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BIG PROBLEM! volume alias trashed files held hostage please help
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<blockquote data-quote="terraform" data-source="post: 943841" data-attributes="member: 111075"><p>I have no idea how this happened but...</p><p></p><p>somehow the Invisible Alias(s) to all of my internal HD's (except my boot disc)</p><p>were placed in the trash.</p><p></p><p>I discovered this when I was emptying the trash and a few of the files could not be </p><p>trashed I looked at the names and they were my Internal HD volumes</p><p></p><p>Needless to say this freaked me out</p><p>so when looking inside the trash nothing was there.</p><p></p><p>Doing a terminal command I made all invisible files visible and sure enough </p><p>there is a folder in the trash entitled </p><p>"Volumes"</p><p>inside of Volumes lives alias(s) for all of my non boot disks</p><p></p><p>to make matters worse when I go to the HD's which are still visible on my desktop</p><p>all of the files give a " cannot be opened" message</p><p></p><p>The files which are held hostage are for my Doc film I have been working on for </p><p>1.5 years.</p><p></p><p>I have tried to verify and repair the disks using both Disk Utility and Drive Genius</p><p>but they both give a " Disk cannot be unmounted" error</p><p></p><p>I have not restarted the computer (as I am afraid)</p><p>and I don't know what to do</p><p></p><p>it would appear that the info is there</p><p>just help hostage...</p><p>Please advise</p><p></p><p>I have attached a couple of links to snaps so you can see what I mean.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/terraform/HDProblem2.jpg" target="_blank">http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/terraform/HDProblem2.jpg</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/terraform/aliasMissingCannotUnmount.jpg" target="_blank">http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/terraform/aliasMissingCannotUnmount.jpg</a></p><p></p><p>any info is welcome </p><p></p><p>thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="terraform, post: 943841, member: 111075"] I have no idea how this happened but... somehow the Invisible Alias(s) to all of my internal HD's (except my boot disc) were placed in the trash. I discovered this when I was emptying the trash and a few of the files could not be trashed I looked at the names and they were my Internal HD volumes Needless to say this freaked me out so when looking inside the trash nothing was there. Doing a terminal command I made all invisible files visible and sure enough there is a folder in the trash entitled "Volumes" inside of Volumes lives alias(s) for all of my non boot disks to make matters worse when I go to the HD's which are still visible on my desktop all of the files give a " cannot be opened" message The files which are held hostage are for my Doc film I have been working on for 1.5 years. I have tried to verify and repair the disks using both Disk Utility and Drive Genius but they both give a " Disk cannot be unmounted" error I have not restarted the computer (as I am afraid) and I don't know what to do it would appear that the info is there just help hostage... Please advise I have attached a couple of links to snaps so you can see what I mean. [url]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/terraform/HDProblem2.jpg[/url] [url]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/terraform/aliasMissingCannotUnmount.jpg[/url] any info is welcome thanks [/QUOTE]
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