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I'm not sure what Model. It's like 5 years old? The monitor size is in between the two sizes that have been available on iMacs for the last few years. No SSD because I may not get a desktop after this one fails. I heard iMacs use those smaller hard drives used in laptops. Is that true?

Also any suggestions on drives? thanks!

Thanks for your reply! I will try and get another harddrive in there and see if that works. "Just so you know, a Time Machine backup is not bootable, and is not designed to do that." Any idea why would it show up in my bootable drive selection? Just out of curiosity.

Hi everyone, I am having issues getting my iMac with Mountain Lion installed to boot up. I followed threads on various forums including the one on Apple and was on the verge of giving up but I was able to get the computer to boot up with option start. My internal drive didn't show up in the...