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Flashing Folder with ? Icon

Turned off my MacBook Pro 13" (Mid-2012) and when I turned it back on I stared blankly at a flashing folder icon with a question mark. I went through the disk utility functions, but my startup disk never appeared and it seems as if my hdd is no longer communicating. I removed the hdd and plugged it into an external hd case and viola, hdd shows up. Does this mean that I need to replace the hdd tape cable? Not liking my Macbook Pro being used as a paper weight.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Feb 12, 2016 2:07 PM

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Flashing Folder with ? Icon

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