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Startup question mark - reinstall OS

When starting up my iMac, I run into a persistent flashing question mark. I've followed the steps on this page, but I'm unable to reinstall the OS since MacintoshHD isn't appearing. Here's disk utility:



Where should I go from here? There was some data on the computer from before this issue that ideally would be recovered.


Thanks!

Posted on Jul 14, 2022 7:17 PM

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Posted on Jul 14, 2022 7:26 PM

Restore it from a backup, or run a data recovery utility, or contact a professional service.


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Startup question mark - reinstall OS

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