you need to restart your computer hold down the power button for several seconds?

Question

hello i have a white macbook and i was updating some things and realized i had to update 11 items. i found it took way to long and i didnt have the time so i turned it off while it was installing. next timw i turn the macbook on it says: "you need to restart your computer. hold down the power button for several seconds" and turn it off. i turn it on again ans it doesnt work. is this fixable?
p.s. i do know it is a kernel panic.

Answer 1

By switching off your MacBook while it was updating your computer, you essentially aborted the process before it had fully completed. This means that some aspects of your system may have been modified but are now unusable as the updating did not have time to complete.



Also, if your computer was attempting to update the Mac OS X operating system, there is a high chance that you may have corrupted your computer by terminating the update process. Updates often remove old files and replace them with new ones, and cancelling this process may result in some files required for your system to operate being removed - but not given time to be replaced. Your computer may now be unstable, or unfunctional altogether.



Insert your Mac OS X reinstall disc that came with your computer and boot up your computer while holding down "C". This will force your Mac to boot straight from the CD and allow you to reinstall Leopard (or which ever Operating System you use) and thus correct the files which became corrupted when you switched off your Mac during the update.



If this doesn't work, then I'd suggest you taking your computer to an Apple store and ask them what they can do for you. You must explain what happened and they may be able to fix it for you.



I hope this helps.

Answer 2

The same thing happened to me last night and I reinstalled using the leopard cd. To load from the cd you must hold down "C" when you press the power button. Then you must reload leopard. Before you install there is an option to save previous settings and documents so you will not lose any of your files. Select that option and let it install, it took me about an hour and a half. As of last night and this morning after updating everything it's working. This would restore the corrupted files that were ruined while you shut off during an update, i did the exact same thing :-o . Good luck.

Answer 3

listen, i know you are probably really stressed cuz your computer doesnt work now..... and i know what you are going through



the other 3 answers are examples of people just trying to make an easy 2 points on yahoo answers and they have no care for the question asker



but now onto your question

i assume you have another computer available to you because u were able to ask this question, so if your computer is still in warranty then go to your computer's official website (should say the website somewhere on the box your computer came in) and then e-mail for support on this problem



i hope i helped and i wish you luck on fixing this problem

Answer 4

And now you know to not turn it off in the middle of updating.

Answer 5

Install Linux.

Answer 6

wow you got yourself. now your computer is broken and since it's a mac its gonna cost you a pretty penny. eat it.

Answer 7

eww, dude, your wasting your time, get a pc