Hi everyone,
Yesterday, the question mark appeared on my screen and I used disk utility to try repair things. This worked for the OSX Base system disk, no problems there. But the internal disk gave a failure (I should have taken a photo of that, I cannot remember what it said). Anyway, I gave the Mac some rest (considering its age) and in the evening did the same thing, same result. I have a backup of the files so decided to erase the disk to hopefully solve things. Now it is around 14 hours that nothing has happened, the same message on the screen, no advance on the bar or anything, no noise, no heat ... I tried to quit Disk Utility but that does not work either. I did not do any secure erase or anything, just the straightforward erase disk for High Sierra that was recommended at the top of the list of options.
Anyone who can help me keep my Mac alive will be rewarded with tapas if ever you visit Barcelona. Thanks.
Yesterday, the question mark appeared on my screen and I used disk utility to try repair things. This worked for the OSX Base system disk, no problems there. But the internal disk gave a failure (I should have taken a photo of that, I cannot remember what it said). Anyway, I gave the Mac some rest (considering its age) and in the evening did the same thing, same result. I have a backup of the files so decided to erase the disk to hopefully solve things. Now it is around 14 hours that nothing has happened, the same message on the screen, no advance on the bar or anything, no noise, no heat ... I tried to quit Disk Utility but that does not work either. I did not do any secure erase or anything, just the straightforward erase disk for High Sierra that was recommended at the top of the list of options.
Anyone who can help me keep my Mac alive will be rewarded with tapas if ever you visit Barcelona. Thanks.