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Command+R not working, Command+R+Alt/Option not working, Shift+Command+R+Alt not working

This is driving me nuts.

I've reset everything on my iMac to give it away. However, once I booted it up, it showed a flashing question mark folder.

So I looked it up and all help said was turn it on and hold down Command+R, if that doesn't work then use Command+R+Alt, if that doesn't work try Shift+Command+R+Alt and even when I hold down Alt on its own, no hard drive appears.


Please help.

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 22, 2020 10:35 AM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2020 1:00 PM

Apparently your Hard drive has died, & in some situations will prevent some modes of booting.

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Command+R not working, Command+R+Alt/Option not working, Shift+Command+R+Alt not working

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