Mac built-in SSD corrupted, won’t boot into recovery mode

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Model: MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2015)

Here’s my story: I wanted to move from macOS (12.6.2) to Windows 10. I installed Windows using Boot Camp, set it up, and deleted my macOS partition. I then wanted to take the unallocated storage from the partition and extend it to the Windows partition. I used Zorin OS 16.2 off of a live USB for this. I messed around with the partitions when all of a sudden the Windows partition wasn’t mounting. I then made the dumb decision of using sudo ntfsfix to fix any bad sectors and such. I tried to restart into Windows, but it didn’t boot. So I tried to boot back into Zorin OS, but the boot options key combination didn’t work. Then I tried recovery mode, didn’t work. I tried internet recovery, and it opened, but it wouldn’t let me connect to my home internet, saying that the password was incorrect. I tried another network, didn’t work. I then tried my phone’s hotspot, and I found out that the Mac actually does connect, but then disconnects after a split second.

I’ve contacted Apple Support, but they just say to send it in for repair at an Apple store, third party, etc.

Does anyone have any other ideas? I have a secondary Windows laptop just in case I need to flash something to a USB or somehow getting into target disk mode (although I don’t think I have a compatible cable for that).

Posted Jan 4, 2023, 6:09 PM UTC

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