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Time Machine backup goes POOF, gone
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<blockquote data-quote="ysave_equ_$34" data-source="post: 1523562" data-attributes="member: 305194"><p><strong>Located!</strong></p><p></p><p>newscribe, thanks very much for your replies. Couldn't get access to this particular Mac for a couple of days, owner was away. But I did have the external drive to poke at. You were right, hardware failure. Not irrecoverable, luckily. It was not the drive itself but the external wall-wart-style power supply. Rated at 12v 1.5a (and the same info is stamped on the drive enclosure so I think they mean it) but the multimeter says it's not supplying even 1 amp, quite. Picked up a replacement supply and tried it out and there's the partition and the Time Machine backup right where it should be. I'm very glad this particular drive had an external, hence replaceable, PS and was not internally powered from the usb port. Thanks again!</p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ysave_equ_$34, post: 1523562, member: 305194"] [b]Located![/b] newscribe, thanks very much for your replies. Couldn't get access to this particular Mac for a couple of days, owner was away. But I did have the external drive to poke at. You were right, hardware failure. Not irrecoverable, luckily. It was not the drive itself but the external wall-wart-style power supply. Rated at 12v 1.5a (and the same info is stamped on the drive enclosure so I think they mean it) but the multimeter says it's not supplying even 1 amp, quite. Picked up a replacement supply and tried it out and there's the partition and the Time Machine backup right where it should be. I'm very glad this particular drive had an external, hence replaceable, PS and was not internally powered from the usb port. Thanks again! Jim [/QUOTE]
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