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I noticed it was running extremely slow and had trouble opening and closing applications.

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After clicking update software the computer froze and then was forced shut down.

When he went to turn the computer back on he could not get passed the gray login screen with the apple logo.

Come to find out he has been ignoring updates for several months and has not been using TimeMachine or backing up to the external hard drive I got him.

I have tried opening in single user mode (will not do it), safe mode (will not do it), I tried running disk utility with the orginial install disk and got the message that it could not be repaired and to back up data.

I have also tried opening the hard drive on another macbook through a FireWire cable and it does not show on the desktop.

It did show in Disk Utility but it could not be repaired or mounted.

I am thinking this computer is done, but I wanted to see if anyone had any other suggestions since my dad has a lot of work files on this computer.

The Macbook I used as the host computer for the FireWire is a Macbook Pro running OS X 10.9.2.

Since youre getting the unrepairable disk message, your best chance for making a backup at this point is to follow the instructions on this Apple page in the Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility section.

Because its unrepairable, theres no need to bother with following the Verify DiskRepair Disk instruction.

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Once youve salvaged whatever files you can into the external disk backup, you can then use Disk Utility to reformat the internal disk, and then renstall its original version of Mac OS X from its grey Mac OS X Install DVD, then run Software Update to get Snow Leopard up to date, then try restoring your dads personal and work files from the backup, and then get him going with making regular Time Machine backups.

If youre unable to renstall Snow Leopard onto the internal disk, then you can go HDD or SSD shopping, and replace the disk in his MacBook Pro.

Youll only need a small Phillips screwdriver and a T6 Torx screwdriver to do the replacement.

Once its in, boot from the Mac OS X Install DVD to run Disk Utility to format the new disk with a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) filesystem format; you should then be able to do the renstallation steps above.

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