Hold down windows key + r and press the power button. Continue holding WIN+R until you see the apple and loading bar appear. It should then start in recovery mode.
Ive tried and doesnt get many anywhere. Now when i hold the alt button on start up i get a macintosh hd and globe screen and the regular loading bar that most have before the pw screen.
I talked to apple support they told me hold power button till it pops up , windows+r, ctrl+alt+r, ctrl+r several times and just goesto a password screen they then had me enter pw few times to see if it would go to a screen that says "recover or forgotten pw" which it would never go to. Its a IMAC 20" 2007 model A1224.
I read online that you could swap the ram hold the windows and either +ctrl, windows or+ alt or both as well as +r+p and have the screen reboot three times with 3 chimes till it went to a screen without a password by simply swapping the ram. Its 2gb 250gb. Would pulling the 1 ram disc out make it function passed the pw screen or need a whole different ram disc to stuff in there is just one screw plate underneath the screen.
I was gifted it so id like to try get it running apple support also has a method od having it connected to the internet by ethernet cable then trying the same above methods for online app reset. It should still have the original o/s disc installed the side slot. Erase all data then reinstall imac o/s
thru system recovery screen.
These are the only screens it shows however it only shows the apple logo and roud revolving O loading in the one photo unless i hold alt on power on it shows macintosh hd a globe and a loading bar that takes longer to load before getting to a pw screen.
Apple chat may not be as familiar as this is an older model.
