Howdy Further to the problems we've had with our iMac harddisk, it is evidently a Seagate 2TB purchased+ installed feb 2013 by Macworx Joondalup. They have confirmed that its a dead harddrive and is still in warranty ( 3yrs) - return to base.
So we had them install a 250 GB SDD in the Superdrive bay, so we can install a replacement harddrive in the HD bay when it arrives . Question The files in time machine are total 650 GB - too much for the 250 GB SDD! In migration assistant - its has the option to select which files/folders to migrate. What is the minimum files/folders can we migrate from the time machine to the SDD so that we can atleast use the important business files. hmm there are other questions attached to this - I might just start another thread on it. chow gary dorn gd...@mac.com On 07/12/2015, at 3:47 PM, gdorn@me wrote: > 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: > >> 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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