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Intended Boot USB creation wiped storage HD - Recovery possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="KommanderKeen" data-source="post: 1807612" data-attributes="member: 401287"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Earlier this week I used my Mac Pro to create a Boot USB so I could reinstall the OS on a separate Macbook.</p><p></p><p>My Mac Pro has two harddrives in it. One for the OS and one for storage.</p><p></p><p>I'm not quite sure how/where the error occurred but the result is that it seems that the storage harddrive is the one that became the boot disk.</p><p></p><p>The storage drive has gone from the Finder favourites/devices list. It's visible in Disk Utility but named as a boot disk.</p><p></p><p>I do have a Time Machine backup on a separate external harddrive but it's a couple of weeks old. If there's a method to recover files from my storage harddrive I may as well try it first because it would save some time.</p><p></p><p>Is it likely to be recoverable? I'm hoping I'm not going to hear that recovery from a drive that's been made into a OS Boot disk is impossible for some reason by comparison to deleted files/failing HDs.</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming the only approach is to find a 3rd party piece of software to do the recovery? Nothing free or pre-installed on the Mac will work?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KommanderKeen, post: 1807612, member: 401287"] Hi, Earlier this week I used my Mac Pro to create a Boot USB so I could reinstall the OS on a separate Macbook. My Mac Pro has two harddrives in it. One for the OS and one for storage. I'm not quite sure how/where the error occurred but the result is that it seems that the storage harddrive is the one that became the boot disk. The storage drive has gone from the Finder favourites/devices list. It's visible in Disk Utility but named as a boot disk. I do have a Time Machine backup on a separate external harddrive but it's a couple of weeks old. If there's a method to recover files from my storage harddrive I may as well try it first because it would save some time. Is it likely to be recoverable? I'm hoping I'm not going to hear that recovery from a drive that's been made into a OS Boot disk is impossible for some reason by comparison to deleted files/failing HDs. I'm assuming the only approach is to find a 3rd party piece of software to do the recovery? Nothing free or pre-installed on the Mac will work? Thanks for the help! [/QUOTE]
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