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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1952125" data-attributes="member: 204485">Your only other option would be a process of downloading an installer for a compatible macOS on your new iMac.&nbsp; It would need to be one compatible to both devices and that may be a problem because you cannot download a macOS installer earlier than the one the device came with.Then you could instal the downloaded macOS onto an external hard drive (EHD), plug that into your old Mac and choose it as startup disk on powering up by holding down the Option key.&nbsp; You would have to go though the initial setup process but you would then have a running computer IF it's the software that's at fault.A repairer would have startup disks for multiple macOS versions.&nbsp; That's usually the first thing they would do, try to boot it from an EHD.Your internal HD would then appear like secondary drive.&nbsp; Disk Utility could then erase it with your Password or instal a new MacOS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1952125, member: 204485"] Your only other option would be a process of downloading an installer for a compatible macOS on your new iMac. It would need to be one compatible to both devices and that may be a problem because you cannot download a macOS installer earlier than the one the device came with. Then you could instal the downloaded macOS onto an external hard drive (EHD), plug that into your old Mac and choose it as startup disk on powering up by holding down the Option key. You would have to go though the initial setup process but you would then have a running computer IF it's the software that's at fault. A repairer would have startup disks for multiple macOS versions. That's usually the first thing they would do, try to boot it from an EHD. Your internal HD would then appear like secondary drive. Disk Utility could then erase it with your Password or instal a new MacOS. [/QUOTE]

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