On 2018-02-24 22:33 Valter Prahlad wrote:
> The OP problem is definitely NOT an HDD failure.
>
> Even if the HDD was toast, the Mac would not shutdown: it would say "I can't
> find any boot disk" - or something like that.
> And if the HDD was corrupted, the Mac would show the folder icon with a
>
> On Feb 24, 2018, at 3:44 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
>
>>
>> Even if the HDD was toast, the Mac would not shutdown: it would say "I can't
>> find any boot disk" - or something like that.
>> And if the HDD was corrupted, the Mac would show the folder icon with a
>>
If the OP wants to confirm this, disconnect the HDD, power and data and boot.
It SHOULD come up with the “I want a disk” screen. If it shuts down, it
certainly isn’t the HDD.
A lot of simple debugging can be done by disconnecting things. Minimum for a
test is video, power and one bank of