Cannot Erase in Disk Utility - Ventura Internet Recovery

Looking to reinstall macOS Ventura. Booted in to internet recovery mode and all it is showing is Apple Disk Image Media without the option to erase. Any thoughts?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 6, 2024 7:38 AM

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Matti Haveri

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Posted on Apr 6, 2024 8:04 AM

Try Disk Utility > View > Show All Devices.

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Matti Haveri

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Apr 6, 2024 8:04 AM in response to Thomas Frank

Try Disk Utility > View > Show All Devices.

Thomas Frank Author

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Apr 6, 2024 8:07 AM in response to Matti Haveri

Tried that. The image above is what displays after show all devices. Just ran diagnostics and pulled a VDH002 so I’m assuming the drive or logic board has an issue.

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