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Important files inaccessible after clean install of OS despite backup on external HDD
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<blockquote data-quote="robgendreau" data-source="post: 1342060" data-attributes="member: 196508"><p>Yeah DO NOT try using some undelete program.</p><p></p><p>Better yet, migration assistant. It's too bad you did a clean install, as that required erasing everything, including perhaps your essential data.</p><p></p><p>You said you confirmed all had been backed up; how exactly did you do that?</p><p></p><p>You shoiuld be aware that when you do a clean install you essentially get a new computer. You then create a new user. That's why it's a good idea to use migration assistant, because you are essentially moving everything to that new user on the new computer Apple's installation is designed to avoid these sorts of problems. You may have those orphaned aliases on your desktop because they pointed to a user that has now been erased. Even if you migrate back those aliases won't be repaired automatically; you'll have to re-find the files and reorganize them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robgendreau, post: 1342060, member: 196508"] Yeah DO NOT try using some undelete program. Better yet, migration assistant. It's too bad you did a clean install, as that required erasing everything, including perhaps your essential data. You said you confirmed all had been backed up; how exactly did you do that? You shoiuld be aware that when you do a clean install you essentially get a new computer. You then create a new user. That's why it's a good idea to use migration assistant, because you are essentially moving everything to that new user on the new computer Apple's installation is designed to avoid these sorts of problems. You may have those orphaned aliases on your desktop because they pointed to a user that has now been erased. Even if you migrate back those aliases won't be repaired automatically; you'll have to re-find the files and reorganize them. [/QUOTE]
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