![]() This is actually a good sign as the Recovery is a very small partition of your physical hard drive and an indication that at least part of the disk is functioning. If you were able to find any success with the Startup Manager, you may see the Recovery HD as a bootable option. If no cursor appears on screen, you can force shut down the computer by holding the power button until the screen blacks out. If the hard drive is experiencing any type of failure it may not appear at all.Ī failing hard drive can cause features of the boot process to be very slow or freeze all together so this is a good first step to see what you are dealing with. Usually you will see Macintosh HD and Recovery HD if you are running any recent Mac OS software. If the Startup Manager is functioning, it will show the available boot options. This does not immediately reflect a hard drive failure but a good first test to see if the disk is there is to start up the Mac holding the Option key. ![]() The flashing folder with the question mark is an indication that the designated disk is not found. This app tells the computer to choose which disk to startup from. When the Mac boots up, it runs a behind the scenes application called Startup Manager. Watch the video above to learn more about what to do with the flashing folder issue.
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