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Flashing folder with a question mark + (Unable to erase SSD Disk)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sarro92" data-source="post: 1811411" data-attributes="member: 401608"><p>Hello guy,</p><p></p><p>I have a MacBook Pro-2017 that I was using perfectly fine since last year. </p><p></p><p>All of a sudden, it got stuck and when I restarted, I see this weird flashing folder with a question mark.</p><p></p><p>Went to the recovery mode in hopes of Doing "First Aid" and fix it but it failed it (Weird observation, when I check the original disk, it passes with green tick, when I check Macintosh it always fails.</p><p></p><p> I decided I want to erase it and just install a new one.</p><p></p><p></p><p>1. I Installed a copy on an external HDD so I can access the drive and backup my files and it worked (This made me think, so the drive is not damage since I can take things from it normally)</p><p>2. Then went back to Recovery mode, tried to erase it SDD, it didn't work. I also tried to install a new version of the OS on it, it asks for my password then tells me permission denied.</p><p></p><p>I also get this error whenever I try to erase:</p><p>Error: -69877: Couldn't open device</p><p></p><p>3. Tried to erase it using the Terminal, same error.</p><p></p><p>I searched the whole internet in hope to find a solution but I didn't find. Most people talk about bootcamp and if you have two different OSs in your Macbook or iMac</p><p></p><p><strong>Thoughts I am having and I am not sure I am right:</strong></p><p><strong></strong>- It is either something has to do with APFS or security that is not allowing me to perform what I want.</p><p>- For some reason when I am about to install the OS on it, my drive appears to be full but when I accessed from the external drive OS it shows it has 71 GB.</p><p>- I have upgraded to Mojave around maybe 4 days before this problem happen.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Would love to know if anyone has a solution for this.</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]29099[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sarro92, post: 1811411, member: 401608"] Hello guy, I have a MacBook Pro-2017 that I was using perfectly fine since last year. All of a sudden, it got stuck and when I restarted, I see this weird flashing folder with a question mark. Went to the recovery mode in hopes of Doing "First Aid" and fix it but it failed it (Weird observation, when I check the original disk, it passes with green tick, when I check Macintosh it always fails. I decided I want to erase it and just install a new one. 1. I Installed a copy on an external HDD so I can access the drive and backup my files and it worked (This made me think, so the drive is not damage since I can take things from it normally) 2. Then went back to Recovery mode, tried to erase it SDD, it didn't work. I also tried to install a new version of the OS on it, it asks for my password then tells me permission denied. I also get this error whenever I try to erase: Error: -69877: Couldn't open device 3. Tried to erase it using the Terminal, same error. I searched the whole internet in hope to find a solution but I didn't find. Most people talk about bootcamp and if you have two different OSs in your Macbook or iMac [B]Thoughts I am having and I am not sure I am right: [/B]- It is either something has to do with APFS or security that is not allowing me to perform what I want. - For some reason when I am about to install the OS on it, my drive appears to be full but when I accessed from the external drive OS it shows it has 71 GB. - I have upgraded to Mojave around maybe 4 days before this problem happen. Would love to know if anyone has a solution for this. Thank you [ATTACH=full]29099[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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