I'm working on a 2012 Mac Mini 16GB ram and 500GB HDD. El Capitan has been loading slowly in the past and I feel it should have loaded quicker, even when Yosemite was installed, it was slow to boot.
Tonight, my computer froze on Safari with multiple tabs open. However, I was able to move the mouse. I power down the computer by the button and turn it back on. The issue occurs that it is not a static screen on my monitor. Eventually it goes to boot up and makes it through. 10 minutes later this happens again.
I tried to boot up now and it eventually boots to fill the apple bar and then the computer shuts down.
I first tried to reset NVRAM/PRAM and this does not work.
I go into Recovery Mode and look into disk utility. The hard drive does not even show up. A few more restarts and the hard drive shows up. I run repair disk and I receive "Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk...disk, and restore your backed up files".
Next step is in recovery mode, I try to install El Capitan again. It does not locate the hard drive to install. It locates my external but not my internal.
I read how I can use First Aid and erase it. Possibly it will then recognize. I am currently going into Disk Utility and it does not appear again. I went into Install OS X and my external hard drive shows automatically when I plug it in. Finally I was able to do First Aid and I receive an Error Code 8.
Questions.
1. Do you believe my hard drive is fried or just corrupted?
2. Could this be from a virus? (I haven't seen a virus on a Mac do this but I had to ask)
3. What is my next step?
4. Somebody on the Apple forums told me to hold down Option and turn on the computer to see my boot options. This will not work.
5. If I need a new hard drive, Do I need to somehow get an OSx onto a flash drive or will recovery be on the system. (Not sure if Recovery is partition on the current HDD or a separate section)
Thank you for your help.
Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Tonight, my computer froze on Safari with multiple tabs open. However, I was able to move the mouse. I power down the computer by the button and turn it back on. The issue occurs that it is not a static screen on my monitor. Eventually it goes to boot up and makes it through. 10 minutes later this happens again.
I tried to boot up now and it eventually boots to fill the apple bar and then the computer shuts down.
I first tried to reset NVRAM/PRAM and this does not work.
I go into Recovery Mode and look into disk utility. The hard drive does not even show up. A few more restarts and the hard drive shows up. I run repair disk and I receive "Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk...disk, and restore your backed up files".
Next step is in recovery mode, I try to install El Capitan again. It does not locate the hard drive to install. It locates my external but not my internal.
I read how I can use First Aid and erase it. Possibly it will then recognize. I am currently going into Disk Utility and it does not appear again. I went into Install OS X and my external hard drive shows automatically when I plug it in. Finally I was able to do First Aid and I receive an Error Code 8.
Questions.
1. Do you believe my hard drive is fried or just corrupted?
2. Could this be from a virus? (I haven't seen a virus on a Mac do this but I had to ask)
3. What is my next step?
4. Somebody on the Apple forums told me to hold down Option and turn on the computer to see my boot options. This will not work.
5. If I need a new hard drive, Do I need to somehow get an OSx onto a flash drive or will recovery be on the system. (Not sure if Recovery is partition on the current HDD or a separate section)
Thank you for your help.
Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)