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hard disk failure

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    How to reclaim deleted MacOS partition or Container

    So a little of background and I have doing research many page but have not found the solution yet. I tried out Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows 10 on my MacBook. Then I accidentally deleted the MacOS Partition (350GB) after booting in Windows 10. After that I could not boot into the...
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    Recover Macbook pro Mid 2014 SSD data with corrupted firmware

    I have a Mid 2014 Macbook Pro. A few days ago, I opened my laptop and it won't turn on. It does nothing for about a minute and then a folder with the question mark in it shows up. I tried a restart for a few times getting the same result. Then I followed the insctructions to start the disk...
  3. Dukes97

    Hard Drive Help

    hi, need some advice on my 2010 Macbook Pro, Can someone interperate this information as i have no clue what its going on about, i was recently told that there is something wrong with my macbook as it takes around 5 minutes to boot, i assumed it normal for the age of the machine, my friend told...
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    iMac Hard Drive Issues

    Hey there. I've got a late 2015 27in Mojave (should be latest 10.X version) iMac whose hard drive may have died so I'm trying to salvage what I can. No currently valid warranty, so here we go. Last week I woke it from sleep on 12/7 and all actions were taking an unnaturally long time to...
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    MacBook Air 2015 is dead

    Hallo Guys, - I already searched for a similar problem than mine in this forum, but didn't find anything helpful. - My MacBook Air 2015 is dead and I don't have a clue whats broken, maybe you guys can help me. Everything began with this issue: My MacBook Air (MBA) just turned off while I was...
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    Unable to perform fresh install Macbook Pro MID-2012

    Hello everybody, i really need your help cause i'm getting mad here!! Suddenly my mid-2012 MB Pro became incredibly slow (for example to open a picture it took 3 minutes more or less) so i thought could be the a damage to the 500 GB internal drive hard drive (after 6 yeas of usage seems...
  7. MacIsHard

    Mac Pro 14 Randomly restarts

    Hi everyone So my MacBook 15" pro mid 2014 running latest Bootrom have recently been shutting down at complete random. When booting up again there is not the typical warning saying that "Your Mac shut down because of a problem... Ive tried doing a clean install but to no avail It is exactly...
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    iPod iPod Video 30GB with HDD issue

    Hi, I just recently found my old 30GB iPod Video. I replaced the HDD when I bought it because I bought it second hand with a damaged hard drive (many dead sectors and skipping songs). It was working well but then started to fail to boot (sad iPod icon) and I just abandoned it as smartphones...
  9. Numpty1986

    PLEASE HELP! MacBook Air issue

    hi all I purchased a second hand MacBook, it was all working fine, good condition etc, I tried to change some details and it said I needed an admin password, I asked my partner (who purchased it for me) to message the guy and get the password, being a man he decided that was too easy and...
  10. tarikbatal

    Bootup Failed!

    Hi Guys, Ive tried booting in safe mode, verbose mode, repairing the disk (first aid) within disk utility and nothing. It used to be that the computer would get to the end of the startup progress bar and then shut down. Now it's opening the terminal upon every start and nothing seems to be...
  11. bowlerae

    iMac 2011 El Capitan wont Boot after GPU Replacement

    Hello, A few weeks ago my computer froze while I was using it so i performed a hard reset, after which the computer would not boot. I performed every troubleshoot I found online and got it to boot once successfully in single user mode but after about 20 minutes, my screen did a weird thing...
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    (ISSUE) Replacing Broken HDD with SSD - 13" Macbook Pro 2012

    Hi! This if my first post so sorry if I'm not abiding by certain guidelines. My Internal Hard Drive was making a clicking sound and was extremely slow to boot up. If I log in, it loads for a while, goes to a black screen for a while, then goes back to the logging on screen. I decided to replace...
  13. Benjamin Frost

    Farewell, my trusty 2008 iMac?

    My 2008 baby's hard drive failed today! That's the first time I've experienced hard drive failure. My first iMac from 2001 is still going strong, though I haven't used it for years. I replaced it with the 3.06 top of the range from early 2008 (24"). It's been a great machine. Today, pretty well...