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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1820638" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>Basically what I was suggesting, was to see if booted from another cloned backup Drive would improve things.</p><p></p><p>Carbon Copy Cloner.app can create such a backup cloned Drive that you can boot from.</p><p></p><p>If you were to use your existing external Seagate Drive, you would need to partition it to make a volume large enough to hold your existing data plus a 20 to 40 GB surplus as a minimum, or erase the drive completely in order to clone using Carbon Copy Cloner.</p><p></p><p>If your existing Seagate backup Drive is already bootable, you could try using it. But I don't know what was used to create the backup so it may not be bootable. </p><p></p><p>Also, depending on your Macs, you may be able to use <strong><em>Target Disk Mode</em></strong> and use your proper working MacBook to boot from, but it may not be worth the hassle. </p><p>For directions and compatibility maybe check here:</p><p><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/target-disk-mode-guide/" target="_blank">What Is Target Disk Mode? How and When to Use It on Your Mac</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.ivanexpert.com/blog/2017/03/mac-target-disk-mode-now-includes-usb-hooray/" target="_blank">Mac Target Disk Mode includes USB | The IvanExpert Mac Blog</a></p><p>or if needed:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=can+a+macbook+be+used+as+a+boot+drive+using+target+disk+mode&oq=can+a+macbook+be+used+as+a+boot+drive+using+target+disk+mode&aqs=chrome..69i57.33695j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">can a macbook be used as a boot drive using target disk mode - Google Search</a></p><p></p><p>I can't remember if it was mentioned, but it won't hurt to use <strong>Disk Utility</strong>.app to do any possible repairs or first aid.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Patrick</p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1820638, member: 175845"] Basically what I was suggesting, was to see if booted from another cloned backup Drive would improve things. Carbon Copy Cloner.app can create such a backup cloned Drive that you can boot from. If you were to use your existing external Seagate Drive, you would need to partition it to make a volume large enough to hold your existing data plus a 20 to 40 GB surplus as a minimum, or erase the drive completely in order to clone using Carbon Copy Cloner. If your existing Seagate backup Drive is already bootable, you could try using it. But I don't know what was used to create the backup so it may not be bootable. Also, depending on your Macs, you may be able to use [B][I]Target Disk Mode[/I][/B] and use your proper working MacBook to boot from, but it may not be worth the hassle. For directions and compatibility maybe check here: [url=https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/target-disk-mode-guide/]What Is Target Disk Mode? How and When to Use It on Your Mac[/url] and [url=https://www.ivanexpert.com/blog/2017/03/mac-target-disk-mode-now-includes-usb-hooray/]Mac Target Disk Mode includes USB | The IvanExpert Mac Blog[/url] or if needed: [url=https://www.google.com/search?q=can+a+macbook+be+used+as+a+boot+drive+using+target+disk+mode&oq=can+a+macbook+be+used+as+a+boot+drive+using+target+disk+mode&aqs=chrome..69i57.33695j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8]can a macbook be used as a boot drive using target disk mode - Google Search[/url] I can't remember if it was mentioned, but it won't hurt to use [B]Disk Utility[/B].app to do any possible repairs or first aid. - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]
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