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Paul Roese1 Author

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erase a HD

anyway to erase the hard drive on a Mac that won't power on? thanks

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 25, 2021 11:45 AM

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Limnos

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Posted on May 25, 2021 11:53 AM

Not if it won't power on at all. The only way to do that would be to remove the drive which is various degrees of no-fun depending upon your model iMac. If it will power on but won't boot you could try Target Disk Mode.

Share files between two computers with target disk mode - https://support.apple.com/HT201462

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