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OWC TB External HD Failing w/ a TM Backup - Can the data be salvaged?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1804401" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Deleting TM backups takes forever. Each link in the backup is treated as a separate file that needs to be tracked all the way back to the origin, apparently. In any event, try reformatting it to something other than HFS+, then back to HFS+. Disk Utility should allow that, even if it doesn't allow erasing it. And if that fails, try repartitioning it into two, then back to one. That works at the device level, so it should ignore the format or any TM settings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1804401, member: 396914"] Deleting TM backups takes forever. Each link in the backup is treated as a separate file that needs to be tracked all the way back to the origin, apparently. In any event, try reformatting it to something other than HFS+, then back to HFS+. Disk Utility should allow that, even if it doesn't allow erasing it. And if that fails, try repartitioning it into two, then back to one. That works at the device level, so it should ignore the format or any TM settings. [/QUOTE]
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