To repair the hard drive on my iMac, I need to start up using my installation disk which I can't find. What do I do?

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To repair the hard drive on my iMac, I need to start up using my installation disk which I can't find. What do I do?

I am running OSX 10.6.8 on an iMac and when I ran Disk Utility and did a Verify Disk I got an error that the "Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired." I have to "Start up my computer with another disk such as my Mac OS X installation disk." But if I can't find the disk or downloaded it, how do I start up?

Posted on Jul 5, 2014 8:35 PM

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Niel

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Jul 5, 2014 8:45 PM in response to tkuse

Restart the computer with the Shift key held down; this quietly runs a repair utility. Regardless of whether or not this succeeds, get a replacement disk as soon as you can; if needed, phone AppleCare and order one.

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