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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Internal HD Problem
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<blockquote data-quote="techiesteve" data-source="post: 888819" data-attributes="member: 98520"><p>From your description it's more likely your hard drive has failed. You don't say what iMac you have. You can't see the 2 partitions, but does disk utility see the drive? If it does, you'd be better off running a utility such as Disk Warrior over the drive. If it appears the hard drive is defective, you'd be better off popping a new one in and reinstalling your OS and apps so you can get back to work quickly. Then mount the bad disk in an external case and use a recovery utility such as Data Rescue to try to recover your data. This assumes you don't have warranty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="techiesteve, post: 888819, member: 98520"] From your description it's more likely your hard drive has failed. You don't say what iMac you have. You can't see the 2 partitions, but does disk utility see the drive? If it does, you'd be better off running a utility such as Disk Warrior over the drive. If it appears the hard drive is defective, you'd be better off popping a new one in and reinstalling your OS and apps so you can get back to work quickly. Then mount the bad disk in an external case and use a recovery utility such as Data Rescue to try to recover your data. This assumes you don't have warranty. [/QUOTE]
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