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Can't login, no users visible on start up

by poppaneedsanap Jan 24, 2011 5:31AM PST

Hi there.. this is actually on a friends laptop that I was updating with OS 10.5

Laptop is a MacBook 2ghz duo core, previously had 10.4 installed

There was problem with his drive, it was not partitioned properly. The HD was not showing up in the finder (on desktop or in devices list). I made a partition with a new name and archived his drive.

Upon installing 10.5 I can't login at all.. it only shows 'other' in the users list. Can't login as admin. Can't do anything.

Disk utility (when booted from system disk) shows the drive is fine.

I'm locked out fully and it is killing my mind..

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Try this article from Apple
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Jan 24, 2011 6:12AM PST
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No dice
by poppaneedsanap Feb 9, 2011 11:22AM PST

I tried this in single user mode and when I list the users I get:

.localized Shared


no user names appear.


I may try a complete re-install as I archived the hard disk before all this shenanigans.
or.. I think I did.. was having some issues with that too..

gah..

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Good luck, let us know
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Feb 9, 2011 8:54PM PST

how you get on


P

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fixed, the hard way
by poppaneedsanap Feb 10, 2011 3:17AM PST

Drive reformat & complete re-install of 10.5 worked.
made a new user account.

luckily the dmg of the original drive I had made opened so I have all the data backed up..
mostly..


not a really practical solution to my problem, but the laptop is up and running again

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That's one way of doing it,
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Feb 10, 2011 7:21AM PST

good job.

Nice to hear you are back in business

P

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