Hi Ronni I think I might send him to a data recovery place. cheers Blitto
WD My Passport 0820 2 TB Has lived in his backpack without a protective case apparently!! Storing videos and files not journalled file system - unknown Capacity - 2TB Used - 2 TB !!!!! (although he claims it had 1.5 TB free) No eject button on left First Aid process failed File system verify or repair failed If possible back up the data on this volume Operation failed Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Ideas 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> > On 17 Jun 2016, at 2:50 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > >> On 14 Jun 2016, at 7:41 PM, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au >> <mailto:rb...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Hi WAMUGers >> My son has a portable hard drive that is not functioning all of a sudden. >> Disk First Aid reports a problem. “unable to unmount volume for repair" >> Amy suggestions please? Especially recovering the data. > > Hi Blitto, > > I've just noticed your post to the list. > More info required about the external drive: “not functioning all of a > sudden”… more detail please. > > Was the portable hard drive being used only for Time Machine backups? > How is it formatted? > > Disk Utility can no longer verify a disk, making sure it’s OK without > unmounting it or performing other operations. > First Aid must be able to unmount a drive, or you’ll get an error. Click Show > Details and you’ll see a bit more of what’s happening under the hood. > Post all the problem error message and any other information. > > In the left side panel under External - what happens when you click the eject > button next to the mounted volume in the list? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > El Capitan OS X 10.11.5 >> >> ta >> Rod >> >> <image.gif> >> >> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Good Ideas >> 0409 681 256 >> rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> >> > > > > -- 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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