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K so I eventually managed to get into single user then used disk utility to verify and repair disk.. restarted and still have blue screen freeze. Off to mac store as I've wasted enough time already. My advise to any mac users... DO NOT USE CC.

Thanks Alan! I managed to get into single user mode EVENTUALLY and then got install disk running.. doing verify disk now and looks like like my memory is back to 50GB so fingers crossed! Defcon 1 downgraded! I saw those mac posts but none linked to my issue of not being able to access anything.. so perseverance and a lot of cursing so far as don't the trick! Thanks again.. will remove this post now as not to waste anyone else's time and divert to mac thread instead!

I REALLY wish I had seen your post earlier.. I'm in the same boat now except I can't boot my mac up at all.. any advice?? Here's my help post! k so I used CCleaner and deleted all the files as per instructions and also choose to erase empty disk space. I started a 7 pass erase and I noticed it was rapidly using up the 50GB memory on my HD (to create a temp file) so I freaked out thinking my poor old mac would be forced into early alzheimers and force quit CC. What I didn't realise was that CC kept creating the "temp file" in the background and pilfering my memory so.. I tried to look for the CC 'Temp file' to delete that to recover my memory but to no avail so I read someone else with the same problem had just restarted their mac and it fixed it.. not for me. : ( when I restarted I got a worryingly loud tone followed by a grey screen with apple logo.. spinning wheel.. then into a blank blue screen with spinning wheel.. then just plain blue screen (no sound of HD ticking over or working) Please help! My macbook pro is late 2006, I know it's old but I've looked after it really well and gutted if I have to get a new HD and reinstall and start ALL over again!! I run snow leopard.. I know I know.. but I'm old too! Is it a case that the temp file is still being created and if I wait long enough it will boot up? OR has it just used up all my memory and now my mac has no memory to reboot?? I have 120GB of which 50GB was available until CC ate it all! Last time I looked there was 11GB available. I have tried rebooting in safe mode, from disk, reset PRAM, single user, c, v. So.. ANY help would be most graciously accepted!

Hi, k so I used CCleaner and deleted all the files as per instructions and also chose to erase empty disk space. I started a 7 pass erase and I noticed it was rapidly using up the 50GB memory on my HD (to create a temp file) so I freaked out thinking my poor old mac would be forced into early alzheimers and force quit CC. What I didn't realise was that CC kept creating the "temp file" in the background and pilfering my memory so.. I tried to look for the CC 'Temp file' to delete that to recover my memory and start over but to no avail so I read someone else with the same problem had just restarted their mac and it fixed it.. not for me. : ( when I restarted I got a worryingly loud tone followed by a grey screen with apple logo.. spinning wheel.. then into a blank blue screen with spinning wheel.. then just plain blue screen (no sound of HD ticking over or working) Please help! My macbook pro is late 2006, I know it's old but I've looked after it really well and gutted if I have to get a new HD and reinstall and start ALL over again!! I run snow leopard.. I know I know.. but I'm old too! Is it a case that the temp file is still being created and if I wait long enough it will boot up? OR has it just used up all my memory and now my mac has no memory to reboot?? I have 120GB of which 50GB was available until CC ate it all! Last time I looked there was 11GB available. I have tried rebooting in safe mode, from disk, reset PRAM, single user, c, v, talking nicely and finally holding down f u c k at the same time! I now live at the end of Wit! So.. ANY help would be most graciously accepted! Thank you!