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Booting off old hard drive.
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1908604" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>I would agree with Nick, I don't think the problem has anything to do with the graphics hardware.</p><p>However I'm not so sure that the issue is not related to the firmware update.</p><p>(As an aside, I'm looking at the F/W update because it is an issue using a standard SSD with an adapter ard in a 2017 MacBook Air and is not just related to internet recovery).</p><p>I think it's perfectly logical that when the F/W update was applied, that update broke the capability of booting from a hard drive with Snow Leopard - after all, who would want to go backwards - Apple sure doesn't.</p><p>The other possibility is that after 10 years part of the hard drive is corrupted. </p><p>On very old drives I occasionally have one or two old files that an't be read.</p><p></p><p>Can I ask why you want to actually boot from that drive?</p><p>It won't be very reliable.</p><p>I would just put the drive into an enclosure to see if I can access the content, and if not try to repair the drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1908604, member: 67742"] I would agree with Nick, I don't think the problem has anything to do with the graphics hardware. However I'm not so sure that the issue is not related to the firmware update. (As an aside, I'm looking at the F/W update because it is an issue using a standard SSD with an adapter ard in a 2017 MacBook Air and is not just related to internet recovery). I think it's perfectly logical that when the F/W update was applied, that update broke the capability of booting from a hard drive with Snow Leopard - after all, who would want to go backwards - Apple sure doesn't. The other possibility is that after 10 years part of the hard drive is corrupted. On very old drives I occasionally have one or two old files that an't be read. Can I ask why you want to actually boot from that drive? It won't be very reliable. I would just put the drive into an enclosure to see if I can access the content, and if not try to repair the drive. [/QUOTE]
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