I've checked the TM backup using a macbook - it was visible and readable in Finder. ( dec 5 2015)
I've downloaded DiskMaker X and have started the making of the Mavericks installer to USB - how long ought this take - so far its been saying " DiskMaker X prepares your disk ... please wait " for over 60 minutes now. http://diskmakerx.com/whats-this/ chow gdorn gd...@mac.com On 07/12/2015, at 5:01 PM, petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: > Hi Gary, a check of the "Last Modified" date of the backup sparsebundle file > on the TM disc for the suspect machine would be worth looking at. Using > another OSX machine to view would be needed under the circumstances you're in > I'd suggest. > > > Regards > > > Pete. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > wamug@wamug.org.au > > To: > <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Cc: > > Sent: > Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:47:27 +0800 > Subject: > Re: iMac & mavericks: start up disk problems > > > Further to the advice noted below, how do I go about checking that the Time > Machine backup we supposedly have actually exists and is accessible. > I say this because for a while, the time machine had be turned off and I > frequently find that the usb cable unplugged. > > So I would like to check the status of time machine before doing anything > else. > > How would I do this - I have access to a macbook with Mavericksor Yosemite > and a macpro with Lion > > chow > > gary dorn > gd...@mac.com > > > > On 07/12/2015, at 2:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Re: iMac & mavericks: start up disk problems > Hi Gary, > > Without wanting to be pessimistic – it sounds very similar to when I had a > hard drive fail. > > You will find out when you (try to) reformat your disk: > If the format is just badly corrupted – it should reformat and check out OK > If the disk has more severe problems – it will probably continue to give you > error messages (cannot reformat or similar). > > Before you start - > If you are confident you have back-ups of everything – and, hopefully, from > your post, this IS the case – you can get into the reformating. > If you are NOT confident you have back-ups of everything – don’t do anything > until you have looked at methods of recovering data from damaged disks. (too > big a subject to cover here & I’m no expert – but there is info out there...) > there is much more chance of recovery if you have not tried anything else > first. > > Obviously to do a complete reformat of the internal drive you will need to > either boot from another drive or do it from another computer with this one > in Target disk mode (is this still possible with non-firewire machines?) > > Many people recommend doing a secure erase when reformatting after problems > like this – I believe the action of writing the zeros to every segment helps > in identifying and mapping any problem sections. > > > Others with more experience/expertise may have more to add/suggest. > > > > HTH > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > > > on 7/12/15 12:49, gary dorn at gd...@me.com wrote: > > Howdy , > iMac 10,2 late 2009 > 2 TB (600 mb free) > 8mb ram > Mac OS mavericks since September ( updated from snow leopard , which ran > really well for 3 years) > > since Yesterday morning we've had startup problems > At first startup , was able to login, but then spiral of death wouldn't,t > cease, so forced shutdown ( was in a rush) > Upon restart starts into HD recovery only > > I've tried different start up options, i.e. Single user, Pram, select start > up disk, to no obvious effect > I'm currently in HD recovery, disk utility > In Disk utility says , verifying "disk0s2" says disk needs repair > > After some 60 mins disk utility says as a dialogue box. > "Stopped repairing disk0s2 - can't repair disk - backup, reformat disk and > restore your backed up files." > Behind that shows details of disk repair > Repairing file system > Invalid content in journal > Checking journal HFS Plus volume > Catalog file entry not found for extent > The volume could not be verified completely > Invalid content in journal > File system check exit code is 8. > Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required. > Error: disk utility can't repair this disk .......e disk, restore your backed > up files. > > Ahhh > We have a time machine backup > We don't have a Mavericks usb installer ( was installed via a Mavericks > installer copy put on hardisk) > I have a lion usb installer > > Gary Dorn > On iPad 2 > > -- 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>
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