Hard drives microsoft computers and macbook.. help!!
hi everyone, im not at all savvy when it comes to computers...
i have two old computers (non apple) i have an external hardrive that has all my pictures on from those computers but i now neeed to clear my macbook air and when i plug in the hardrive it comes up with something called time machine, when i go to press back up it says something about wiping all the data on the hard drive??? i dont want to loose all the pther pictures???? what can i do?
Do not use your external drive containing your photos for Time Machine.
It is likely that your external drive is formated for a PC.
If it is formated in NTFS format, your MacBook Air will be able to read from the drive but may not be able to write to the drive.
I suggest purchasing another drive formatted for Apple Mac just for your MacBook Air.
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My Macbook pro started to freeze on startup so I ran the disk utility (after trying safeboot) which showed that I had only 13mb of free space (!!!). When I verified the HDD it said it needed repair but when I tried to repair it said that it couldn't (presumably becaus ethetere was no room to run anything) and it told me to back up and re-format the HDD - neither of which I can do as the HDD won't budge. (I have no backups previously to restore to either.....I know.....)
So....
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But,
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Thanks!
MikeBoot your MBP with the OPTION key down.
You should see two HDD icons.
Click on the recovery partition. (the one on the right)
From the 4 option menu select Disk Utility.
Run Disk Utility>First Aid, Verify and Repair.
If the disk cannot be repaired, it will have to be replaced.
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I think how you understand the value of having backups. All you can do is:
General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as MAC Data Recovery, Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads. Recovery software usually provide trial versions that enable you to determine if the software would help before actually paying for it. Beyond this or if the drive has completely failed, then you would need to send the drive to a recovery service which is very expensive.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.
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You can pickup any 1TB USB powered drive for about $100 at just about any local office supply store.
It comes formatted FAT32 (MSDOS) for reading by OS X and Windows PC's.
However if your files sizes are going to be larger than 4GB in size (like video tends to be) then your going to need to select the drive in OS X's Disk utility (in the Applicaitons > Utilities folder) and format the drive exFAT instead.
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Should I get a 2.0 or 3.0 USB external hard drive for my 2011 Macbook Pro? I need it to be compatible with the USB ports of both a PC and a Mac. I was thinking of getting a Seagate becuase apparently it is compatible with both systems, but I want to know which would be a better investment.
Using USB 3 devices on Mac computers FAQ
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I have been searching around for a while now and have yet to find a method that helps me in my particular situation so I am now asking for help myself. I will explain what my current system of file recovery is and see if anyone can help me out.
I have since then replaced the HDD in my computer and purchased a SATA external HDD enclosure for the original drive. This allows me to still access all files and folders from the original drive. I have managed to recover a majority of the files but have recently run into a problem with the iPhoto library. Every time I try to drag and drop the iPhoto library to my new HDD it fails after "transferring" 2.02GB and tells me it has encountered a -36 error because some files cannot be read or written. I believe I am using iPhoto '09, I will check and confirm that later.
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Read the info about using migration.. see http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
Or the Mac is probably looking at the backup as from a different computer.
See the details of how to use TM to restore to a different Mac.
Q17 here. http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
I would read through 14-17 carefully.
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I receive a message saying identity of backup dis has changed and offers me the choice of either Don't back up or Use this disc.Time Machine treats any new drive like a new computer. It starts a completely new Time Machine backup. So you now have two backups - a new one and all your old ones.
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The genius bar technicians can check your MBP for possible hardware problems and specific software issues that you may have. The diagnosis will be free. Any extensive repairs will not be free.
If you have minor software problems, you essentially will have to deal with them yourself. Examine these two comprehensive documents for possible problem definition and solutions. If you encounter problems that you are unable to cope with, start a new discussion and there will be persons willing to assist you in solving them.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
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Can anyone help me out here? Thanks.I have my itunes stored on my external hard drive of my IMac.
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Boot to the Lion (10.7.4 is Lion not Mountain Lion) recovery partition by restarting the computer and holding down the command and R keys during startup.
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Have you tried the Seagate SSHD connected externally to the MBP via USB? The drive itself may be faulty.
Ciao.
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http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/ -
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iTunes- How to move the library to an EHD
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