Trouble booting up (Macbook 2009, SSD, El Capitain or Sierra)
Hi, my wife's Macbook (think 2009 or 2010) failing to boot.
She does not have a back up.
It has a Samsung 128 SSD
Normal boot us fails after Apple logo and load bar just starts, then posts warning "computer restarted because of a problem"
In target mode cmd T : I just get a flashing file
I can boot in recovery and use disk utility to perform repair, but this is not solving the problem (results attached image).
I took the SSD out and attached it via an adapter to another mac, I can see my wife's volume and files, but cannot access as they are locked.
In fact my wife has a new computer (2014 macbook pro) and is logged in to her icloud. Will that unlock her previous SSD?
I tried booting from the 2014 Macbook pro from 2009 macbook SSD but got the same error "there was a problem"
So I think the issue is in the boot sector.
Is there a way to recover my wife's document folder? NB I could see the files when I attached Macbook 2009 SSD to 2014 macbook pro, I just could not access as they were locked.
Obviously once I recover my wife's documents I will re-install OS on MacBook and sell on.
Many thanks for your help