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Q: command r does not do anything

I tried what stated on the webpage, but it did not do anything.

My mac is Macbook pro mid 2012

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), ***** frequently

Posted on Jun 4, 2016 10:42 AM

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Jun 4, 2016 11:30 AM in response to stanley chen
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    Jun 4, 2016 11:30 AM in response to stanley chen

    What are you trying to achieve?  What is prompting you to boot into recovery?

     

    Ciao.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 4, 2016 12:31 PM in response to stanley chen
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    Jun 4, 2016 12:31 PM in response to stanley chen

    Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

     

    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive & clear caches.)

     

    Any change?

     

    Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key, what choices are shown as boot choices?

     

    Oh, did you ever set a Firmware Password?

     

  • by stanley chen,

    stanley chen stanley chen Jun 4, 2016 1:23 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jun 4, 2016 1:23 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hi

    I dropped my laptop yesterday and I have been seeing blinking question mark inside a folder when I start my device

     

    I tried command + r and it worked. However, I cannot click on repair disk after I chose disk utility -->first aid.

     

    I also tried reinstallation, but there was no location found.

     

    I think there might be something wrong with the hardware that forbids the access to start disk after I dropped it.

     

    Is there a way to solve my problem or should I bring it to Apple Store?

     

    Thank you.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 4, 2016 2:45 PM in response to stanley chen
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    Jun 4, 2016 2:45 PM in response to stanley chen

    It sounds like it needs to visit the Apple Store, but 1st try...

     

    Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

     

    In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Jun 4, 2016 3:13 PM in response to stanley chen
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    Jun 4, 2016 3:13 PM in response to stanley chen

    Your HDD may be dead.  A visit to an Apple store can verify that one way or the other.  The evaluation will be FREE.

     

    Cuai.