OS X Mavericks :: IMac 10.9 Recovery Disk Will Not Start?
Jun 1, 2014
I am having boot up problems on my imac 27-inch. I pressed the power button and press and held the Option key, I chose the Recovery disk, but the Recovery disk did not start, instead I have the grey Apple logo and it keeps running but will not start.
The imac 27-inch was bought refurbished in late 2010. I also have imac apple care from 2010 never used. First time problem. On pressing the Option key during startup, Mach Hard disk and Recovery Disk 10.9 is displayed.
Choosing mac hard disk does not boot up the OS instead I get a big Zero sign with line through it or a big flash question mark sign. Choosing the Recovery Disk 10.9 does not boot up Disk Utility, instead I get the grey Apple logo.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), mac hard disk and Recovery 10.9disk
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Aug 26, 2014
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iMac
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Core i7, SSD, 12 GB Ram.
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I have a MBP mid-2010, originally with Snow Leopard, but long since running Lion (currently the latest release, 10.7.4). When I installed Lion, I created a recovery partition on the MBP's boot disk. This was about 9 months ago. I now want to run Recovery Disk Assistant to create a recovery partition on an external disk, but when I start Recovery Disk Assistant it says: "Lion recovery could not be created"... because the recovery HD on this computer is damaged or not present...etc.
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[Code]....
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MacBook Pro, mid-2010 MBP running Mac OS 10.7.4
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Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), late 2013, Aperture 3.5.1
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