| Though Mac systems are quite advanced and reliable, | | | | Mac system must chime at least twice before you |
| sometimes, some operational or hardware/software | | | | release the keys. |
| errors left you blank and you realize that technology | | | | If the above measure fails, may be your device driver |
| like Mac recovery always weights a prominent value. | | | | software is damaged. Try to rewrite/update the driver |
| Scenario: | | | | with the software that was used to format the hard |
| As like every other day, when you started your Mac | | | | disk. |
| computer, the booting process halted and your hard | | | | Completely remove the security programs such as |
| disk became completely inaccessible thereof. Your | | | | DiskLock, Empower, or FolderBolt before updating |
| head started drilling as from last 3 weeks you have | | | | installing a new driver. |
| not backed up your data. Now, everything lies on a | | | | If you have an Apple hard disk, use the Drive Setup |
| trusted Mac Recovery software to get back your | | | | program on the System Installer CD-ROM. Other than |
| important data. | | | | Apple disk, try the software that came with your hard |
| Error: | | | | disk or any third-party formatter. |
| The Sad Mac icon appears during start up and booting | | | | If all the above fails, then only formatting and fresh |
| process halts. | | | | installation will resolve the issues. In this case, to get |
| Probable cause: | | | | back your lost data, you have to take the help of any |
| Either the disk's device driver software is damaged, or | | | | effective Mac hard drive recovery software. |
| a more serious problem lies with your hard drive. | | | | If no other option lies to resolve the issue, you have to |
| Resolution: | | | | do the formating of your drive and it will surely erase |
| Use the System Installer CD and try to locate the hard | | | | all your data in the hard disk. However, after formatting |
| disk. | | | | the drive or before doing so, it can be advisable to try |
| If you are unable to locate the hard disk on the | | | | an available Mac recovery software, that can recover |
| desktop, RAM parameters must be reset to its | | | | back your inaccessible or lost data. These Mac hard |
| factory defaults, so that the computer can locate the | | | | drive recovery tools are easy to use and are cost |
| Startup Disk. | | | | effective with respect to the fact that these can |
| Keep pressing the 'P' and 'R' keys during start up. Your | | | | recover back the valuable data. |