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<blockquote data-quote="Macintaj" data-source="post: 1719013" data-attributes="member: 293622">Well it looks like I blew it big time, and have made one of those decisions you make once. Now the iMac will not even boot in safe mode, and during the 2-3 weeks it would I did not back it up (told myself I was too busy with farm work and that since it worked in safe mode, I had time). My brother in law who used to work at Apple suggested I try resetting the PRAM. My wife had said the last time she heard it shutting down she was hearing clicking. When I attempted to reset the pram I heard he clicking as well, and the screen went to a flashing question mark folder, which I believe means the hd is not engaging. All in all, it sounds like data recovery time with no other option. My local Apple shop has said there's the $50 option of pulling the hd and seeing if it will work in another machine, then there's the $250 for 24 hours of on-off attempts to gather data, then there's a clean room that starts at $500. In anyone's experience in a situation like this, does it make sense to try the cheapest and work up, or is it such that some of these should be skipped as they likely won't work here?Thanks,Peter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Macintaj, post: 1719013, member: 293622"] Well it looks like I blew it big time, and have made one of those decisions you make once. Now the iMac will not even boot in safe mode, and during the 2-3 weeks it would I did not back it up (told myself I was too busy with farm work and that since it worked in safe mode, I had time). My brother in law who used to work at Apple suggested I try resetting the PRAM. My wife had said the last time she heard it shutting down she was hearing clicking. When I attempted to reset the pram I heard he clicking as well, and the screen went to a flashing question mark folder, which I believe means the hd is not engaging. All in all, it sounds like data recovery time with no other option. My local Apple shop has said there's the $50 option of pulling the hd and seeing if it will work in another machine, then there's the $250 for 24 hours of on-off attempts to gather data, then there's a clean room that starts at $500. In anyone's experience in a situation like this, does it make sense to try the cheapest and work up, or is it such that some of these should be skipped as they likely won't work here? Thanks, Peter. [/QUOTE]

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