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IMAC internal hard drive cant partition
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When you erase your Macintosh HD volume, ensure the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and the Scheme is set for GUID. It should look similar to the below.
Once that's done, it'll reinstall fine from there.
EDIT: I noticed the Erase tab is greyed out for you. You'll need to:
1) Hold CMD+R on startup to boot into macOS Utilities
2) Select Disk Utility
3) Erase Macintosh HD (don't select Partition, just erase) with the below Format/Scheme
4) Reinstall macOS
If you need to completely wipe your entire drive, BootCamp including, then:
1) hold CMD+ALT+R on startup to boot into Internet Recovery.
2) select the APPLE HDD 1000 instead and completely erase that, again with the below Format/Scheme.
3)Then reinstall MacOS.
Once that's installed, you can set up a new BootCamp partition.
Once that's done, it'll reinstall fine from there.
EDIT: I noticed the Erase tab is greyed out for you. You'll need to:
1) Hold CMD+R on startup to boot into macOS Utilities
2) Select Disk Utility
3) Erase Macintosh HD (don't select Partition, just erase) with the below Format/Scheme
4) Reinstall macOS
If you need to completely wipe your entire drive, BootCamp including, then:
1) hold CMD+ALT+R on startup to boot into Internet Recovery.
2) select the APPLE HDD 1000 instead and completely erase that, again with the below Format/Scheme.
3)Then reinstall MacOS.
Once that's installed, you can set up a new BootCamp partition.
Yes, but the erase and partition button in my mac hdd is unclickable.When you erase your Macintosh HD volume, ensure the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and the Scheme is set for GUID. It should look similar to the below.
Once that's done, it'll reinstall fine from there.
Yes, but the erase and partition button in my mac hdd is unclickable.
Sorry just noticed that, please see the edit
I'll try this out. Btw, I don't want to delete my bootcamp. Thanks.Sorry just noticed that, please see the edit
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Btw, do I need to prepare a bootable usb drive in reinstalling imac?Sorry just noticed that, please see the edit
Nope, you can just do it through the CMD+R partition. You shouldn't run into many issues, it's pretty reliable.
Hello, i try your solution but when i delete the hdd, it gives me this error.
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That looks like it's booted into a 10.8 or 10.9 recovery partition. Did you do CMD+ALT+R on startup?
If you did, try CMD+R on startup instead and attempt the erase again. If the Macintosh HD volume is greyed out, right-click it, select Unlock, then enter your user password. And then try to erase.
Both are not working.
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both are not working
Can you take a photograph? Is it the same error?
I'ts the same at the top img error. Before when my hdd is still fine, i delete something inside disk utility, i forgot it now. After deleting that extra partitions that i forgot, i got this issue
I'ts the same at the top img error. Before when my hdd is still fine, i delete something inside disk utility, i forgot it now. After deleting that extra partitions that i forgot, i got this issue
Hmm OK. But you still have your macOS partition right (as in you can boot into the OS)? If so, login and run SMART Utility: https://cloudfront.volitans-software.com/smartutility323.zip
If that passes, that will at least isolate that the problem isn't related to a failing hard-drive.
If you don't have your macOS partition any more, or if it won't boot into it, boot into BootCamp and install HD Tune Pro: http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_560_trial.exe
Then click the 'Health' tab once installed and check the status at the bottom left. Any warnings or does it show as OK? (note: if you can boot into macOS, you don't need to worry about doing this through Windows)
Yes, I can still boot. Thanks, I'll try this one. Hope it works. In any case, Thank you so much.
Hey no worries, we're here to help. There's still a nuclear option to get this fixed but it would mean losing the BootCamp partition. However we'll exhaust the other possibilities first and hopefully a few others can chime in with some ideas too.
Thanks, here is the image when i open smart utility.
Thanks, After opening smart utility, I got this result.
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Jolly good, the hard-drive is OK so no worries there. Unsure why there's an EFI partition listed in there, though... that's certainly not right. It shouldn't be visible.
Honestly I think it may be best to go the nuclear option. May I have a second opinion @Weaselboy? Best to completely wipe through Internet Recovery on this occasion and start again, unless you have any other ideas? I'm a little lost.
Jolly good, the hard-drive is OK so no worries there. Unsure why there's an EFI partition listed in there, though... that's certainly not right. It shouldn't be visible.
Honestly I think it may be best to go the nuclear option. May I have a second opinion @Weaselboy? Best to completely wipe through Internet Recovery on this occasion and start again, unless you have any other ideas? I'm a little lost.
I'm afraid to use the nuclear option. haha. This error is about half a year already. To be honest, i give up this issue long time ago but I really want to clean my pc and I can't do anything about it.
Sad Story.
Yep... I agree. Somehow messing around there the normally hidden EFI partition has become visible and the Macintosh HD volume is no longer GUID.
You mean, I'll install macOsx inside usb drive? How to reinitialize the internal drive? Thanks.
[doublepost=1490284860][/doublepost]I'm installing osx inside my flash drive. Can someone give me the next step?
