Thanks, Eric.
I have indeed spent many free hours searching for a
solution, and the gurus I'm consulting are also
anxious to see if another drive will behave the same
or not.
I have not exhausted the SW route, having today found
some oddball utilities on the Macfixit site.
Does anybody have th
Hi Brian,
'Fail to boot' means that the cursor appears, but the
screen remains blank, and the internal HDD is not
making the usual spinning noises. The flashing disk
may or may not appear - I realize that is a good sign
as it usually leads to recognition of a system folder
wherever it may be (inc