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Is iMac hard disk dying?
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<blockquote data-quote="AMACL" data-source="post: 1897496" data-attributes="member: 298303"><p>Hello all,</p><p></p><p>[USER=56379]@pigoo3[/USER] I followed your instructions and copied the High Sierra installer to an external hard disk. I connected it to my husband's computer (the 2014 iMac whose hard disk was unresponsive) and turned on the machine with Option key pressed. The machine started to boot, glacially. I left it to do its thing, and when I came back a while later, it had started up - but from the internal hard disk !! It's now still in that mode and still glacially slow. Is there something I should try to check about the hard disk? I checked System Report - Storage and the hard disk is recognized. Have not gotten further than that.</p><p></p><p>I really just wanted to get the machine going so I could transfer the files to another place - though I have no idea if it will indeed let me do that.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p>Ann</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMACL, post: 1897496, member: 298303"] Hello all, [USER=56379]@pigoo3[/USER] I followed your instructions and copied the High Sierra installer to an external hard disk. I connected it to my husband's computer (the 2014 iMac whose hard disk was unresponsive) and turned on the machine with Option key pressed. The machine started to boot, glacially. I left it to do its thing, and when I came back a while later, it had started up - but from the internal hard disk !! It's now still in that mode and still glacially slow. Is there something I should try to check about the hard disk? I checked System Report - Storage and the hard disk is recognized. Have not gotten further than that. I really just wanted to get the machine going so I could transfer the files to another place - though I have no idea if it will indeed let me do that. Thanks Ann [/QUOTE]
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