Kernel Panic

[jamerican]

I just backed up my hd (OS10.3.6) to an external drive with CCCloner, ran Disk Warrior on the HD and attempted to restart. Twice now I have a Kernel Panic. I have run Disk Warrior twice and am still getting a Kernel Panic when I try to boot off the internal HD. I am now thinking of reinstalling 10.3.3 (Archive & Install) and then update with 10.3.6 Combo.
Any suggestions, guys? This is the first time I have ever had such a problem. I am writing this on a (ugh) Windoze machine and would like to get back on my Mac. Any help would be appreciated. TIA.

 

[jamerican]

Me again. My 3rd try with Disk Warrior was also unsuccessful (?). I am now in the process of Archive installing OSX 10.3.3 and then updating with the 10.3.6 Combo updater. Wish me luck.

 

[jyhm]

Hello Jamerican,

After reading praise after praise of Carbon Copy Cloner on apple/discussion boards, I decided to try CCC. The very first time I tried CCC was the very first time I had ever experienced a kernel panic.

A bran new Maxtor Drive and I have been having kernel panics ever since. I hate that program, I will never use it again!

There is also a small sub-culture in the small minority that also dislike CCC. Everyone else loves it!

 

[jamerican]

Actually, I have been using CCCloner for quite a while, and have never hada problem wiith it. I have always been able to boot from the externally cloned drive and repaired the internal drive with Techtool Pro and Disk Warrior.
In this particular case I am of the suspicion that the OSX 10.3.6 update (done through Software Update) may be what is causing my problem. I have re-installed OSX 10.3.3 and am now in the process of downloading the Combo update. After the installation, I will see if that fixes my problem.
BTW, the computer did boot after reinstalling OSX 10.3.3 - no Kernel Panic.

 

[jamerican]

All is well in the nation of Jamerica again. After updating with the 10.3.6 Combo Update, i then ran Software Uodate until my software is now completely up to date. I'm back on my mac. From now on I will definitely use the OS Combo Uodates in the future.