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SMART error when trying to reinstall El Capitan
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1728455" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>A warm welcome to Mac-Forums. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for your very helpful & detailed post. I'm sorry to say that there is little doubt that your HDD is failing, if not actually failed.</p><p></p><p>Luckily, it seems that your Time Machine (TM) Backup went okay. At least we presume that for the moment.</p><p></p><p>I have more experienced & senior colleagues on this Forum who might suggest further options, but to me, it's a trip to Apple to get them run their diagnostics (free) and replace your your HDD if failure is confirmed (not free).</p><p></p><p>If you have the technical skills, you might try replacing the HDD yourself, but it is very tricky on the iMacs in general & your one in particular.</p><p></p><p>I'm really sorry this has happened to you.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1728455, member: 83420"] A warm welcome to Mac-Forums. Thank you for your very helpful & detailed post. I'm sorry to say that there is little doubt that your HDD is failing, if not actually failed. Luckily, it seems that your Time Machine (TM) Backup went okay. At least we presume that for the moment. I have more experienced & senior colleagues on this Forum who might suggest further options, but to me, it's a trip to Apple to get them run their diagnostics (free) and replace your your HDD if failure is confirmed (not free). If you have the technical skills, you might try replacing the HDD yourself, but it is very tricky on the iMacs in general & your one in particular. I'm really sorry this has happened to you. Ian [/QUOTE]
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