Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Disk Utilty first aid .. failed on external HDD MASTER BOOT RECORD query
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1851719" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>One caution. The bootable TM only boots into recovery mode, from where you can reinstall the OS and then do the restoration. But if the drive fails, you have to replace the drive before you can boot and work on the drive systems.</p><p></p><p>The clone drives, if you cloned the OS as well as the data, can boot and be used as the system drive while waiting for the replacement internal to come in. But if you have a failure if the internal drive, I would suggest that if you do decide to operate from a clone while waiting to replace the internal, that you only operate from ONE clone, and make it the same one each time, so that changes will be maintained for when you can install the new drive and clone back to the internal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1851719, member: 396914"] One caution. The bootable TM only boots into recovery mode, from where you can reinstall the OS and then do the restoration. But if the drive fails, you have to replace the drive before you can boot and work on the drive systems. The clone drives, if you cloned the OS as well as the data, can boot and be used as the system drive while waiting for the replacement internal to come in. But if you have a failure if the internal drive, I would suggest that if you do decide to operate from a clone while waiting to replace the internal, that you only operate from ONE clone, and make it the same one each time, so that changes will be maintained for when you can install the new drive and clone back to the internal. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Disk Utilty first aid .. failed on external HDD MASTER BOOT RECORD query
Top