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My iMac Core 2 Duo ihas flashing folder with question mark (2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1807682" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>A flashing folder icon means that the firmware can't find the OS to boot. On a machine that is 13+ years old, the most likely culprit, as already suggested, is the hard drive failure. That machine can go up to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and no more, so if you wanted to spend any money on it (and I wouldn't recommend it), you'd need to purchase a new drive (spinning or SSD) and get a copy of Snow Leopard (unless you have the original installer disk).</p><p></p><p>Depending on what the machine is used for will dictate how big of a drive you want/need. If you say 500GB SSD, that's around $250 or so and then another $20 for the Snow Leopard disk. So if you want to spend that much on a machine that's woefully out of date, go ahead.</p><p></p><p>Understand that the OS will not support any recent version of applications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1807682, member: 110816"] A flashing folder icon means that the firmware can't find the OS to boot. On a machine that is 13+ years old, the most likely culprit, as already suggested, is the hard drive failure. That machine can go up to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and no more, so if you wanted to spend any money on it (and I wouldn't recommend it), you'd need to purchase a new drive (spinning or SSD) and get a copy of Snow Leopard (unless you have the original installer disk). Depending on what the machine is used for will dictate how big of a drive you want/need. If you say 500GB SSD, that's around $250 or so and then another $20 for the Snow Leopard disk. So if you want to spend that much on a machine that's woefully out of date, go ahead. Understand that the OS will not support any recent version of applications. [/QUOTE]
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