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From: Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org>
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Subject: Re: Has all the data disappeared off my old core2duo iMac?
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:16:49 -0400
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On 2024-06-10 09:40, Amanda Ripanykhazov wrote:
> On 6/9/24 7:40 PM, Percival John Hackworth wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like a dead or dying hard drive.
>>
>> Install a new disk into the machine and reinstall MacOS from the network
>> (command-R from boot).
>> Attach the old drive to the system with a USB cable. Amazon sells ones 
>> from
>> Sabrent but there are others.
>> When the new install asks if you want to migrate from another machine, 
>> select
>> the old drive as the source OR use your latest Time Machine Backup.
>>
> Thanks guys! I kinda knew that was the position, - I was just hoping 
> that I might have overlooked some option for reading what was on the 
> drive.  But short of re-building whatever the Master Boot Record is 
> called on a Mac, I do accept that this is unlikely.
> 
> I'm pretty sure this is just a backup computer and whatever is on it is 
> somewhere else as well so it just isnt worthwhile spending too much time 
> getting it working.
> 
> I also agree that this whole situation only arises because the drive is 
> on it's way out and the computer urgently needs throwing away,  rather 
> than wasting time pulling it apart to put a new HD in it


What year is the computer? That it wants to "El Capitan" suggests 2015 
which (to me) is not an old computer.  Core 2 Duo suggest closer to 2010 
if not older...

It could be (with a new drive and install) a great starter Mac for 
someone out there with modest computing needs.

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