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Startup disk full? iMac won't fully boot!
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 950156" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>I've never heard of a hard drive being so full that OS X wouldn't start up. Just how full is your hard drive?</p><p></p><p>If you don't have a bootable backup on an external drive, the best way to access your hard drive is by using another Mac and boot your machine by using "<a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661" target="_blank">Target Disk Mode</a>". You can delete files off your hard drive by using that method. Removing the hard drive from an iMac is not easy or I would suggest doing it that way.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 950156, member: 46727"] I've never heard of a hard drive being so full that OS X wouldn't start up. Just how full is your hard drive? If you don't have a bootable backup on an external drive, the best way to access your hard drive is by using another Mac and boot your machine by using "[URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661"]Target Disk Mode[/URL]". You can delete files off your hard drive by using that method. Removing the hard drive from an iMac is not easy or I would suggest doing it that way. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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