Hi Callum, Is this the first time you have backed up to this WD Drive? It hasn't been password protected has it?
Try to Unmount the SmartWare CD. Open Disk Utility Select the SmartWare CD and Unmount it I'm offline tonight, someone else might help otherwise I'll be back possibly tomorrow sometime. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 13/04/2012, at 5:40 PM, Callum Prior <cal...@firstagainstthewall.net> wrote: > Update on my situation. > > I was able to get in and run a Time Machine backup to an external Western > Digital MyBook for Mac. A day later (yesterday) my iMac failed completely. > > Turns out she's still covered by AppleCare, so one fairly in depth call to > Apple later they've organised for a technician to come out and replace the > iMac's drive. > > However, I'm having problems trying to restore from my backup. The MyBook > isn't mounting, though their 'smart ware' is. > > I've been unable to run a restore either via setup assistant or migration > assistant. Any ideas? > > Cheers! > -- > Callum Prior > > On 10/04/2012, at 10:06 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Callum, >> >> Does not sound good, normally hearing a clicking sound in the Hard Drive >> indicates the Hard Drive is failing. >> I hope you have current backups before this happened as the Drive could >> completely die very quickly. >> Then it is extremely hard & sometimes impossible to recover your Data. >> >> One thing you could try is see if it will Safe Boot: >> Hold the Shift key down at startup. >> Give it lots of time; it's checking and repairing the drive, if possible. >> >> If that won't work, try booting from the Install DVD holding down the C key, >> open Disk Utility and Repair the drive. >> >> Failing that you need to backup quickly… if you can; or haven’t a current >> backup; and get someone like Daniel Kerr to have a look at it and if it is a >> failing / dead Hard Drive he could purchase and install a new hard drive for >> you. >> >> Shut Down the iMac and don’t use it until the problem is correctly. The more >> you use it the more chance you have of loosing your Data. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.7.3 Lion >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> On 10/04/2012, at 9:17 AM, Callum Prior wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> My iMac has just started making a light ticking/clicking noise and on >>> restart won't progress past the Apple logo screen. >>> >>> A review of Google Indicates this may not be a great thing. Hoping someone >>> can recommend a solution or a service centre to have it checked out? >>> >>> Cheers! >>> -- >>> Callum Prior >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
