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Help my iMac Intel HD issues!
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<blockquote data-quote="braincramp" data-source="post: 1354581" data-attributes="member: 232974"><p><strong>Same issue, but with some resolution</strong></p><p></p><p>I came into work today to find my 20" intel iMac (also with bootcamp and windows partition) dead. All signs pointing to the HD (single user mode fsck failing, no startup disk manager, no target disk, no CD boot…). I did eventually get it to boot from the cd though and here is what worked for me. Try to boot from the cd, and wait, like 15 minutes. At this point it spit the disk out, then wait some more, it then gave me a ? folder icon. Push that disk back in and wait. I finally booted from the disk, from there I could specify an external boot drive. YAY! Hopefully this will work for you as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="braincramp, post: 1354581, member: 232974"] [b]Same issue, but with some resolution[/b] I came into work today to find my 20" intel iMac (also with bootcamp and windows partition) dead. All signs pointing to the HD (single user mode fsck failing, no startup disk manager, no target disk, no CD boot…). I did eventually get it to boot from the cd though and here is what worked for me. Try to boot from the cd, and wait, like 15 minutes. At this point it spit the disk out, then wait some more, it then gave me a ? folder icon. Push that disk back in and wait. I finally booted from the disk, from there I could specify an external boot drive. YAY! Hopefully this will work for you as well. [/QUOTE]
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