on start up goes straight to disk utility tools?

On restart iMac goes straight to Disk Utility tools and Disk Repair states cannot repair disk

Posted on Oct 29, 2021 02:35 PM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Oct 29, 2021 03:13 PM

Check to see that Disk Utility is not listed in the System/Users & Groups/Login Items preference pane. And that Disk Utility is not open and this checkbox is not checked when shutting down:

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Old Toad

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Oct 29, 2021 03:13 PM in response to Gelos Grapos

Check to see that Disk Utility is not listed in the System/Users & Groups/Login Items preference pane. And that Disk Utility is not open and this checkbox is not checked when shutting down:

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Oct 29, 2021 03:22 PM in response to Old Toad

cannot get that far!!!!

Old Toad

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Oct 29, 2021 03:25 PM in response to Gelos Grapos

When you boot up you are in Disk Utility, right? Just quit out of it or force quit out of it and go from there.

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on start up goes straight to disk utility tools?