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Internal drive keeps throwing errors
QI have an old 2010-ish iMac which I mainly use for Zoom meetings. It has recently started crashing a lot, and on investigation Disk Utility reports errors it can’t repair. Neither can it complete running Diagnostics without throwing an error. How can I reformat its hard disk?
by JILL [NO SURNAME PROVIDED]
AYour Mac’s internal hard disk is sick. This isn’t surprising, as it’s around ten years old now, and most hard disks last no more than five years, so it has done well. Although it might be possible to reformat it and install macOS, chances are that it will run into further problems quickly, and at any time could die suddenly. To format its disk, you would either need to start up in Remote Recovery Mode, by holding down the