Corrupt hardrive, need to backup data

I went into the Apple Store today and talked to the people at the Genius Bar. Found out that I have a hardrive problem (computer kept freezing). I have an external drive, but I can't use I can't get to the my desktop page. I assume that I have to go to some place to get it backed up. Is there anything else I can do to fix this? If not, any suggestions on a place to go (prefferably for a decent price)

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Database won't start ... need to backup data

Hi,
My Oracle 10g Database in an heart beat stop working (I unplugged the network cable and now even with the cable on it won't start ... I've restarted computer lot's of times....) I've wasted too many time triyng to get this thing to work....
I need URGENTLY to uninstall and reinstall the 10g database but first I need to backup all of the data. What do I need to do to acomplish this? Is it enough to do a copy of the D:\oracle\product\10.1.0\oradata with all datafiles or do I need something else?
As I mentioned my idea is to copy all that I need to restore the database after reinstalling Oracle 10g.
Please point me a light... I'm completely lost here....
Nuno Vidal
-- Edited
I forgot to tell an important detail - I have an HTML DB application in my PC that I also must backup. I think that all HTML DB data is in the ORADATA, but I'm not sure... can anyone tell me anything about this?
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NVidal

Hi.
To reinstall the database will not give you the html db repository back as far as I am concerned. If you are not able to bring up the current database, I don't see how you will be able to restore your html db data after creating a new database.
If you are able to get the old database up, I assume you can export the FLOWS_010600 and FLOWS_FILES schema and import them into the newly created database. (Keep the database name the same as the original to awoid reconfiguring the html db ORACLE_HOME). I have not done this in this particular matter, but uses this procedure for moving and upgrading databases.
You also have to create the user HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER wich don't own objects. From my installation I can see that these users have a severe amount of system privs and object privs, so anyhow, your in for a severe amount of manuall work.
To manually create users, execute spool result from following query:
select 'create user '||username||' identified by values '''||password||''' default tablespace '||default_tablespace||' temporary tablespace temp account unlock;' from dba_users where username in ('FLOWS_010600','FLOWS_FILES','HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER')
Assign sys privs to these users by executing spools:
SQL> select 'grant '||privilege||' to '||grantee from dba_sys_privs where grantee in ('FLOWS_010600'
,'FLOWS_FILES','HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER');
Assign object privs the same way:
SQL> select 'grant '||privilege||' on '||owner||'.'||table_name||' to '||grantee from dba_tab_privs
where grantee in ('FLOWS_010600','FLOWS_FILES','HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER');
Now roles;
SQL> select 'grant '||granted_role||' to '||grantee from dba_role_privs where grantee in ('FLOWS_010
600','FLOWS_FILES','HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER');
You also have to create public synonyms, as these are not part of a schema import:
Run the following query and use the spool result to create public synonyms;
select 'create public synonym '||synonym_name||' for '|| table_owner||'.'||table_name from dba_synonyms where table_owner in ('FLOWS_010600','FLOWS_FILES')
Alle these sql querys has to be run on the target database, i.e. the database where html db is installed today.
So, the sequence of the entire operations is:
1) Execute a full export of the old target database as system user setting full=y
2) Execute all these queries described over. store the result in separate files.
3) Execute a full offline backup of old target database
4) Recreate database with same name as old target database
5) Verify that tablespace that is html db users default tablespace exist in new database.
6) Create users with script
7) Assing roles and system privileges with script.
8) Import using full=n fromuser=FLOWS_010600 TOUSER=FLOWS_010600.
9) Import using full=n fromuser=FLOWS_FILES TOUSER=FLOWS_FILES
10) Assign object privileges using script
11) Create public synonyms using script
12) Start html db with opmnctl startall and verify that you are able to connect and data exists.
Good luck
rgds
Kjell Ove

MacBook Pro HD found corrupt, but will not repair or mount. Need to rescue data.

Hi,
My wife has a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2012 (non-retina) with a 500 GB APPLE HDD. It runs Mavericks.
It shuts down during boot (gets to around 30 % of the progress bar then dies). It will not launch in safe mode either.
I created a bootable USB with Yosemite on it and managed to get into Disk Utility that way.
Verify Disk says that the disk is corrupt (see below for full error list). Repair Disk stops midway and says it can't repair it, and that I have to backup my files and reformat the disk.
However, the disk will not mount!
Do any of you have any tips on how to access the data on the HD?
My wife latest TimeCapsule-backup is from June(!) and all her photos since then are only stored locally on the HD...
Thanks,
Steve
PS:
Verify Disk returns the following:
"Missing thread record (id= xxx)"
"Incorrect number of thread records"
"Invalid leaf record count"
"Invalid volume file count"
"Incorrect number of extended attributes"
"Incorrect number of Access Control Lists"
"Overlapped extent allocation (id= xxx)"
"Volume bitmap needs minor repair for under-allocation"
"Invalid volume free block count"
"Volume header needs minor repair"
"The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to to be repaired"
Repair Disk returns the following:
"File system check exit code is 8"
"Updating boot support partitions for the volume as requested. Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."

Hi Csound1,
Thanks for replying.
Should I boot into Internet Recovery Mode with the Yosemite-USB plugged into the MacBook or not?
I tried both; with the USB plugged in I get the same results as in my post above (will neither repair nor mount), without the USB plugged in it will not repair either.
Repair Disk returns the following (in both cases):
"Checking file system"
"Volume repair complete"
"Updating boot support patrons for the volume as required"
"Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk...disk, and restore your back-up files."
Then it gives me a pop-up dialogue box with that last sentence again.
Could you please give me some more detailed instructions on how to troubleshoot this problem?
Thanks,
Steve

Some assistance needed on getting data off of a Time Machine backup

To make this short, I had a major HD failure on an older external Lacie drive that I used as storage for all kinds of things. I had that drive backed up, along with everything else, onto another Lacie external drive. Coincidentally, after the storage drive failed, so did my newer Lacie drive used for backup, BUT it is assumed that this one if just a bad power supply. A new one should be here today so we'll see if it will spin up.
While waiting on the PS to arrive, I've decided to change backup strategy a bit and purchased a RAID array set up as RAID1. At least this way a drive failure won't screw me. I know, I still need to be careful since the drives are mirror's of each other so if the data is corrupted...anyway.
The RAID is up and running and Time Machine is working flawlessly (for now) on it. Once I get the PS for my other drive and providing it spins up, I need to pull data off of the old Time Machine backup in that drive, specifically for the storage drive. I know that on the TM drive there is a directory for that storage drive, but what I don't know is if I can just copy the latest dated directory for that drive and I'll get all the data or am I going to have to go through Time Machine to get at.
And that is the other problem. I don't think TM will give me access to that drives data since the drive is no longer connected to my system. I'm hoping I'm wrong on that and that there is a simple solution to get at the data.
So help if you can and keep your fingers crossed that the drive will spin up!
Anthony

WOW. After letting DW do it's thing and failing to be able to write a new directory, it WAS able to create one and use it create a preview of the the drive. It said the drive was damaged and the new directory couldn't be written.
Well, the preview seems to have worked OK and I was able to copy the data from my old "storage" drive to a new folder on my new backup drive. That took an incredibly long time, but it looks like all 67GB of data is intact. I'm currently writing zeros to the old drive after repartitioning it. That should take care of the volume structure problem, but certainly doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy about the drive stability.
And all this leaves me with another question. What the heck caused the volume structure to get completely hosed at the same time the other drive failed totally? Since TM was backing up the "storage" drive to this one, could the failure have caused something to get majorly messed up on the TM drive?
Or, could the TM drive failure been caused by all these darn TM errors that keep popping up for no rhyme or reason? And oh yeah, the errors are popping up on the brand new 3 day old drive, too. TM seems to work when it wants to!
All this mess makes me feel really uneasy about using TM at all. Should I change to Retrospect or something? Should I continue to use it and ignore the errors that so many of us seem to be plagued with? Can TM totally FUBAR a drive with these errors?
I need a drink after this mess, so please feel free to chime in with your thoughts and suggestions.
Thanks all for giving me advise and encouragement.
Anthony

Do I need to backup my pics and email etc with iCloud backup or would it delete my data?

I have an ipad (3rd gen) and an iPod (5th gen) I use the ipad for school as in my school instead of books and copies. I use my ipad for leisure and taking photos and videos and Facebook etc etc. both of the devices are using the same account. I only have the free 5GB backup package. I need the storage for my ipad school things as if I lose them..that's all my schoolwork..gone. I have recently taken a lot of photos with my iPod and downloaded a lot of games. Today a notification popped up saying that I'd almost run out of iCloud backup and that I could delete some of the backup on apps etc. so that's what I did and it barely made a dent in the backup figures. I then decided to delete most of my photos just so I'd have some more space for Facebook but it turns out that if you delete your photos, it doesn't actually result in a solution to the backup problem. So what I'm wondering is.. Do I really need to backup my pictures or email etc a and just leave the backup for my ipad? Also, when I go into Settings=>iCloud=>Storage & Backup=>Manage Storage=>this iPod at the bottom of the page there's a button that says "delete backup". I'm wondering if it would help my situation or something. Thanks in advance :)

You don't need to back up your photos to iCloud if you don't want to. If you don't, be sure to import them (and your videos) to your computer so they are backed up there, as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083. You can then turn Camera Roll off under Backup Options. This article explains other options for managing and reducing your iCloud storage: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847.
If you tap Delete Backup in Manage Storage>your device, it will permanently delete the backup from iCloud. It won't do anything to the data currently on your device, but it does put you at risk until you create a new backup.

HT4623 In attempting to update my phone software, the program tells me that the backup has been corrupted and needs to be deleated first. How do I do that?

In attempting to update my phone software, the program tells me that the backup has been corrupted and needs to be deleated first. How do I do that?

Launch iTunes. Go to Preferences, Devices pane. Click on a backup and click Delete.

TS3694 Unable to back up my Iphone 4S, error message states that my backup is corrupt and needs to be deleted. How do I delete the backup file?

Unable to back up my Iphone 4S, error message states that my backup is corrupt and needs to be deleted. How do I delete the backup file?
Help needed.

Thanks I did that and it worked.
Another question if you dont mind. If i want to undelete the backup file, is there a way?

Hi, I need to download the backup data in my iCloud for my new iPad

i need to download the backup data in my iCloud to my new iPad

Connect to iTunes to "restore" the new iPad with the older devices data.

Mac OS X Boot failure... I cant Repair HDD with OS Disk,Shows Repair Failed. I cant backup my files from HDD. Backup failed. But I need my all datas from HDD. I dont want to format. Cant enter safemode also. anything else..

Mac OS X Boot failure... I cant Repair HDD with OS Disk,Shows Repair Failed. I cant backup my files from HDD. Backup failed. But I need my all datas from HDD. I dont want to format. Cant enter safemode also. anything else..
I installed XP @Bootcamp, I cant access my Mac HDD via XP..
What I do??? Please help me.. please...

You can try DiskWarrior (about $100).
If that doesn't work, and if you have no backups at all, you might need to send your hard drive to Drive Savers or a similar service. It will cost a lot of money to get the data back, I'm sorry to say.

Two days before my iphone 5 battery was expand and display screen came out and now there has some gap between frame and display.so how it will happen and i already got before months.now i need to backup all the data to icloud before through out.

two days before my iphone 5 battery was expand and display screen came out and now there has some gap between frame and display.so how it will happen and i already got before months.now i need to backup all the data to icloud before through out.
https://www.dropbox.com/home/iphone
https://www.dropbox.com/home/iphonehttps://www.dropbox.com/home/iphone

Make an appointment at the genius bar of your local Apple Store. The phone has a 1 year warranty. If it's no longer under warranty, a replacement is $269.

Do I need to backup harddrives before install lion

Do I need to backup hardrives before installing lion, on mac-pro. I have tons of pictures and video, and 2 harddrives, i have some on external hard drive, but not current stuff, and wanting to upgrade to Lion. Please advise. I am sure most are going to say back up, back up. I guess I want to know if I will lose pics, documents, mail, if I upgrade.

>Do I need to backup hardrives before installing lion, on mac-pro. \
That's a bit like asking, do I need to wear seatbelts? Seriously if you value your data, you need to backup your data, not just when installing Lion, but when installing anything, when making changes to your data, when renaming data. Backing up is not an option, it is a must in the computing world. See my backup FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
>I guess I want to know if I will lose pics, documents, mail, if I upgrade.
You could, in fact in one thread, someone backed up with Time Machine, and still lost pics because they didn't ensure their Time Machine had in fact backed up the pictures they wanted. A clone backup is the only backup that ensures everything is backed up. Anything can be lost in an upgrade too. See what I have to say about other Lion pitfalls:*
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html

Block corruption - cant restore from backup

Hi,
we have development database 11.2.0.1. There was problem with storage, and as a result there are two corrupted blocks in data files.
SQL> select * from V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION;
FILE# BLOCK# BLOCKS CORRUPTION_CHANGE# CORRUPTIO
6 2359942 1 0 FRACTURED
25 1855622 1 0 FRACTURED
I have scheduled weekly full backup and daily incremental backup using EM so now I want to use rman to perform media recovery on corrupted blocks. However rman says there is no backup for affected data files (see below)
RMAN> RECOVER CORRUPTION LIST;
Starting recover at 03-NOV-12
using channel ORA_DISK_1
using channel ORA_DISK_2
using channel ORA_DISK_3
using channel ORA_DISK_4
using channel ORA_DISK_5
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring block(s)
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying block(s) to restore from backup set
restoring blocks of datafile 00006
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /opt/oraBackup/rman/i2npb3o9_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: piece handle=/opt/oraBackup/rman/i2npb3o9_1_1 tag=BACKUP_FULL_110212103009
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored block(s) from backup piece 1
channel ORA_DISK_1: block restore complete, elapsed time: 00:42:35
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring block(s)
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying block(s) to restore from backup set
restoring blocks of datafile 00025
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /opt/oraBackup/rman/i9npbd5e_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: piece handle=/opt/oraBackup/rman/i9npbd5e_1_1 tag=BACKUP_FULL_110212103009
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored block(s) from backup piece 1
channel ORA_DISK_1: block restore complete, elapsed time: 00:16:35
failover to previous backup
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 11/03/2012 11:59:29
RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 25 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 6 found to restore
I dont understand this, because the backups are performed weekly and daily and all files are at their proper location. When I check the EM backup reports, I see COMPLETED for every weekly and daily backup.
Anyone please could suggest how to repair the blocks from backups ?

Hi people, I am back to this issue. I have found this in the database
SQL> select * from v$backup_corruption;
     RECID      STAMP SET_STAMP SET_COUNT     PIECE#      FILE#     BLOCK#     BLOCKS CORRUPTION_CHANGE# MAR CORRUPTIO
         1 796949262 796948233       9293          1          6    2359942          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         2 796953328 796949174       9300          1         25    1855622          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         3 797035604 797034635       9318          1          6    2359942          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         4 797039692 797035556       9325          1         25    1855622          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         5 797134390 797121030       9343          1          6    2359942          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         6 797137228 797134397       9368          1         25    1855622          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         7 797739951 797725854       9590          1          6    2359942          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         8 797744507 797739957       9597          1         25    1855622          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
         9 798340269 798330633       9794          1          6    2359942          1                  0 NO CORRUPT
        10 798343497 798340270       9801          1         25    1855622          1                  0 NO CORRUPTSo the backup contains corrupted blocks. Right ? Older backups are already gone because of retention policy.
I have set up the backup using Enterprise Manager - Schedule Backup.
What I need to know is how to avoid taking backup with corrupted blocks in future. I need such backup to fail.
Thank you for advices and regards.

Cannot access previous backup data from Time Capsule.

I have had a Time Capsule running for over a year and, from what I can tell, it has been working properly. There have been a few occasions where I have needed to restore old data and was able to do so from a previous backup in Time Machine stored on the Time Capsule.
I noticed last week that my MacMini and iMac were taking an unusually long time to run the routine periodic backup process and never seemed to finish, so I used "Stop Back Up" and attempted to enter Time Machine. When I go to "Enter Time Machine", my Time Capsule mounts and, after what seems like an unusually long time, I finally get the expected Time Machine window to appear.
The problem is that there are no previous backups to access for either computers. It seems like I have lost all my old backup data. Yet, my 1T Time Capsule shows that it is only about 50% full. So it makes me wonder what is on the TC.
It would seem that the data must be on the Time Capsule but for some reason Time Machine cannot locate/access it. I have not altered any preferences nor configurations.
Any ideas as to what may have happened and how to go about fixing it would be greatly appreicated.
Thank you,
Marcantonio

It sounds like the backups may be damaged/corrupted. Repair them per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
If that doesn't help, see #E4 there.

How to backup data when hard drive is failing.

I think my hard drive is failing..
I booted using Install DVD, and got message in Disc Utility that "this drive has a hardware problem that can't be repaired." It mentioned I should backup data and consult apple representative..
I clicked on Macintosh HD under the red physical drive (500.11 GB Hitachi HTS) and did disc repair.
Strangely, the message went away on the physical drive when I finished. It turned back to black wording and gave green "verified/repaired" messages in the log.
I am still able to boot my macbook, although everything is running slowly... Desktop excel files take 15 mins to open.
Does this still sound like a failing hard drive?
I am trying to act fast and borrowed my sister's external harddrive/ "passport for mac", and it slowly prompted a time machine backup. It is slowly working through "8.34GB of 200.33GB"
I do not really understand what I am doing, but hoping this is the right move. Could someone explain what time machine will do or how it will help?
Is there any chance I will harm her external hd?
I am mostly worried about iPhoto and itunes library, iMovie projects,and important excel spreadsheets on my desktop. Is time machine looking after these concerns?
Any help greatly appreciated.

Where is you TM backup?
Where are your external data redundancies?
Now you will need to use very expensive data recovery experts to recover data when you could have had it safely on a $100 worth of 2 external HD.
Mechanical HD failure circumvents using recovery software.......so, now you backed yourself into a corner and needed expensive data expert recovery.
You took a wrong turn a long while back before reaching this cliff edge.
that wrong term was not having (preferably 2) external HD as a redundant data archive.

Your iPhone cannot be restored because there is a problem with your backup data. Choose a different backup to restore from.

I was receiving this error while trying to restore my new iphone 5 from my iphone 4s backup file over the icloud.
I finally figured out the solution after HOURS of working with both ATT and Apple. Both were as helpful as possible and after speaking to an Apple Sr Tech we discovered I received this error because my backup file was corrupt.
His suggestion was an obvious suggestion of deleting this backup file and recreating the backup. So I deleted the backup and began to recreate the backup on my 4s (now I was lucky in that I was upgrading my other line and still had my 4s available to me to play with), during mid backup my backup would stop and have at the bottom of the screen that the backup wasnt complete (and also that "Last Backup: Never") even though I could see backup data was saved. This was the same problem I had initially, not having a complete backup for my iphone 5 to restore from (Your phone will not restore without a complete backup file).
I did some further research and found that because I had the FACEBOOK app on my previous iOS5 and upgraded to iOS6 (iphone 4s) it for wahtever reason would cause the backups to become corrupt or incomplete. So I deleted the FACEBOOK app from my 4s and reset the phone, after I started it back up I deleted the incomplete backup file again for my 4s and then began the backup once again. This time the backup completed perfectly and I was able to now go to my iphone 5 and restore all my apps, etc.
Hope this helps someone else!

baffronti youre a freaking genius!!! Thank you so much for saving me hours of troubleshooting, talking on the phone, and googling and reading all night. You da mann!!! **** Facebook

Corrupt hardrive, need to backup data

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