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 When it is that serious, power cycling the machine may be the only option, but it can leave some files in a state that will hinder the restart process. When it is that serious, power cycling the machine may be the only option, but it can leave some files in a state that will hinder the restart process.
  
-Even if, at restart, your bootloader shows the startup options and it brings you to the GRUB bootloader selection. All might seem well, until the screen turns black with the Linux Mint logo, only a few dots blinks before they stop... ​Waitoing ​a few minutes won't do, nothing happens: power cycle again !+Even if, at restart, your bootloader shows the startup options and it brings you to the GRUB bootloader selection. All might seem well, until the screen turns black with the Linux Mint logo, only a few dots blinks before they stop... ​Waiting ​a few minutes won't do, nothing happens: power cycle again !
  
-This time I selected ​the "​recovery mode" in the GRUB menu, so could see the command line output, ​and it got stuck again after about 12 secondsI went through this times to make sure it wasn't a temporary problem :-/+If you select ​the "​recovery mode" in the GRUB menu, so you could see the command line output, it eventually will get stuck again after a few seconds ​(I went through this many times to make sure it wasn't a temporary problem :-/)
  
 From previous experience, I discovered that, sometimes, after a system crash and a power cycle restart was forced, turning off the computer - unplugging it - removing the battery - keeping the power button down for a few seconds (on a MacBook laptop) - replugging everything and starting it again did the trick!\\ From previous experience, I discovered that, sometimes, after a system crash and a power cycle restart was forced, turning off the computer - unplugging it - removing the battery - keeping the power button down for a few seconds (on a MacBook laptop) - replugging everything and starting it again did the trick!\\