Cannot reinstall OS X

dhjdhjdhjdhj · 05-20-2012, 04:03 PM

OK --- somehow an attempt to install some Pro Tools plugins seems to have caused a bunch of bogus kext files to have been installed on /System or /Library and so I cannot reboot my machine.

I tried to use the Recovery system (booted the machine with CMD-S) and selected the recovery drive. After it authenticated me, it appeared to download a new copy of Lion but after it completed and went through a reboot, again my machine would not start up.

On another machine, I burned a DVD with the InstallEDS.dmg file taken from the "Mac OS X Install ESD" dmg and tried to reboot with that. Although the first machine is able to see that DVD, it will still not complete a reboot.

No idea what to do next....any suggestions, free or paid.

Thanks
David

05-20-2012, 04:03 PM	#1
dhjdhjdhjdhj Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 96	Cannot reinstall OS X OK --- somehow an attempt to install some Pro Tools plugins seems to have caused a bunch of bogus kext files to have been installed on /System or /Library and so I cannot reboot my machine. I tried to use the Recovery system (booted the machine with CMD-S) and selected the recovery drive. After it authenticated me, it appeared to download a new copy of Lion but after it completed and went through a reboot, again my machine would not start up. On another machine, I burned a DVD with the InstallEDS.dmg file taken from the "Mac OS X Install ESD" dmg and tried to reboot with that. Although the first machine is able to see that DVD, it will still not complete a reboot. No idea what to do next....any suggestions, free or paid. Thanks David

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