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Recovering virtual disk from backup
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1663280"><p>OK, it gets a bit harder. The /Volumes directory is where OS X mounts drives. So the alias points to that mounted volume. But the volume isn't mounted, so the alias fails. So, there are a couple of ways to try to find out why the volume isn't mounted. </p><p></p><p>First, open Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities/ is where you find it). On the left is a list of the volumes that have recently been mounted. You can look to see if Register.dmg is listed there anywhere and if it is, try selecting it. A new window on the right will appear with the details of that file and its location will show on the bottom of the window. Make a note of that for future reference. Now try clicking on "Open" on the top bar of that window. If Register.dmg is where it was listed to be, it should open. On my machine I show all mounted volumes on the desktop, so if your setup is the same, then Register should appear on the desktop like a drive.</p><p></p><p>If that operation fails, then Register.dmg (the file that is mounted as Register) has somehow disappeared from where it was. But at least now you know where it should have been (what you noted above). First, I would open Finder and navigate to the location you noted in the above paragraph and verify that Register.dmg is not there. If there is a drive in that folder that looks like it could be the missing Register.dmg, but has somehow been misnamed, you can try opening the file and see what happens. You might get lucky and the drive may mount. But if it doesn't and the file is well and truly missing, then you will need to look for the file in your backups. Invoke TM, navigate to that same location in the Finder-like window and restore the file from the most recent backup. Once it is restored, you can then repeat the previous paragraph to Open the drive and it should mount.</p><p></p><p>If that second operation fails because you can't find Register.dmg in TM then we're going to have to search for where Register.dmg is. I would suggest you get a better searching tool like EasyFind and search your hard drive for Register.dmg. If it doesn't appear, you can search the TM backup drive for Register.dmg then use Finder to go to that backup copy and copy it to your HD, putting it where Disk Utility said it was the last time it mounted (what you noted in the second paragraph). Once it's on the main HD, all you need to do is double-click it and it should mount.</p><p></p><p>Finally, if it's not in TM and not on your HD, then it is, I am afraid, gone. You can try a generalized search of your HD for ".dmg" and get all the names of all the disk images to see if somehow it got put somewhere strange, but if EasyFind didn't find it on your internal HD or in TM, then it doesn't exist anymore.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Corrected where to find the file path to the Disk image.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1663280"] OK, it gets a bit harder. The /Volumes directory is where OS X mounts drives. So the alias points to that mounted volume. But the volume isn't mounted, so the alias fails. So, there are a couple of ways to try to find out why the volume isn't mounted. First, open Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities/ is where you find it). On the left is a list of the volumes that have recently been mounted. You can look to see if Register.dmg is listed there anywhere and if it is, try selecting it. A new window on the right will appear with the details of that file and its location will show on the bottom of the window. Make a note of that for future reference. Now try clicking on "Open" on the top bar of that window. If Register.dmg is where it was listed to be, it should open. On my machine I show all mounted volumes on the desktop, so if your setup is the same, then Register should appear on the desktop like a drive. If that operation fails, then Register.dmg (the file that is mounted as Register) has somehow disappeared from where it was. But at least now you know where it should have been (what you noted above). First, I would open Finder and navigate to the location you noted in the above paragraph and verify that Register.dmg is not there. If there is a drive in that folder that looks like it could be the missing Register.dmg, but has somehow been misnamed, you can try opening the file and see what happens. You might get lucky and the drive may mount. But if it doesn't and the file is well and truly missing, then you will need to look for the file in your backups. Invoke TM, navigate to that same location in the Finder-like window and restore the file from the most recent backup. Once it is restored, you can then repeat the previous paragraph to Open the drive and it should mount. If that second operation fails because you can't find Register.dmg in TM then we're going to have to search for where Register.dmg is. I would suggest you get a better searching tool like EasyFind and search your hard drive for Register.dmg. If it doesn't appear, you can search the TM backup drive for Register.dmg then use Finder to go to that backup copy and copy it to your HD, putting it where Disk Utility said it was the last time it mounted (what you noted in the second paragraph). Once it's on the main HD, all you need to do is double-click it and it should mount. Finally, if it's not in TM and not on your HD, then it is, I am afraid, gone. You can try a generalized search of your HD for ".dmg" and get all the names of all the disk images to see if somehow it got put somewhere strange, but if EasyFind didn't find it on your internal HD or in TM, then it doesn't exist anymore. EDIT: Corrected where to find the file path to the Disk image. [/QUOTE]
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