Cannot recover from flashing folder w/ question mark
Hello,
I have a 2007 iMac running Mountain Lion, and I went to use it yesterday and it did not respond. I rebooted it and it came up with flashing folder with a question mark. I have tried following options, and all resulted in the flashing folder:
- Booting with cmd-r
- Booting with option key
- Booting while holding c with disk 1 from my Leopard installation
I did successfully reset the PRAM and was able to eject the disk, so while I thought it may be a keyboard issue (it's a USB) that does not appear to be the case.
Is something totally fried beyond repair? Is there anything else I can try?
I have a time capsule which is great if I want to buy another computer, but I'm not sure it will help me get past my current issue.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mark
iMac (20-inch Mid 2007), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)