And so my MAC OSX decided not to boot up one fine day.
Luckily, i had my installer file. ( OSX Mavericks )
No DVD on hand, so thought i'll just pop OSX installer to thumbdrive.
Get a thumbdrive with at least 8GB.
Format it to Mac OS X Extended ( Journaled ). ( In this case called untitled )
Pop a terminal and sudo.
./YOURPATH/Install\ OS\ X.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /YOURPATH/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
Wait a while, then it should be done.
Boot using thumbdrive.
But as i want to copy the files out, i've popped a terminal to copy the files to another hard disk....
But amazingly, the screen will go to sleep....
So, pop another terminal...
-> pmset -a sleep 0 displaysleep 0
Dont close the terminal, and your screen will stay on.... and on.... and on....
