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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1449253" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums</p><p></p><p>How old is this iMac and had you been hearing any new sounds from the iMac that wasn't present before? Does it sound/feel like the HD is spinning up and subtly clicking? Not being able to see the HD in Disk Utility certainly doesn't bode well for its health.</p><p></p><p>If the HD has failed, that would mean a trip to the Apple Store to have it replaced with another disk and re-installation of OS X on it.</p><p></p><p>Now not having any backup is going to be an issue for you since you might have just lost all of your data. If there was any really important on that you can try plugging the HD (once extracted from the iMac) into a external dock and try to access it. If that doesn't work, your only recourse would be a data recovery house that cost you quite a bit to get your data back..</p><p></p><p>As future reference might I suggest that you look into Time Capsule, a very cost effect and easy way to get a backup going with Time Machine that will at least keep your data in tact..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1449253, member: 110816"] Welcome to Mac-Forums How old is this iMac and had you been hearing any new sounds from the iMac that wasn't present before? Does it sound/feel like the HD is spinning up and subtly clicking? Not being able to see the HD in Disk Utility certainly doesn't bode well for its health. If the HD has failed, that would mean a trip to the Apple Store to have it replaced with another disk and re-installation of OS X on it. Now not having any backup is going to be an issue for you since you might have just lost all of your data. If there was any really important on that you can try plugging the HD (once extracted from the iMac) into a external dock and try to access it. If that doesn't work, your only recourse would be a data recovery house that cost you quite a bit to get your data back.. As future reference might I suggest that you look into Time Capsule, a very cost effect and easy way to get a backup going with Time Machine that will at least keep your data in tact.. [/QUOTE]
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