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Erased hard drive to restore os from bootable flash drive, but now when i try to boot in recovery mode, a question mark is all that comes up.

Erased hard drive to restore os from bootable flash drive, but now when i try to boot in recovery mode, a question mark is all that comes up. How can i access my time machine backup drive or flash drive?


iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 5, 2021 3:22 PM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2021 4:08 PM

What year model is the iMac?

What macOS was the iMac running?

How did you create the macOS installer?


see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

and > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

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Erased hard drive to restore os from bootable flash drive, but now when i try to boot in recovery mode, a question mark is all that comes up.

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