got several good responses. > Reading those responses instead of posting again would be appreciated. I think we should redefine the problem. Problem: mental capacity at 100%, no room for information. Solution: neuron upgrade

Neddy the Nerd <umm@errr.dot> wrote: > I think we should redefine the problem. > > Problem: mental capacity at 100%, no room for information. > Solution: neuron upgrade In all seriousness, I think the problem is accessing Usenet via Google Groups and the solution is an actual newsreader client. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Humorous/muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift

In article <1179281887.127158.24850@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, DundeeErle <erlecare@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there > another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot > agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any > suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix > this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. > Erle Carey Boot from a CD then trash some of the stuff from the drive. You do have an Apple boot disc? You did not say what kind of Mac

On May 15, 10:18 pm, DundeeErle <erlec...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a full hard drive that won't boot because of this. Is there > another way to boot it up so I can delete files so it will boot > agin. I know I was stupid for letting it get so full . Any > suggestions. My local Mac expert wants $75 per hour or $250.00 to fix > this. I only paid $300.00 for it. Any help would be appreciated. > Erle Carey If you know what you are doing : boot single user (cmd-S) and manually remove some non vital stuff such as files in /Users/XYZ/ .