subject: Mac Os X System Stops Responding While Booting From Installation Disk [print this page] Mac OS X operating system uses numerous files and data structures to carry out different tasks. When you boot your system, it uses a number of files to perform specific operations, like boot loader to load operating system in main memory. If your system does not boot properly, you can use boot disk of Mac OS X operating system to fix the issues. It helps you to get into troubleshoot mode and replace the missing or corrupt system files. However, in some cases, the system stops responding while booting from a boot disk of Mac OS X. In such cases, the problem remains unsolved and your system becomes totally unusable. At this point of time, you are required to carry out Mac data recovery to get your mission-critical data backup, if there is no backup in place.
When you system hangs up while booting from installation disk of Mac OS X operating system, you may also encounter kernel panic error message, which resembles the following:
"You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button."
The problem occurs every time, when you try to boot your system. After this behavior, you can not start your system and access data stored on its hard drive. To extract data from Mac drive, you mist figure out the root of this issue and then fix it through data recovery Mac.
Cause
You may run across this problem, if any of the below conditions are true:
The boot disk is faulty. It has particles, smudges, scratches, and other abnormalities on the shiny surface.
Firmware is not updated.
Incompatible peripheral devices.
Recent hardware upgrades.
Resolution
Try out any of the below methods to ensure absolute Mac recovery in such situations:
Make sure that boot disk is in working state.
Update firmware.
Disconnect the incompatible peripheral devices. You can also replace them with compatible ones.
Remove the recently added new hardware like third-party RAM and PCI cards.
If the above methods does not work, format your hard drive and reinstall operating system. But, this process removes all the data from your hard drive and require Macintosh data recovery using third-party applications.
Mac recovery software are incorporated with high-end scanning techniques to ensure absolute recovery. They have rich graphical user interface and read-only conduct to offer easy and safe recovery.
Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery software recovers missing, lost, deleted, and inaccessible data from Mac OS X hard drive. It is designed for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, 10.4 Tiger, and 10.3.9 Panther. The software supports recovery from HFS, HFS+, HFSX, HFS Wrapper,and FAT file system volumes.
