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Boot with broken screen

Something really heavy has fallen on my MacBook Pro last week. The result was a broken screen.

After that, I immediately tried to boot, but the superdrive was doing a really bad noise and the boot process hanged. So I removed the Superdrive and I managed to boot the laptop.

I've tried to use the DVI output but it didn't seem to work either, so I used Apple Remote Desktop from an iMac on the network and I managed to use the laptop!! Yeah.

BUT after some successfull boots, it doesn't anymore now. When I press the power button, the fans start, I can hear the HD as well, but no startup sound, and the boot process can't begin. What can I check?

NB: it wouldn't be for a long use, but for a quick backup (waiting for brand new MBP).

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Hook it up in Target mode via a firewire cable to anther Mac and start up holding the "T" key down. Your hard drive icon should appear on the other mac. Save your files then run Disk Utility from the other Mac and repair the hard drive.

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If you just want to rescue your data it might ba easier to retrieve the HDD, hook it up to a USB adapter and presto. Sounds like your logicboard suffered damage in the accident.

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