which drive to erase if it’s not visible reinstalled macOS

iMac crashed. Tried to reinstall macOS but cannot find internal drive. Which drive I have to erase and format in order to not loos data? Thanks

Posted on May 20, 2025 12:35 AM

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May 21, 2025 7:30 AM in response to TheEditor8

Hi,

It could be possible your internal drive hard crashed. Try to reset NVRAM with Option+Command+ P+R which could visible your internal drive.

If it doesn't help, I think your internal drive is die.

Try to connect external drive to your iMac for installing macOS on it and boot from it to see if your internal drive still alive or not.


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which drive to erase if it’s not visible reinstalled macOS

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