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A grey screen is on my computer with a bunch of codes on it, I cannot get to any other screen. Along with it is a black box saying I need to restart my computer, when I do and turn it back on the same screen appears.

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Booting up in safe mode will allow you to open disk utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility) and repair permissions / repair disk from there

To start up into Safe Mode (to Safe Boot), do this:

  1. Be sure your Mac is shut down.
  2. Press the power button.
  3. Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
  4. Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).

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SOURCE: I have a grey screen

That is a kernel panic, your OS is corrupted, and you can repair the disk by booting off your install CD, or by reinstalling the operating system

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