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macOS - Notebook Hardware
Grey Screen, Folder & Blinking Question Mark, Eep!?!
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<blockquote data-quote="mandingo" data-source="post: 758854" data-attributes="member: 20570"><p>I have a Mac Mini that was doing that same thing (minus the noise). </p><p>I took it to the Apple store and they said it was the HD failing. </p><p>It was out of warranty and I didn't have the money to buy a new HD so I just had them leave it torn apart and I took it home.</p><p>I used an external USB cable and hooked it up to a Windows machine and basically deleted the partitions on the drive and formatted it the long way.</p><p>Reinstalled it in the Mac and it let me reinstall OSX.</p><p>It started hanging up a lot so I bought a Refurb MacBook and am giving the Mini to my brother.</p><p>He's already bought a new HD and is coming up this weekend to get it.</p><p></p><p>To make a long story short (too late) it sounds like the HD is going/gone bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mandingo, post: 758854, member: 20570"] I have a Mac Mini that was doing that same thing (minus the noise). I took it to the Apple store and they said it was the HD failing. It was out of warranty and I didn't have the money to buy a new HD so I just had them leave it torn apart and I took it home. I used an external USB cable and hooked it up to a Windows machine and basically deleted the partitions on the drive and formatted it the long way. Reinstalled it in the Mac and it let me reinstall OSX. It started hanging up a lot so I bought a Refurb MacBook and am giving the Mini to my brother. He's already bought a new HD and is coming up this weekend to get it. To make a long story short (too late) it sounds like the HD is going/gone bad. [/QUOTE]
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