Possible to use the Mac Mini without a HDD internal?

How can I boot from a USB key instead?

Basically, my Mac Mini hard drive has been corrupted and would start to a blank screen. So I took it for repairs, and they said that the HARD disk has been corrupted. I have a Macbook Pro with a Time Machine backup on a 1 to USB Drive.

Could not start at this Time Machine backup? If this isn't the case, I should new installation El Capitan on this USB key? All this work will be or what I need to install a HARD drive internal?

Thank you

chrisjay91 wrote:

How can I boot from a USB key instead?

Yes, but it's going to be very slow at the time at startup and the launch of the App that contain large libraries.

Could not start at this Time Machine backup?

No, the Time Machine backups are not bootable.

If this isn't the case, I should new installation El Capitan on this USB key?

You could, but he not was not done correctly it would your Time Machine backup in danger.

All this work will be or what I need to install a HARD drive internal?

Install a new HARD drive would be by far the best option.

A new external hard drive would be the second best option.

However, it is impossible to give you a strong Adviser without knowing exactly what model of Mac Mini, you...?

Reason is as mentioned above, a USB 2.0 external hard drive would be very slow and you would do much better with an external hard drive FireWire, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt according to which ports are a your Mac Mini.

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