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Wife called me into her iMac room because a TM backup failed - I have two external HDs attached by TB connections for TM backups (also do duplicate CCC backups on this machine) - the HD in question is an OWC 1 TB Thunderbolt device purchased in November 2014 - I ran Disk Utility which failed to complete and repair the HD; then ran DriveDx which showed a failing drive, as seen below. Now I know the HD needs to be replaced but my main first question is whether the TM backup on the damaged HD can be retrieved accurately or should I just start over w/ a new drive? Note that her files are backed up on another TB HD, 2 CCC HDs, and also online w/ Carbonite, so might be easiest just to start w/ the new HD? Thanks for any comments. Dave
P.S. after many years using these HD spinners, this is only the second one that has failed on me, but has been 4 years and not unexpected.
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P.S. after many years using these HD spinners, this is only the second one that has failed on me, but has been 4 years and not unexpected.
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