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Is iMac hard disk dying?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1895364" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>With the troubleshooting results you had in the Recovery Partition...plenty of free space on the hard drive...and not being able to boot the computer normally...more than likely the hard drive is dying/failed/failing.</p><p></p><p>I always like to do lots of troubleshooting before suggesting anything definite. It does sound like the hard drive is failing...and replacing it is more than likely the way to do. </p><p></p><p>But...if it were me...to confirm it is the hard drive (or a problem with something on the hard drive as Randy suggested)...I would boot the computer from an external hard drive with a bootable macOS installed on it. If booting from an external HD is successful...then you know that the computer is basically ok...and the internal hard drive is the issue.</p><p></p><p>I know you mentioned..."<em>No, I don't have a bootable clone for that machine.</em>" If this means you don't have an external HD to boot from...then you could either get one & install a bootable macOS on it...or jump directly to the HD replacement. </p><p></p><p>It's always a great idea to have a bootable external HD handy for situations like this...thus getting an external HD to troubleshoot this issue further would be a great idea for now...and for the future/possible future issues when they pop up.</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1895364, member: 56379"] With the troubleshooting results you had in the Recovery Partition...plenty of free space on the hard drive...and not being able to boot the computer normally...more than likely the hard drive is dying/failed/failing. I always like to do lots of troubleshooting before suggesting anything definite. It does sound like the hard drive is failing...and replacing it is more than likely the way to do. But...if it were me...to confirm it is the hard drive (or a problem with something on the hard drive as Randy suggested)...I would boot the computer from an external hard drive with a bootable macOS installed on it. If booting from an external HD is successful...then you know that the computer is basically ok...and the internal hard drive is the issue. I know you mentioned..."[I]No, I don't have a bootable clone for that machine.[/I]" If this means you don't have an external HD to boot from...then you could either get one & install a bootable macOS on it...or jump directly to the HD replacement. It's always a great idea to have a bootable external HD handy for situations like this...thus getting an external HD to troubleshoot this issue further would be a great idea for now...and for the future/possible future issues when they pop up. HTH, Nick [/QUOTE]
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