you see the persistent gray screen, instead of the login window or the Finder, after starting your Apple Mac Mini? Is your Mac displaying the Apple logo, a globe, spinning gear, or a folder with flashing question mark on startup? This problem of Mac OS X, can render your computer unbootable Mac Mini and your data inaccessible. It leads to the loss of critical data and you need to recover Mac data to address this issue. This problem usually occurs with the Mac Mini, which have Mac OS X 10. 4 Tiger, 10. Leopard 5 and 10. 6 Snow Leopard installed.
You can try the following steps to reset the recording settings or a preference to set the parameters to this behavior:
cables /> Disconnect network and external devices: If a device is causing the problem, this method can help you work around the problem. You can reconnect the device after booting your system.
boot your system in Safe Mode: Sometimes just starting the Mac in safe mode can solve this problem. Safe Boot can take more time than booting general because it includes checking the disk and other operations. If Safe Boot does not work or reboot your system after successful Safe Boot does not work, try the next step.
Reset PRAM and NVRAM: Try resetting the PRAM (Parallel Random Access Memory) and NVRAM (Non Volatile Random Access Memory Access). It the problem persists, go to the next section.
Boot your system from Mac OS X Install Disk and run Disk Utility: Start your system using the Startup Disk Mac OS X version of your particular system, then use the Disk Utility to check the hard disk integrity and consistency. Disk Utility is a utility disk repair in the operating system Mac OS X that detects and corrects errors in disk drive.
Perform Archive and Install installation: If the above method does not work, and you can start your system from Mac OS X startup disk, reinstall OS Mac OS X using “Archive and Install” option.
Perform Erase and Install installation: You must use this option as a last resort because it removes all data from hard disk and cause critical data loss situations.
In the event of data loss, Mac file recovery
Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery is the best ever made and most effective solution for all scenarios of your data loss. It recovers lost data from HFS, HFS +, HFSX, HFS Wrapper, and FAT file system volumes. The software is designed for Mac OS X 10. 6 Snow Leopard 10. 5 Leopard 10. 4 Tiger, and 10. 3. 9 Panther.
