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Disk Utilty first aid .. failed on external HDD MASTER BOOT RECORD query
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<blockquote data-quote="bernard smith" data-source="post: 1852102" data-attributes="member: 401391"><p>Well, I felt brave today and reformatted the "poorly" HDD to Mac OS Extended ( Journaled ) with GUID partition map , instead of the MBR that it previously had.</p><p></p><p>Then I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my photographic files from an existing HDD and presto!! I now have a fully functioning HDD that has also got a clean bill of health from Disk Utility First Aid. </p><p></p><p>So now I have my main external HDD and two cloned copies ( by Carbon Copy Cloner ) and I also have my main Macintosh internal drive which is set up with Time Machine to a dedicated drive just for that purpose.</p><p></p><p>Feel a bit more secure now..</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks to everyone for all the advice and encouragement. </p><p></p><p>Time for a brew now.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bernard</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bernard smith, post: 1852102, member: 401391"] Well, I felt brave today and reformatted the "poorly" HDD to Mac OS Extended ( Journaled ) with GUID partition map , instead of the MBR that it previously had. Then I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my photographic files from an existing HDD and presto!! I now have a fully functioning HDD that has also got a clean bill of health from Disk Utility First Aid. So now I have my main external HDD and two cloned copies ( by Carbon Copy Cloner ) and I also have my main Macintosh internal drive which is set up with Time Machine to a dedicated drive just for that purpose. Feel a bit more secure now.. Thanks to everyone for all the advice and encouragement. Time for a brew now. Cheers Bernard [/QUOTE]
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