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Could this be fixed at an Apple Store?
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<blockquote data-quote="GrimZ" data-source="post: 1328512" data-attributes="member: 172886"><p>Hey chscag,</p><p></p><p>I tried to use target disk mode with a friend's computer to recover what I could. </p><p></p><p>When I connected my computer to his, "Macintosh HD" and "Bootcamp" came up. His computer told me that it coudn't repair my disk, and to back up what I could.</p><p></p><p>However, in "Macintosh HD" there were just scattered folders (about 5) and they were almost all empty. They were either blank when I opened them, or I would open them and it would immediately exit to the previous screen again. </p><p></p><p>So, I plugged in my external HD and dragged both "Macintosh HD" and "Bootcamp" to my external drive. Does that mean that I have my entire HD backed up now, like it would be if I had done it through my Window's partition like you suggested? On the external HD, it says that "Macintosh HD" only contains 176KB. </p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I went into my Window's partition, and opened my Mac HD to try and see if things matched up. I wasn't there for long because I got a sudden BSOD (which never happens) so now I'm afraid to go back in there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>From what I saw though, I do have everything copied from the firewire target disk method, so I may just go ahead and wipe the slate clean with a fresh install.</p><p></p><p>So, just to clarify, I will:</p><p></p><p>1.) Go into recovery HD, select Disk Utility, Select "Macintosh HD"</p><p>2.) Hit "erase" and then "format"</p><p>3.) Then, do I boot back into utilities and have things restored from the external HD via time machine? If there is anything salvageable on my external HD from the firewire transfer, how do I get that stuff back onto my computer once I re-install? Is it safe to put that stuff back?</p><p></p><p>Thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrimZ, post: 1328512, member: 172886"] Hey chscag, I tried to use target disk mode with a friend's computer to recover what I could. When I connected my computer to his, "Macintosh HD" and "Bootcamp" came up. His computer told me that it coudn't repair my disk, and to back up what I could. However, in "Macintosh HD" there were just scattered folders (about 5) and they were almost all empty. They were either blank when I opened them, or I would open them and it would immediately exit to the previous screen again. So, I plugged in my external HD and dragged both "Macintosh HD" and "Bootcamp" to my external drive. Does that mean that I have my entire HD backed up now, like it would be if I had done it through my Window's partition like you suggested? On the external HD, it says that "Macintosh HD" only contains 176KB. Thanks! EDIT: I went into my Window's partition, and opened my Mac HD to try and see if things matched up. I wasn't there for long because I got a sudden BSOD (which never happens) so now I'm afraid to go back in there ;) From what I saw though, I do have everything copied from the firewire target disk method, so I may just go ahead and wipe the slate clean with a fresh install. So, just to clarify, I will: 1.) Go into recovery HD, select Disk Utility, Select "Macintosh HD" 2.) Hit "erase" and then "format" 3.) Then, do I boot back into utilities and have things restored from the external HD via time machine? If there is anything salvageable on my external HD from the firewire transfer, how do I get that stuff back onto my computer once I re-install? Is it safe to put that stuff back? Thanks again [/QUOTE]
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