All Recovery Options failing - also angs when restarting.
So I have an array of issues. I'm not sure the best order in which to list them.
Late 2012 27” iMac - On startup the loading screen has a tendency to hang before the progress bar even begins.
On restart the screen sometimes is black and I have to leave for 5/10 mins to restart again and re-activate the display.
NONE of the recovery or keyboard commands work during start up.
I have tested the key board and used a spare to confirm the keyboard isn’t the issue. So.. unable to access recovery mode.
Internet Recovery works intermittently but once the download is complete the machine reboots and hangs at the start up screen again.
I have today created a bootable USB… after 3 attempts I have managed to select the new boot disk however as per usual it hangs on reboot.
My concern is this.. I have no way of backing up this machine or recovering it. There appears to be no recovery partition.
I’m able to use the machine … As long as I don’t turn it off. Is this then the luck of the draw when I'm able to reboot it.
Is this a hardware issue or poor software install? A lot of info I know.
Any help appreciated.
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Are you using a wired or wireless keyboard?
da mayer
@mayer they are both wireless. They both work on my other imac. They also both allow me to start the internet recovery and start the drive loader by using the command/option buttons. I can start both but they fail once the machine restarts.
da Troy Boylan