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Intended Boot USB creation wiped storage HD - Recovery possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="KommanderKeen" data-source="post: 1807631" data-attributes="member: 401287"><p>It's a 2010 Mac Pro. High Sierra. </p><p></p><p>Exact details of the current situation are a little hazy because I'm not present with the Mac itself. The issue has been reported to me and I'm heading to its location tomorrow to take a look. I've began a thread now because I'm hoping I can go in tomorrow with a few different things planned to check.</p><p></p><p>I've created boot disks without issue before, but it's years between each, so to create this one I followed instruction online. </p><p></p><p>- I went down the route of downloading a version of High Sierra from the Mac Store, but cancelling the actual installation. </p><p>- I then used a Terminal command like this = "sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction &&say Done" </p><p></p><p>Now I find it unlikely that I've manually written the incorrect volume name. The ready-and-waiting USB was formatted and called 'Boot' so that's what I am likely to have typed in. </p><p></p><p>- I will check the terminal history when I get in tomorrow to see whether I've managed to specify the Storage drive somehow. </p><p></p><p>What I do know is that this attempt at creating the Boot Disk didn't work as it got stuck 'thinking' for longer than should be necessary. So I cancelled it. </p><p></p><p>I used DiskMakerX to create the boot disk in the end. </p><p></p><p></p><p>What I'm left with is this missing storage drive that's no longer accessible. In the Disk Utility we can see a reference to a boot disk. Which is perhaps what the Storage HD has been turned into.</p><p></p><p>If nothing can be said or planned in response to the information above then I'll have to wait until I get in there tomorrow and can check it myself and report back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KommanderKeen, post: 1807631, member: 401287"] It's a 2010 Mac Pro. High Sierra. Exact details of the current situation are a little hazy because I'm not present with the Mac itself. The issue has been reported to me and I'm heading to its location tomorrow to take a look. I've began a thread now because I'm hoping I can go in tomorrow with a few different things planned to check. I've created boot disks without issue before, but it's years between each, so to create this one I followed instruction online. - I went down the route of downloading a version of High Sierra from the Mac Store, but cancelling the actual installation. - I then used a Terminal command like this = "sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction &&say Done" Now I find it unlikely that I've manually written the incorrect volume name. The ready-and-waiting USB was formatted and called 'Boot' so that's what I am likely to have typed in. - I will check the terminal history when I get in tomorrow to see whether I've managed to specify the Storage drive somehow. What I do know is that this attempt at creating the Boot Disk didn't work as it got stuck 'thinking' for longer than should be necessary. So I cancelled it. I used DiskMakerX to create the boot disk in the end. What I'm left with is this missing storage drive that's no longer accessible. In the Disk Utility we can see a reference to a boot disk. Which is perhaps what the Storage HD has been turned into. If nothing can be said or planned in response to the information above then I'll have to wait until I get in there tomorrow and can check it myself and report back. [/QUOTE]
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