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iMac will not boot...stuck on grey screen
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<blockquote data-quote="JRhodes88" data-source="post: 1047957" data-attributes="member: 153300"><p>Well...I bought a SATA to USB enclosure yesterday to try and mount the drive to a Macbook pro and not good news at all. You can hear the drive spinning up, and then spinning down. It never mounts <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Shouting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Shouting:" title="Shouting :Shouting:" data-shortname=":Shouting:" /></p><p></p><p>I just bought a new Hard Drive and Superdrive (since I have the iMac open) from Macsales.com (great site).</p><p></p><p>I am going to try the hard drive in the freezer trick later tonight to see if I can read the defective drive long enough to get some important files from it. I will let everyone know how that goes, but has anyone here heard of the freezer trick or if it does work?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRhodes88, post: 1047957, member: 153300"] Well...I bought a SATA to USB enclosure yesterday to try and mount the drive to a Macbook pro and not good news at all. You can hear the drive spinning up, and then spinning down. It never mounts :Shouting: I just bought a new Hard Drive and Superdrive (since I have the iMac open) from Macsales.com (great site). I am going to try the hard drive in the freezer trick later tonight to see if I can read the defective drive long enough to get some important files from it. I will let everyone know how that goes, but has anyone here heard of the freezer trick or if it does work? [/QUOTE]
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