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iMac hard drive has failed.. can I retrieve my data?

iMac hard drive has failed. Is it any way to retrieve data. I’ve used multiple online data recovery softwares with no success. Mac gives me a 4sns failure th00 - 9.00. Thermal sensors hard disk. It’s either the sensor hard drive or logic board. My main goal is data retrieval from the inoperabledisk. Please help

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 8:24 PM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2021 8:42 PM

TruthMac Said:

"iMac hard drive has failed.. can I retrieve my data?: iMac hard drive has failed. Is it any way to retrieve data. I’ve used multiple online data recovery softwares with no success. Mac gives me a 4sns failure th00 - 9.00. Thermal sensors hard disk. It’s either the sensor hard drive or logic board. My main goal is data retrieval from the inoperabledisk. Please help"

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A. Use Disk Utility:

Indeed it seems your hard drive has failed, but try running First Aid in Disk Utility. Fist Aid will fix items, if possible.

  1. Boot: in to Recovery Mode [hold down: command + R keys[ upon boot
  2. Go To: Disk Utility
  3. Select: Hard Drive
  4. Click: First Aid button (top-left of window)


B. Log into iCloud:

See if they reside in iCloud.

Go Here: https://www.icloud.com

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Jan 4, 2021 8:42 PM in response to TruthMac

TruthMac Said:

"iMac hard drive has failed.. can I retrieve my data?: iMac hard drive has failed. Is it any way to retrieve data. I’ve used multiple online data recovery softwares with no success. Mac gives me a 4sns failure th00 - 9.00. Thermal sensors hard disk. It’s either the sensor hard drive or logic board. My main goal is data retrieval from the inoperabledisk. Please help"

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A. Use Disk Utility:

Indeed it seems your hard drive has failed, but try running First Aid in Disk Utility. Fist Aid will fix items, if possible.

  1. Boot: in to Recovery Mode [hold down: command + R keys[ upon boot
  2. Go To: Disk Utility
  3. Select: Hard Drive
  4. Click: First Aid button (top-left of window)


B. Log into iCloud:

See if they reside in iCloud.

Go Here: https://www.icloud.com

Jan 4, 2021 9:08 PM in response to TruthMac

TruthMac Said:

"Verify and repair permission buttons are greyed out. So that doesn’t work. If any other suggestions feel free to let me know. I also tried mounting the drive using another Mac to no avail."

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A Few More Thoughts:

A. Use Terminal in Recovery Mode:

You could try a few commands in Terminal


B. View The Disk:

  1. Boot: in to Recovery Mode [hold down: command + R keys[ upon boot
  2. Go To: Utilities Menu on the top of the screen
  3. Select: Terminal
  4. Use this Command:
diskutil list


C. Try this Link:

Use the Disk Number from the above step on this link: Mac OS X Utilities via Terminal - Git Hub

iMac hard drive has failed.. can I retrieve my data?

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