Mavericks refuses to mount Time Machine partition

Hi there,
Two days ago, my MBP crashed, kernel panicked. Since then, it has not been able to mount my external Time Machine partition. Notice that the external drive has two partitions in it, MBP is happy to mount the other partition, but not the TM one.
I ran Verify Disk and Repair Disk with Disk Utilities First Aid, and everything came back fine "The volume Work Time Machine appears to be OK." But then if I try to mount, I get "The disk "Work Time Machine" could not be mounted.
What can/should I do to mount/recover this?
Thanks!

Launch/Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this command at the prompt:
diskutil list
Press return.
If it sees the disk, note the number of the disk (far left column) you want to mount.
Then, enter copy & paste this command:
mount /dev/(number of disk)
Put in the number no parenthesis.
Press Return.
Also might try
mount force /dev/(number of disk)
And see...
http://pondini.org/TM/C14.html

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Time Machine partition doesn't mount

Hi,
I partitioned from windows (BOOTCAMP) a hard drive that have a Time Machine partition along with a NTFS partition, so I could have three partitions on the disk. The surprise was that when I tried to back up the data from TIme Machine to my Mac, it doesn't appear anymore. I've installed Mavericks on another drive to see if OS X recognized the TIme Machine back up, but it doesn't, it only shows the NTFS partition. The other one (I supose is the time machine one, because the third partition is empty) appears unmounted on Disk Utilities. In windows I can see the Time Machine partition, so I think that partitioning on windows have caused some kind of damage to the partition table or something
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When I run gdisk it says:
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Thank you, ask if you want more information, I think my explanation has not been very accurate but I'm not a native English speaker, sorry.
PS: Mac Mini mid 2011

And this is what I see on Windows:
It says HFS, although in OSX says ExFAT, and as you can see the size is different.
This is what I have...
Explaining a little more, the hard drive at the beggining (when everything works) had three partitions, I did four. Then I wanted to make another one and did a logic one accidentally (didn't know the maximum was four primary partitions). After realising that, I erased the logic one and the other two and kept "TimeMachine" and "2TB".

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Verifying volume “Leopard_2”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
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Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
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Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 998966)
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Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 998970)
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Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 998972)
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Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 998974)
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Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 998988)
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{ Edited for Brevity }
Stopped by user
Well, the first time I Used repair mode and it wrecked my backup. I had to reformat the partition. Even disk warrior couldn't undo the directory damage Leopard's disk utility reeked on my partition. The irony of it is, I doubt very seriously that anything was wrong with the backup partition before Disk Utility assaulted it.
I ran time machine again and checked (verified this time) the partition after it completed and Leopard's DU reported the same errors as before.
Then I checked the backup partition with Tiger's DU:
Verifying volume “Leopard_2”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Leopard_2 appears to be OK.
Mounting Disk
1 HFS volume checked
Volume passed verification
Tiger found no problems.
I also checked the partition with Disk Warrior and got a good report.
If I'm not the only one that has this problem then it looks like Leopards DU is an accident waiting to happen when someone uses it to "repair" their Time Machine partition.
Has anyone else experienced this?

FYI, I have a TM partition sharing an internal HD with a FAT32 formatted partition. Here's my Verify output. I did not stop TM while running Verify
Verifying volume “MacTimeMachine”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
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Hello,
I Am getting kernel panic when i mount time machine in finder , the screen freez and my trackpad for few seconds then kernel panic. i did a clean install for 10.9.2 and still i get this kernel panic.
Regards.
Sat Mar 29 10:15:41 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8024cdc6b9): "Double fault at 0xffffff8024c524b3, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff8117477fd8, CR3: 0x0000000053f580c9, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0\n" "RAX: 0xffffff804e38ac00, RBX: 0xffffff8028308120, RCX: 0xffffff8025181dd8, RDX: 0xffffff8028308178\n" "RSP: 0xffffff8117477fe0, RBP: 0xffffff8117478030, RSI: 0x0000000000000001, RDI: 0xffffff8028308120\n" "R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x00000000f50229df, R11: 0x0000000024c470a7\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff804e38afd8, R15: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000010287, RIP: 0xffffff8024c524b3, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.90.20/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c: 168
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8107b6bce0 : 0xffffff8024c22fa9
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0xffffff811747b860 : 0xffffff8024fbe563
0xffffff811747bf50 : 0xffffff802503e363
0xffffff811747bfb0 : 0xffffff8024cf3b26
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: diskimages-helpe
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The panic was apparently caused by "LittleSnitch," maybe with help from one or more of the other third-party system modifications you've installed. I suggest you remove it and also "Avast."
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
I never install system modifications myself, and (unless otherwise specified in this comment) I don't know how to uninstall them. You'll have to do your own research to find that information.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickMyMac” (a hypothetical example.) First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickmymac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickMyMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickMyMac.” If not, open “BrickMyMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button. The uninstaller might also be accessed by clicking the Customize button, if there is one.
Back up all data before making any changes.
You will generally have to restart the computer in order to complete an uninstallation. Until you do that, there may be no effect, or unpredictable effects.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase and install OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
WARNING: Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" such as "AppCleaner" and the like that purport to remove software.
"Avast" is perhaps the worst of the whole wretched lot of commercial "security" products for the Mac. Not only does it fail to protect you from any real danger, it throws false warnings, destabilizes and slows down your computer, and sometimes or always corrupts the network settings and the permissions of files in your home folder. Removing it may not repair all the damage, and neither will Disk Utility or even reinstalling OS X.
Back up all data, then remove "Avast" according to the developer's instructions. Restart.
If you tried to remove Avast by dragging an application to the Trash, you'll have to reinstall it and then follow the instructions linked above.

Time machine partition, need help here!! please help!!!!!!!

I have a 250gb western digital hard drive, and somehow when I start with time machine...the external hard drive will not be detected in windows computer. Although I have files and backups.backupb in my external hard drive, I am just wondering how can i be able to let the external hard drive to have 2 partition? and while adding another partition do i have to backup all my files first? will it erase the whole drive? I just want to have one partition that works in mac and windows, and one partition is with time machine!

See # 6 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
It details how to add a partition for +Time Machine+ to a disk that already has other data on it, but you can use the same procedure to add a Windoze partition to one that's already set up for Time Machine. Select +MS-DOS (FAT)+ for the Format of the partition you want to use with Windoze.
You should then copy the "other" files from the Time Machine partition to the new one (or even a third), since Time Machine will work best if it has it's own, exclusive partition. See #3 in the FAQ Tip. Also be sure you allow enough room in the +Time Machine+ partition (see #1 in the FAQ Tip.)

External HD Time Machine partition shows in Desktop but not in Finder

I have a External HardDisk with two partitions, one for Time Machine and other for Data.
Until now when I power on the disk two icons appear on my MacBook, one Orange with a USB logo for the Data partition and other Green with Time MAchine logo for the Time MAchine partition.
Suddenly when I power on in FInder I can see only the Data Partition. while in Desktop I can see both, but now the Time Machine Partition is orange with the USB logo (just like the Data partition).
On the other hand everytinhg seems to be workning, I can acces both partitions and Time Machine apparently works Ok, but don't know if something is happening in the background, and I have all my data in that Disk!!!!!

David Casillas wrote:
I can see and use both partitions, but in Finder under DEVICES only DATA partiton shows.
If a navigate in Finder to MacBook for example I can now see both partitions.
Excuse me if my explanation of the subject is not clear. Here is a screenshoot of what happens. In the left you can see the Finder window with just Data Partition, on the right Desktop with both.
If you haven't yet, from a Finder window's menubar, select +Finder > Preferences > Sidebar.+ Un-check the +External Disks+ checkbox, wait a moment, then check it again.
Try going to TM Preferences, de-selecting the drive (select "none"), waiting a moment, then re-selecting it.
Try deleting the file <your home folder>/Library/com.apple.Finder.plist and either relaunch the Finder (from the +Force Quit+ menu) or Restart.

Clone the Time Machine partition - is it worth it

I'm getting ready to start on a large Final Cut Studio project, so I'm reviewing my current backup situation. I have a question regarding my Time Machine partition, and if I should include it in my daily cloning styrategy.
My development iMac has a 1TB internal drive. Hooked to it via Firewire are 2 - 2TB drives. On one of those drives I have my TM partition. On the other drive I have a SuperDuper! partition, where I clone my iMac's internal drive daily at 4:30 am. This SuperDuper! partition is bootable for emergencies.
While in the process of setting up a new partition to contain my Final Cut Studio projects and assets, I've decided to allow Time Machine to backup these assets. However, I'm also going to use SuperDuper! to clone that FCS partition every day at my normal 4:30 am clone time. While I was setting this procedure up, I realized that I don't have a copy of the TM partition anywhere. This bothered me.
Do you TM experts feel that I should clone my TM partition every day, like I do with my internal iMac HD and my new FCS partition? What I'm unclear about is if my SuperDuper! cloned TM partition is viable in a recovery situation - i.e. I go to use TM, but I have a HD error in TM's partition. Can I re-point TM to the cloned TM partition and use it there for recovery?
I can easily add another 2TB Firewire drive to the mix if needed.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Pondini
I'm quite paranoid about backups (that's prudent, IMO ), but I wouldn't. Backing-up a backup usually isn't a great idea: the backed-up backup is now +twice removed+ from the originals: any problem on the first backup will be copied to (and perhaps magnified on) the copy.
That sounds extremely possible. However, I would never try to use the SD! TM backup for a wholesale restore, I would just use it to recover a critical file (like a DVD Studio project file) that I messed up, and for some reason, the normal TM backup is corrupt.
And your Time Machine backups (assuming they back up your whole OSX volume, at least), contain several hundred thousand files at a minimum; likely a million or more in your case. Depending on how smart SD is about hard links (at both the file and directory level), it might either take an extraordinarily long time to determine what's changed, or have rather nasty results.
Yes, close to 1.5M files. I know that since I've seen the SD! stats from my daily run. With the hard links, who knows?
I don't know about SuperDuper, but CarbonCopyCloner will not back up Time Machine backups in "file copy" mode, only block copy mode (ie, doing a complete replacement, not an update).
That's good to know about CCC. I did investigate it way back when I first got into Macs (way way back in 2007 ), but I went with SD! I should look at the spec sheet of CCC to see how it compares to SD!
You might want to check with SD; I understand they're quite responsive.
Yes they are. I'll post my question over there.
But if you do it, yes, you should be able to view and restore from the copy. You'll need the +*Browse Other Time Machine Disks,+* option, per #17 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Thanks for that pointer, and your excellent FAQ.

Resizing a Time Machine partition

Hi,
I have 3 partitions on my external HD and one of them is a Time Machine partition. I would like to erase the other two and use the entire HD as the Time Machine partition. I cannot do this using the Disk Utility because "You can't resize the partitions on this disk because it uses the Master Boot Record partition scheme".
Any suggestions?

Where is this partition? Are you removing it in order to enlarge an adjacent partition?
The tool for all of this is Disk Utility.
1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.
2. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3. Select the partition you wish to remove by clicking in its space. Click on the Delete [-] button to remove the partition. Click on the Apply button. When the process is completed the partiton will be removed and a gray area will replace it.
4. Select the sizing gadget in the lower right corner of the remaining partition and drag it down to the bottom as far as it will go. Click on the Apply button. When completed the space will be added to the existing partition returning the drive to a single volume.

My Time Machine partition on an external HD won't mount in OSX, but loads and reads fine in Bootcamp

I've been using windows 7 a lot recently for school, and when i do, i can have my external HD mounted to access files (read only) if needed. Last night, after restarting to OSX 10.7, my data partition(not time machine) loads fine, but the other partition of the same HD that i use for time machine refuses to mount.
It shows up in Disk Utility as a greyed out name 'disk1s3' but i origionally named the partition 'Story Time Machine'. The greyed out partition shows up as 500gb, which is correct, but it says its formatted as FAT32. In windows, it says its formatted HFS.
I've tried running Disk Repair both in OSX and in recovery mode. I ran a checksum on the drive and it came back fine.
Any suggestions?

It could be a problem with enclosure, but it also could be a problem with the drive itself or the drive is possibly corrupted. I would start by contacting WD tech support.
It may be possible to recover files from the drive using file recovery software:
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.
Otherwise, unless the drive fixes itself like before you should try repartitioning and reformatting to determine if the drive has failed or is now working properly.

Disk Repair Error (Time Machine Partition)

For the second time, my Time Machine backup partition reports errors when I try to mount it (exists on my external hard drive via USB).
As soon as I plug in the USB external, I get this error:
*Disk Repair*
The disk "Backup" was not repairable by this computer. It is being made available to you with limited functionality. You must back up your data and reformat the disk as soon as possible.
I tried looking at it through Disk Utility, and I found "Repair Disk" grayed out, and when I click on "Verify Disk", the output is:
Verifying volume “Backup”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Incorrect number of file hard links
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Incorrect number of Extended Attributes
(It should be 29855 instead of 29853)
Incorrect number of Access Control Lists
(It should be 29855 instead of 29853)
Checking multi-linked directories.
Incorrect number of directory hard links
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Backup needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Its worked fine for about 1.5 months since it did this last. My other partition on the external hard drive has always been fine.
Any ideas on the causes of this, or how to fix this aside from reformatting every 1.5 months?
Thanks in advance for your help!

I've had a very similar problem. When I tried to put Leopard on the first time, it wiped out my hard drive directory... Disk Warrior to the rescue. I then bought a brand new internal SATA drive and an external firewire drive for the back up. I formatted both drives and did a fresh install of Leopard on the internal. So far so good-ish. All other weird Leopard bugs and issues aside for now, I am now getting the error message that my Time Machine backup drive (which has been working fine) is irreparable and needs to be formated as soon as possible.
I have the back up drive partitioned and the non-Time-Machine-backup partition, that is the normal simply-storage partition is working fine. The Verify Disk Permissions, Repair Disk Permissions, and Repair Disk are greyed out in Disk Utility. Here's what I get when I Verify Disk.
Verifying volume “G5 Backup”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid catalog record type
Volume check failed.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Verifying volume “Scratch”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Scratch appears to be OK.
Is a re-format of the back up drive my only option? How did this happen? and How can I prevent this from happening again?
Thanks!
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