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External hard drive will not boot to iMac

Have external hard drive with photos. after shutting down, next time it said "disc not ejected properly" disconnected drive and when I reconnected it, it is not recognized by computer

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jun 24, 2019 10:54 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Posted on Jun 24, 2019 11:59 AM

Please shut down the computer
then disconnect the EHD
then re-start the computer in Safe Mode per the directions in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
then restart normally
connect the EHD.

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