Many computer users have encountered boot failure once. Some users may solve the issue successfully and can boot into their computers again. While others may fail to deal with it and get a non-working computer. In such cases, the last resort is to create a bootable media packaged with data recovery software or other similar utilities to recover all the precious data. And that's what EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can do for you.

With the easy-to-use and user-friendly design, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac is one of the most powerful and successful data recovery products. It can help you easily recover lost data from Mac, hard drive and other storage media, etc. Being endowed with a straightforward interface, EaseUS. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro With Bootable Media is the world’s best hard drive data recovery software for PC/laptop/Server or additional storage media. Bootable Media recover lost data when the operating system does not open up or crashes.

Boot Failures You May Encounter

There are several common situations that suggest a boot failure.

• The computer is stuck at the 'Preparing Automatic Repair' screen or the Automatic Repair loop
• You receive the error message: 'DISK BOOT FAILURE - INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER'
• You see a blue screen of death showing 'Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart'
• A black screen displays 'Boot Device Not Found - Please install an operating system on your hard disk'

There are many other situations or error messages that imply you can't boot into Windows. Generally, to fix a computer that won't boot, you will need to try the features in advanced options to fix the issue, which may require the Windows installation media. In a word, it's not easy to fix boot related problems. Even if you applied the solutions, you might fail to cope with the issue. That's why so many users choose to rescue the data on the computer directly or as the last resort.

What You Need: Download Bootable Data Recovery Software

How to recover data from a PC or laptop that won't boot? By creating a bootable USB, CD, or DVD packaged with a data recovery utility, you can boot the problematic computer from the bootable media and then use the data recovery software in the environment to recover all the files from the computer.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard with Bootable Media can help you create a bootable disk and resolve this issue.

With it, you can burn Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) installed on the USB, CD, or DVD, which allows enables you to start the computer and rescue the files.

Important Tips Before Using Bootable Data Recovery Software

• Prepare an empty storage device: a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or CD/DVD (CD/DVD recorder is needed)
• Prepare a healthy computer via which you can create the bootable disk
• You will need to change the boot sequence in BIOS to boot the computer from the bootable disk
• EaseUS bootable data recovery software won't work to retrieve your data if the PC hard drive is physically damaged

Ready? Let's see how to create a bootable USB/CD/DVD with EaseUS bootable data recovery software.

Step 1. Create a bootable disk

1. Preparations.

• An empty USB. If you have important data on it, copy the data to another device. When you create a bootable disk, the data on the USB will be erased.
• EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE Edition will help you create a bootable disk.

2. Details.

Connect the USB drive to PC, launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE Edition.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE Edition will recognize your CD/DVD device or USB drive automatically. You can also export the ISO file.

Select the USB drive and click 'Proceed' to create a bootable disk.

Step 2. Boot from the bootable USB

• Connect the bootable disk to PC that won't boot and change your computer boot sequence in BIOS. For most users, it works well when they restart their computer and press F2 at the same time to enter BIOS.
• Set to boot the PC from 'Removable Devices' (bootable USB disk) or 'CD-ROM Drive' (bootable CD/DVD) beyond Hard Drive. Press 'F10' to save and exit.

Step 3. Recover files/data from a PC/laptop hard drive that won't boot

When you boot from the USB, you are able to run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard from the WinPE bootable disk.

1. Select the disk you want to scan to find all your lost files.

2. Click Scan to start the scanning process.

3. Recover data from the computer or laptop.

After the scan completed. You can preview all recoverable files, select the targeted files and click 'Recover' button to restore your files. You'd better save all of the recovered data to another place to avoid data overwriting.

How to Prepare Yourself for a Boot Issue

A boot failure is one of the most severe issues that may happen to a computer. Once it occurs, no matter how reluctant you are, it will never stop. In most of cases, it just appears unexpectedly and leaves you in anxiety. It's necessary to learn how to solve the problem. But more importantly, you should know how to prepare yourself for a potential boot related problem.

Create System Restore Points

Most of the boot issues happen due to system changes. A system restore point enables you to perform a system restore that will revert your computer to a working point when boot failure arises. To create a system restore point:

Step 1. Type 'create a restore point' in the search box on the task bar.

Step 2. Click 'Create a restore point' from the search result.

Step 3. Click 'Create' under the 'System Protection' tab to make a system restore point.

Step 4. Type a description for the restore point, and then select Create > OK.

Create a System Image

The Backup and Restore feature in Windows can help you create a system image, which is a copy of the Windows system drive(s). Besides, you can also add other partitions to back up together with the system drives. With the system image, you are incapable of restoring the computer which stops working.

Step 1. Prepare a large enough EXTERNAL hard drive and connect it to the computer.

Step 2. Type control panel in the Windows search bar and choose 'Control Panel' shown in the result.

Step 3. Choose 'Backup and Restore' and click 'Create a system image'.

Step 4. Check 'On a hard disk' (you can change the backup location according to your needs) and click 'Next'.

Step 5. Select the partitions you can to include in the system image and click 'Next'.

Step 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to start creating a system image.

The next time when your computer doesn't boot, you can quickly solve it by performing a system restore or system image recovery if other fixes don't work.

The Bottom Line

When a PC or laptop fails to boot, the bootable data recovery software is helpful in retrieving the data stored on the computer hard drives. Besides, you can also create a bootable media with disk cloning software, which can also help you extract data from the computer.

This article is about how to recover files from dead iMac. Your iMac may completely broken without response. EaseUS Data Recovery - the best Mac data recovery software is designed to retrieve files from iMac and other storage media.

'I accidentally unplugged my iMac today while it was still running and without shutting it down. It was working perfectly fine until I did this even though it is five years old. Now it won't turn on, completely dead, no noise, light, fan. I am panicking as I can't remember last time I backed up and have thousands of family photos and videos.'

iMac is an Apple computer, an all-in-one Apple Macintosh computer series aimed at the consumer and education markets. The characteristic of iMac is its design. Because of its unique design and outstanding ease of use, iMac has won awards almost every year.

But the prestigious computer is not immune to damaged. Think about it, when you edit a long article or other crucial programs, your iMac suddenly strikes. It is a nightmare for users. We are going to help you to understand some reasons behind broken iMac and recommend EaseUS Mac Data Recovery - a reliable Mac data recovery tool to help you retrieve files.

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What results in the iMac that won’t startup

• Antivirus software
• Non-compatible system with upgraded hardware
• System errors
• Hard disk bad sectors
• Junk files
• Disk fragmentation

When you find your iMac turns to damaged, the first thing you must do is to transfer data for safe, and then repair your iMac.

Procedure 1: Recover and transfer data from dead iMac to A Safe Place

EaseUS Data Recovery has a startup disk, which recovers files from crashed iMac. If your iMac don’t have boot disk, you can follow these steps.

Step 1: Buy EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro, and then contact customer service to gain boot disk download address.

Step 2: Make a bootable disk. (You need to prepare a empty USB, and then follow the software process.)

Step 3: Start the Mac & change boot settings to change the booting order（Click the right and left button.） and then install and launch EaseUS Mac data recovery.

How to use EaseUS Data Recovery

Step 1. Select the disk location (it can be an internal HDD/SSD or a removable storage device) where you lost data and files. Click the 'Scan' button.

Step 2. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac will immediately scan your selected disk volume and display the scanning results on the left pane.

Step 3. In the scan results, select the file(s) and click the 'Recover Now' button to have them back.

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Procedure 2 : How to Repair Dead iMac and Make it Bootable

The computer that won’t boot also has some different treatment methods. We will recommend two repair methods to you.

1. Repair Mac hard drive by using disk utility

Disk utility is a built-in application that can help you restore Mac hard disk problem. If your Mac disk won’t boot, then launch Disk Utility through macOS Recovery mode.

Step 1: Power on your Mac and immediately press and hold Command+R keys. Release the keys when the Apple logo appears. Your Mac start the macOS Recovery mode.

Step 2: On the primary macOS windows, click Disk Utility and then click Continue.

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Step 3: From the left pane, select Macintosh HD - the startup disk. Click the First Aid button on the top pane, and click Run.

Tips: Disk Utility contains deficiencies that it can’t repair a corrupt partition map. If repairing the disk is not going well, you need to erase the Mac storage drive with a new partition scheme. Remember backup your files. Otherwise you will lost data.

2. Repair Mac startup drive by using FSCK command

If the method 1 can’t repair your disk, you can try to run FSCK command on Mac.

Step 1: Power on your Mac, then press and hold Command +S keys. Release the keys when text appears on a black background.

Step 2: In the command line, type the command /sbin/fsck – fy, then press Return.

Tips: If disk drive is healthy, it will show the message:The volume Macintosh appears to be OK. IF FSCK repairs the broken hard drive, it displays the message: File system was modified. Then re-run FSCK command till the system show the message: The volume Macintosh appears to be OK.

FAQ

1.How long does repair disk permissions take?

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It takes about 20 minutes.

2.What does first aid do in disk utility?

Disk First Aid is a free software utility made by Apple Inc. that was bundled with all computers running the classic Mac OS. This tool verifies and repairs a limited number of directory structure problems on any HFS or HFS Plus hard disk or volume.

3. How can I recover permanently deleted photos from Mac for free?

• Run iPhoto and find the Recently Deleted album in the main window.
• Select and preview the photos you want to recover.
• Click Recover.

4. How can I find the lost files from the scan result?

On the scan page, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard offers data filtering and search functions. You can search the files by size, type, or file/folder name.

5. How to force shut down the Mac program?

• Choose the Apple logo on the top of the left corner.
• Select Force Close.