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MacBook Pro Has Black Screen & Flashing File Folder/Question Mark

I've been in the process of resetting my parent's old MacBook Pro and looks like I did that part but when I tried to reinstall the OS, I've had many issues. The last OS on here was Mojave so not sure if that was part of the problem but after receiving some error/failure messages, now I have a black screen with a flashing file folder that has a question mark on it. Please help!

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Posted on Mar 28, 2020 8:15 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2020 8:29 AM

KPSmygirls wrote:

I've been in the process of resetting my parent's old MacBook Pro and looks like I did that part but when I tried to reinstall the OS, I've had many issues. The last OS on here was Mojave so not sure if that was part of the problem but after receiving some error/failure messages, now I have a black screen with a flashing file folder that has a question mark on it. Please help!


Learn what to do if your Mac starts up to a question mark.


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About the screens on your Mac as it starts up - Apple Support


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Mar 28, 2020 8:29 AM in response to KPSmygirls

KPSmygirls wrote:

I've been in the process of resetting my parent's old MacBook Pro and looks like I did that part but when I tried to reinstall the OS, I've had many issues. The last OS on here was Mojave so not sure if that was part of the problem but after receiving some error/failure messages, now I have a black screen with a flashing file folder that has a question mark on it. Please help!


Learn what to do if your Mac starts up to a question mark.


ref:

About the screens on your Mac as it starts up - Apple Support


MacBook Pro Has Black Screen & Flashing File Folder/Question Mark

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