Hi
So on startup (MacBook Pro 2012), the kernel panic occurred with subsequent restart. I have been into diskutil and after trying a few of the standard clean up moves, including terminal commands, ended up attempting to erase the hard drive, which didn't work either. I unmounted the disk and no remount is possible. Of note, it looked like the disk was full. So is something broke or has the full drive caused all this and what next?
Cheers
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), iOS 7.1.2
Try the troubleshooting help here > OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
Log and post the kernel panic report per these instructions:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201753
Ciao.
Thanks and appreciated but current situation is that I can get onto internet recovery but unable to install OS to internal hard drive. It is currently not mounted and appears unmountable! It is still unerasable too. Cheers
That suggests that the HDD has failed. Do you have another HDD or a boot drive to try?
Ciao.
To make rapid progress, get a new drive (a candidate for replacement internal dave) and an external enclosure, and install Mac OS X on it while still in the external enclosure. Then you are back in business, except for portability.
At your leisure, you can re-arrange, salvage files, repair things, whatever you wish. When you are certain the new system is to your liking, THEN do the surgery to get the replacement drive inside and regain your portability.
OK thanks. I was looking at OWC drives recently, any thoughts about them? Of note, it looked like the internal was full to brim!
If you are referring to OWC SSDs, they are as good as you can get these days.
Ciao.
i replaced internal hard drive and no joy. Therefore, I used an external enclosure and was then able to manipulate both new and old hard drives normally. Suspect SATA cable...I guess!
In cases such as your you describe, the SATA cable is usually the prime suspect.
Ciao.
Kernel panic
