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just_jt@hotmail.com (just_jt) wrote in message news:<e6befdd4.0307211516.67840496@posting.google.com>...

We've got an iMac with OS X that doesn't seem to start correctly.
It seems to go through the boot process, but then the screen clears
and turns blue, with just a couple icons at the top - no menu bar.
I can click on the clock to get to the System Prefs and get a menu
that way.

I just had something very similar happen to me just this week.
Turned out to be something corrupted in the Library
directory in my user home directory. I solved the problem by
starting from an OS 9 CD and I moved the Library folder from
my account's home directory to a different location (such as
a new folder at the top level of the disk) and created a new
Library folder in its place.

When I restarted in OS X it started normally again. Then I slowly
moved files from the damaged Library directory to the new one
and restarted to test them.

Good luck to you.
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In article <e6befdd4.0307260629.795be1c5@posting.google.com>,
just_jt@hotmail.com (just_jt) wrote:

When I run Disk Utility from the OS X install CD, it only lets me
verify the disk. There are a couple other options, but those are
disabled.
Any ideas?

Did you boot from the CD?

Are you running the copy of Disk Utility that's on the CD?

In Disk Utility, did you select the icon representing the hard drive, or
an icon representing a volume/partition on the drive? (Some actions can
only be done to the drive, and others can only be done to volumes on
that drive.)
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