Blinking folder - unsuccessfully tried common solutions

SamCollee123 wrote:

and is there a fix to that?

Try booting externally from a boot clone or Time Machine as a test... to bypass the internal SSD

You can Boot into Internet Recovery (Option Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina/Big Sur) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.

Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices The best sequence is —

• Volume level

• Container level

• Parent drive

Internet Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

SamCollee123 wrote:

So a few days ago I was updating my MacBook Pro late 2013 (i know it’s old but still works fine) and suddenly it couldn’t boot properly anymore. I did see the apple logo and the log-in option but when i logged in it stayed at the 100% loading screen. After trying some stuff even that got worse and now I have a blinking folder when booting. I ofcourse have tried all the “usual” options. When opening disk utility and verifying / reparing i get an error saying that the Disk Utility can’t repair the disk and that i need to reformat the disk, when i click on “erase” i get an error saying “Disk Erase failed” with the error “file system formatter failed”. I also tried to reinstall OS X but when i get to the screen where I need to select a disk to install OS X on, there are no disks showing. Earlier i got the option to install it on a disk but after fully downloading, i got an error.

I honestly have no more clue what to do, do any of you guys know what the reason for this is and how i can fix this? Thanks in advance

Sounds like the hard drive has failed.