: iMac lost hard drive


mathazar
Dec 8th, 2011, 04:45 PM
Install DVD can't find hard drive after about 20 tries found hd with disk utility but unable to verify repair or erase

eMacMan
Dec 13th, 2011, 01:50 PM
Please a little more information. Were you using the install DVD because the iMac would not Boot? How old is the iMac? Any recent hardware or software changes?

CanadaRAM
Dec 13th, 2011, 02:15 PM
Install DVD can't find hard drive after about 20 tries found hd with disk utility but unable to verify repair or erase

I ll give 8:1 odds that the hard drive is failed
Time to pull it out and put it into a USB case to try and recover the data.
Probably time for a new hard drive (based on the thin information we have)

If you have more detail, we can be more specific