Mac mini - No startup disk after power outage
Hey,
I have a mac mini running macOS Sierra. Power outage + no surge protection bar = mini not starting... I was stuck at grey screen, even after multiple attempts. So I just gave up, thinking logic board is fried or something...
Then I came upon this post, suggesting resetting PRAM, and thought I would give it a try. Well, startup took a loooong time, but it did boot up, in what seems to be recovery mode.
Before doing anything else, I thought I would check the hard drive using Disk Utility. Well, there is no drive... it just keeps looking for a drive... So I opened up Startup disk to see what's up? Nothing. No drive to select.
Verdict: my HD is fried?
How do I know if it's worth changing the drive? Something else might be fried as well right?
Mac mini, macOS 10.12