|
Post by wierdostomps on Oct 21, 2010 16:22:20 GMT
My La Cie FW external hard drive has got corrupted. Neither Disk Utility nor Drive Genius can repair it.
I am reluctant to reformat it as it has my Time Machine backups on it.
1. Does anyone know how I can use fsck on it - I know I need to unmount it first, but am not really conversant with Terminal - other than copying out the commands that others tell me to use.
2. If I do need to reformat the disk, does anyone know whether I can just copy the TM backup folder onto my internal hard drive first, re-format the disk, then copy it back and carry on as before?
Cheers
Tim
|
|
|
Post by Alex on Oct 21, 2010 18:05:20 GMT
If that was me, I would accept it and just reformat the disk. As of now, your Mac is all-well, so you shouldn't need to recover anything from the TM. Unless TM has a partition on the disk and the other half has something on it, like mine (TM in one bit, iTunes Library in another)
|
|
|
Post by wierdostomps on Oct 21, 2010 19:29:15 GMT
But I don't think it is quite that simple. I've read somewhere that TM is likely to get confused & that I might need to begin again from scratch? Can't remember where though.
|
|
|
Post by Forum Cat on Oct 25, 2010 23:22:46 GMT
I am shooting in the dark here but this is how I would do it.
Clone your time machine partition not to a folder but to a disc image. Use a utility like Super Duper or CCC.
Reformat your Drive and then clone it back again.
I suspect that simply copying the folder may not do the trick.
Only a suspicion, but my method should be more robust as cloning brings over permissions as well as data.
|
|
|
Post by wierdostomps on Oct 26, 2010 17:15:48 GMT
Here's how I did it - and a lesson to all in how NOT to do it. Attempt to copy the folder from external hard drive to boot drive- get told that the operation is not possible. Assume that this is because you can't copy a backup onto what is being backed up. Borrow wife's backup drive. Attempt to copy the folder to wife's backup drive. Get told that the operation is still not allowed. Change permissions on wife's backup drive. Still not allowed. Get up to answer phone. Drag wife's backup drive to floor where it proceeds to make loud click and refuses to mount ever again. Decide it's not worth messing around with no backups at all - take the risk and re-format the original drive anyway and start TM backups again. Pull out what remaining hair I have left. Cry. Contact Amazon to buy shiny new hard drive to replace wife's backup. Forget about iPad this month.
|
|
|
Post by Forum Cat on Oct 26, 2010 18:16:06 GMT
Hmm, I think I prefer my method. Sorry to hear of your misfortune dude.
|
|