Hello,
Does anyone knows what my iMAC is saying (screens attached)???
Here's what happened:
I turn it one one ordinary evening and out of nowhere it doesn't go past the very first start up screen. My first thought - disk has crashed. Next: recovery mode - disk utility - verify - disk needs repair - leaves me with "disk utility can't repair this disk. Backup data and erase the drive"...
Right, how to back up data if I can't access the drive. Anyway...
I replaced the disk with a new one, created bootable usb with OSX El Capitan install and.............the below screens appear now and I was not able to trigger recovery mode or Startup Manager. Same when putting back the old disk - can't access recovery or startup manager...the progress bar just goes till 10-30 % and restarts. I tried to boot using Snow Leopard installation dvd but nothing happens too...
Did anyone had similar issue before? Thanks!
Does anyone knows what my iMAC is saying (screens attached)???
Here's what happened:
I turn it one one ordinary evening and out of nowhere it doesn't go past the very first start up screen. My first thought - disk has crashed. Next: recovery mode - disk utility - verify - disk needs repair - leaves me with "disk utility can't repair this disk. Backup data and erase the drive"...
Right, how to back up data if I can't access the drive. Anyway...
I replaced the disk with a new one, created bootable usb with OSX El Capitan install and.............the below screens appear now and I was not able to trigger recovery mode or Startup Manager. Same when putting back the old disk - can't access recovery or startup manager...the progress bar just goes till 10-30 % and restarts. I tried to boot using Snow Leopard installation dvd but nothing happens too...
Did anyone had similar issue before? Thanks!