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System Name | HAL_9017 |
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Processor | Intel i9 10850k |
Motherboard | Asus Prime z490-A |
Cooling | Corsair H115i |
Memory | GSkill 32GB DDR4-3000 Trident-Z RGB |
Video Card(s) | NVIDIA 1080GTX FE w/ EVGA Hybrid Water Cooler |
Storage | Samsung EVO 960 M.2 SSD 500Gb |
Display(s) | Asus XG279 |
Case | In Win 805i |
Audio Device(s) | EVGA NuAudio |
Power Supply | CORSAIR RM750 |
Mouse | Logitech Master 2s |
Keyboard | Keychron K4 |
Hey Guys,
I just have a few questions before I try this, though I do not believe it will be a huge problem.
My friends iMac I think has a dying Hard Drive. On boot, it just sits at the grey screen, and goes no further. I am not familiar with the BIOS ends of a Mac system. So first thing is first:
I want to take her drive and plug it into my desktop (PC) and just get inside Win7 to read her files, back them up, and at least get that far. I don;t think this will be to bad an issue, seeing I would just be reading the files from that disk to mine, and not doing an OS booting.
From there though, I want to test if there could be any other problems. I know you can hit a key at boot to get into the Bios of a Mac, but which one, ones, to I push. Once I do this, is there anything special with Mac over PC that i should take notice of?
Thanks to anything you can offer,
-At
I just have a few questions before I try this, though I do not believe it will be a huge problem.
My friends iMac I think has a dying Hard Drive. On boot, it just sits at the grey screen, and goes no further. I am not familiar with the BIOS ends of a Mac system. So first thing is first:
I want to take her drive and plug it into my desktop (PC) and just get inside Win7 to read her files, back them up, and at least get that far. I don;t think this will be to bad an issue, seeing I would just be reading the files from that disk to mine, and not doing an OS booting.
From there though, I want to test if there could be any other problems. I know you can hit a key at boot to get into the Bios of a Mac, but which one, ones, to I push. Once I do this, is there anything special with Mac over PC that i should take notice of?
Thanks to anything you can offer,
-At