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I received my iMac back from its warranty repair yesterday and it had a new hard disk fitted. A new user (called User) had been set up and the recovered data had been put on the desktop. I transferred the data to an external disk for safety.
Then I went into Time Machine and asked it to Restore from the last backup, which it did overnight. I can now see that 270GB of the new disk has been used, but I can't find the data. I expected it to restore my original user which was called Stephen.
As well as restoring the data during the night, it also did a backup of the User data, including the recovered data on the desktop. So I deleted this from Time Machine.
Two questions -
Where can I find the "hidden" 270GB of data?
How can I restore from Time Machine my original Stephen data? One option is to transfer all the data manually from the recovered data on the external disk. But the problem with this is all my software and software settings won't be replaced. (I had an number of applications such as Office, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut, etc).
The shop which did the repair have no clue, sadly.
Any help gratefully received.
Stephen
Then I went into Time Machine and asked it to Restore from the last backup, which it did overnight. I can now see that 270GB of the new disk has been used, but I can't find the data. I expected it to restore my original user which was called Stephen.
As well as restoring the data during the night, it also did a backup of the User data, including the recovered data on the desktop. So I deleted this from Time Machine.
Two questions -
Where can I find the "hidden" 270GB of data?
How can I restore from Time Machine my original Stephen data? One option is to transfer all the data manually from the recovered data on the external disk. But the problem with this is all my software and software settings won't be replaced. (I had an number of applications such as Office, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut, etc).
The shop which did the repair have no clue, sadly.
Any help gratefully received.
Stephen