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Can exernal hard drive be rescued?

While backing up files from MacBook Air, the external hard drive got damaged, is no longer recognized by the Mac. I think it was ejected while running.It was passworded. Is it possible that it can be wiped and restored to a working disk or is it trashed for good? I do not need the files, just wondering if it could become a working disk again.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 11, 2022 1:09 PM

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Posted on Oct 11, 2022 1:12 PM

Can you boot into macOS Recovery by holding CMD + R on startup? Failing that, try Internet Recovery (CMD + OPT + R).


From there, you should be able to erase the disk - Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support

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Can exernal hard drive be rescued?

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