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2006 iMac Startup problems
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<blockquote data-quote="septallica" data-source="post: 1303965" data-attributes="member: 216710"><p>@chscag</p><p>I read some other forums and realized that the problem with booting in the various startup modes was the aluminum Apple keyboard I was using. Apparently it is not compatible with boot up hotkeys on the 2006 iMacs. I was able to get an old keyboard (similar to the one that came with the computer) from my dad, which worked to boot into SU mode. </p><p></p><p>The fsck ran and said there were no problems with the drive but when I tried booting into it, the system gave me an I/O error on disk0s1. I believe this means there is indeed a problem with the internal drive but hopefully just temporarily. When I was finally able to boot the install disk (optical drive is hit or miss) it doesn't even show the internal drive as an option for restore backup, disk utility, install and the system profiler states there was an error when reading what was plugged into the SATA port. Not good.</p><p></p><p>I booted back in SU mode and did an "ls -al" command to see what was showing and it showed the hard drive and all the data on it just like it was before the crash. Now the problem is recovering that data. I am in the process of creating a bootable drive my from newer iMac to see if some other utility programs can see and possibly restore the drive, or at least let me copy the files and reformat.</p><p></p><p>As to the Target Disk Mode, I have a computer with firewire 400 and one with firewire 800 and unfortunately I don't have a convertor cable yet. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I will post any updates and if you have further suggestions please let me know. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="septallica, post: 1303965, member: 216710"] @chscag I read some other forums and realized that the problem with booting in the various startup modes was the aluminum Apple keyboard I was using. Apparently it is not compatible with boot up hotkeys on the 2006 iMacs. I was able to get an old keyboard (similar to the one that came with the computer) from my dad, which worked to boot into SU mode. The fsck ran and said there were no problems with the drive but when I tried booting into it, the system gave me an I/O error on disk0s1. I believe this means there is indeed a problem with the internal drive but hopefully just temporarily. When I was finally able to boot the install disk (optical drive is hit or miss) it doesn't even show the internal drive as an option for restore backup, disk utility, install and the system profiler states there was an error when reading what was plugged into the SATA port. Not good. I booted back in SU mode and did an "ls -al" command to see what was showing and it showed the hard drive and all the data on it just like it was before the crash. Now the problem is recovering that data. I am in the process of creating a bootable drive my from newer iMac to see if some other utility programs can see and possibly restore the drive, or at least let me copy the files and reformat. As to the Target Disk Mode, I have a computer with firewire 400 and one with firewire 800 and unfortunately I don't have a convertor cable yet. :( I will post any updates and if you have further suggestions please let me know. :) [/QUOTE]
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