how to stop repeated kernal panic on macbook pro?

Question

hello,
my Macbook Pro has been experiencing repeated "Kernal panics" i.e. needing to be force restarted. When i restart my laptop it only lasts about a minute before requiring another forced restart (even less if I try to run anything). I was wondering if anyone knows a way to get around this? I'm reasonably technologically capable but I would struggle if any answers contain too much tech-savy lingo. I also have some important stuff on my laptop and university exams soon so I'd rather not do anything that might jeopardise the memory of the laptop. Any help is much much much appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

The first thing you need to do is get your data off the hard drive and how do you do that if every couple of minutes you have to keep rebooting the system. The biggest problem you have is that OS/x needs reinstalling and if you do that you will lose all your data files,



You being a Mac fan you won't listen to reason. which is Mac and Windows are not the only computer operating systems in the world there are other free operating systems that are far more advanced and superior, A computer is a computer they will run any operating system



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Answer 2

"kernal panic" suggests that your OS has become corrupted somehow.



Solution is to re-install Mac. However you need to get your important files off it first.



Download and burn a copy of Linux Mint, then boot the computer from the new disk and run in Live mode (direct from the CD drive).



Access the files you need and transfer them to either a flash stick or exterior hard drive.



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Answer 3

A Kernel Panic is caused by something (either software installed or hardware plugged in) that is not compatible with the system. You say... "this started happening when i installed some update for CMS whatever that is," That is your problem. Remove or update CMS, whatever that is, to resolve the Kernel Panics. In the future do not install anything when you do not know what it is or if it is compatible with your system.