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imac is dying on me. please help! :(
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<blockquote data-quote="shambock" data-source="post: 1017966" data-attributes="member: 147567"><p>Hi everyone....need your help! Something is seriously up with my imac and I'm starting to fear the worst. I've been trying to fix it for the past 5 hours but am not getting anywhere.</p><p></p><p>When I switch it on, I get this screen:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It stays like this for about 2 minutes and then the imac just shuts down.</p><p></p><p>I tried booting from installation disks to verify, repair disk etc, but that's not working either:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Trying to do a fresh install from scratch, but it's not letting me do that either:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I also tried connecting my imac to my sisters macbook with a firewire and pressing T in order to do a transfer, but the macbook just isn't picking up the imac. Even with migration assistant, nothing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><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>Is my imac hard drive totally dead? What's going on? Is there anyway I can get the files from my computer? I really don't want to lose them.</p><p></p><p>any help would be appreciated very much</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shambock, post: 1017966, member: 147567"] Hi everyone....need your help! Something is seriously up with my imac and I'm starting to fear the worst. I've been trying to fix it for the past 5 hours but am not getting anywhere. When I switch it on, I get this screen: [IMG]http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-2.jpg[/IMG] It stays like this for about 2 minutes and then the imac just shuts down. I tried booting from installation disks to verify, repair disk etc, but that's not working either: [IMG]http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-3.jpg[/IMG] Trying to do a fresh install from scratch, but it's not letting me do that either: [IMG]http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/elmooko/-1.jpg[/IMG] I also tried connecting my imac to my sisters macbook with a firewire and pressing T in order to do a transfer, but the macbook just isn't picking up the imac. Even with migration assistant, nothing. :(:(:(:(:( Is my imac hard drive totally dead? What's going on? Is there anyway I can get the files from my computer? I really don't want to lose them. any help would be appreciated very much [/QUOTE]
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