Restore Disk Image

Just completed creation of a disk image and restored that image. Everything worked fine here. I installed media center after I created the dvd image. Restored back to before the install of media center. Only one problem I encounter
What I did was put a blank DVD in without formatting the DVD when I first started the creation of the backup image, it was at that time the error occurred. I went to MyComputer and used the format command, went back to the restore job and did retry
selection. creation of the Restore backup job started, about 5 or 10 seconds, more on the 10 side, an information prompt located in the bottom right saying formatting disk however the backup job was already started.
I used the shift key while selecting restart to use the restore image utility all worked great no errors.
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Hi bgagew, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Cloning would be a far better way...
Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
But...
1. Insert the Mac OS X Tiger Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
Once DU is up chose the Restore option to restore/copy the Disk Image to the HD.

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I am preparing my machines to upgrade to Snowleopard, but I need to be sure I have my backups in place before I make room on the internal hard drives for the upgrade.
Thanks in advance,
Capt Ron

Captron wrote:
You are probably sorry you got into this one. I have not explained it well. I guess it boils down to this: Is it possible to restore my TM backups on a new volume, from a disk image of the original backups?
I've never tried it, but apparently not. In Leopard, only Disk Utility and SD are known to work.
In answer to your questions, the original backups (one for each computer) were copied to a disk image. Both computers were originally backed up on separate drives, but the addition of another computer to the family necessitated combining the TM backups for my 2 laptops onto one drive. I could not copy them using the method in the FAQ (#18) because I wanted to use the same drive, only with 2 partitions. I tried adding a partition with DU but it failed each time due to lack of space.
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Do you still have the original backups? If so, assuming they were each used exclusively for TM, had TM begun deleting old backups?
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I want to create a restore disk image of my os x hardrive using disk utility. Everytime I try to create the image it says unable to create disk resource busy. Can anyone help me with this?
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Hi carmat06,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
How much hard disk space is available? Be aware that MacOS X needs the same amount of hard disk space for a temporary disk image as the final disk image will account for.
You should also create the disk image on a separate drive.
If this answered your question please consider granting some stars: Why reward points?

Unable to create restore disk image with Disk Utility

I've tried three times in order to create a restore image of the users' volume of my Powerbook. I followed exactly the procedure explained typing "man asr" in a terminal window. I booted the Powerbook in target disk mode while connected to my iMac G5 from which Disk utility was run. Every time the disk image creation failed with a log report like this:
Creating Image HOME_HD.dmg
Initializing...
Copying...
/Volumes/HOME_HD: Authentication error
Initializing...
Finishing...
Initializing...
Creating...
Copying...
could not access /Volumes/HOME_HD/./Users/delos/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/David Bowie/The Best Of David Bowie 1974-1979/01 Sound And Vision.m4a - Input/output error
Finishing...
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Greetings
Gianmarco

Hi Lee, thank you for your answer, indeed I've just read carefully your article few hours ago, while I googled the net to find some hints on my issue. I think that I've followed exactly the right procedure to make the back up image, and can't find what is wrong. Actually Disk utility Repair disk successfully repaired the allocation bit (whatever that means) of the music files but that wasn't enough to let the creation of the disk image. Quite odd that the music files where recognized as messed up by Disk utility only booting from Tiger DVD and not while the Powerbook was connected to an iMac running Tiger too.
I'll do further investigation during weekend.
Greetings
Gianmarco

Time Machine Restore vs Restoring disk image to Macbook Pro

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If you have a new Mac and an old Mac, then it's probably best just to use Migration Assistant to transfer your data, settings and apps from the old Mac to the new one.
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I recently backed up my HDD to an image and stored it on an external USB hard drive. I just put a new hard drive in my macbook and so far am unable to restore from the image. I used a bootable mountain lion USB, opened the disk utility, partitioned the drive, and tried to restore using the image as the source and the partition as the destination. It scans the image for a while and eventually gives a "unable to scan, internal error". I can't seem to get past this. I have tried mounting the .dmg before restoring as well.
I went ahead and installed a new copy of os x and that works fine. I tried creating a second partition after booting into os x and restoring the image that way and no luck. I also tried SuperDuper but after it says it copied the contents of the image to the other partition, I browse to that drive and it seems to be blank. I am not sure what to do here. Any help?

Well that is the problem. Not sure why you can open the BC partition but Mac can't make a image of a Windows system, llet alone restore it. OS X can't write NTFS. If it could no one would ever need a program like Win Clone to clone the BC partition on their Mac
GCM707 wrote:
The image has 2 partitions in it, one of them (a bootcamp partition) i can open. the other (my mac os partition) i can't open.

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Hi bgagew, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Cloning would be a far better way...
Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
But...
1. Insert the Mac OS X Tiger Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
Once DU is up chose the Restore option to restore/copy the Disk Image to the HD.

How to Restore disk image to smaller image?

Hi there;
Not entirely sure if this is where this question needs to be posted.
I'm in a little bit of a pickle. I purchased a Imac g5 1.6 ghz (2004) and want to install Leopard (10.5) on it.
I have a DMG copy of the installer but my problem was that the file is too large to be burned on a single layer DVD (i know I can burn it on a DL DVD, but I don't want to buy a pack of 5 DVD's and only need One). So I used disk utility and created a sparse image (8.7GB) and restore the DMG to that image. I stripped all the unneccessary files (languages and printer drivers). then I went back to create a 4.7 GB sparse disk image to restore the newly formatted DMG, but It still says that there is not enough space on the disk, when my Image is 4.7GB and the image is 4.45 GB.
My understanding is that even though i'm only using 4.45GB it still shows as the original 8.7GB.
I'm currently running OSX 10.7.4 (lion) on my macbook pro and disk utility wont let me complete the task I have at hand.
I'm new to this so could someone help me?

You can get
1. Snow Leopard - http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
2. Mountain Lion - http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
3. Lion - http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
You can get Mavericks and Yosemite from the App Store.

Backing up and restoring using disk images.

Hi there
I want to create a disk image of a mac's HDD, then put the disk image onto secondary internal HDD, so that in the event of the mac going belly up, I can start from the OSX system disk, format the main drive, restore from the disk image on the 2nd HDD, and off I go.
Using SuperDuper, I created a sparse disk image of the HDD onto the 2nd HDD. SuperDuper created a file called "HDDname.sparseimage". However, when I start Disk Utility and go to restore, it won't allow me to use the created file - the file is visible, just greyed-out.
I used a sparse disk image because I read that normal disk images will be the same size as the original folders/volume and are read only. I only want it the size of the actual data because of space restraints and would prefer to have it read-write too.
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TX
Macfool

Not sure if this will solve your problem, but I notice that although when I click on the Image button and navigate to a .sparseimage file, it is grayed out, I can drag-and-drop that same .sparseimage file into the Source field and it shows up.
Did you try Images menu > Scan image for restore and selecting your sparse disk image to scan?
Hope this helps...

Disk image Restore returns "Could not validate source - error 254"

I had backed up an older G4 with a disk image of the boot disk. I was having severe problems so I reformatted the boot drive and started a restore (using disk utility from startup disk). The restore started fine and ran a while but then "stalled." The "progress" bar stopped and the system just kept "hitting" the Utility DVD install disk non-stop (as shown by disk access light).
Now when I try again, I immediately get a "Restore Failure - Could not validate source - error 254"
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This is being done on an old G4 Tower, dual 1 GHz PPC under 10.5.8
Comments?
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Yes, for my "real" machine (my Intel MBP) I have images, clones, and Time Machine Backups not to mention my data files written to DVD. I've got at least triplicate backup. This was a old machine I was setting up for a specific purpose. I'm not losing any data but I just didn't want to have to reload apps and such. But guess I have no alternative. Thanks for the tip. I had never used the "scan for restore option" before so I learned something. Usually I just trust my multiple backup method so if one source is bad, no big deal. Thanks baltwo!

Restoring .dmg image from external to Mac HD in Disk Utility: "Unable to scan image (Input/output error)"

Hi guys,
So I've got a problem with restoring the image backup I did (using Disk Utility) of my 500GB HD on my MBP which was acting weird or maybe even crashed a few months ago. After creating the backup image and putting it on my external device, I installed Mavericks back to see if everything was alright (mainly the HD) and everything seems okay.
I did try restoring the backup image through disk utility before installing mavericks (thus erasing everything again on the HD) AND after. But nothing..
The whole process starts fine and then it starts scanning the image when after maybe a good 10-15min in I get a message that says that it was unable to scan the image. I tried verifying the disk(s), everything came out "OK". Also tried scanning it through Images > Scan image for Restore... with the same results.
While searching I've seen people getting messages like "Unable to scan filename.dmg (Invalid argument)" and "Unable to scan filename.dmg
(Internal error)" but none have (Input/output error)
The screen grab is below.
I also came across something about using terminal/commands but I'm not that savvy with it, especially considering that those there had issues with either mounting or trouble finding the image.
I've also tried moving the backup image to a different external device 2TB and also the desktop because I read it may have to do with the format of the externals or maybe free space. But THEN I would get a message saying
"The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "Mac HD Backup.dmg" can't be read or written. Error code -36"
Fyi ALL my externals are HFS+/Journaled and the backup image format was compressed.
I REALLY don't know what to do next. Was it the wrong move to create a dmg image? Have I lost everything? Is there still a way out?
If anyone can help, THANKS!
2012 MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.9.3)

Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider. You may have to leave the machine there for several days.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

Can't drag disk icon in Disk Utility to restore backup image

I'm restoring my MacBook from a backup image I made on my external HD with SuperDuper! and I've run into a big problem. I've booted from my OS X CD. I'm in Disk Utility, and while my external drive mounts and I can select the image in the 'restore' pane, I can't for the life of me drag any icon to the 'destination' field. Any help with this?

Hi
I have exactly the same problem,i backed up my internal HD, and want to restore it by starting my mac mini intel single core with the original delivered os dvd including diskutilities.But no way it is not possible to drag a volume or partition to the required field to the left.I called apple support and the guy did not understand what I'm talking about at all, and told me he will forward to the developer dep.
Never mind, I recovered the mac mini intel with ccc , thanks God I did an image backup and a ccc !
Yesterday my mac mini intel audio hardware has broken, so I have to do another bkp with booted up os dvd to bring in to a serviceprovider.
Tried to recover for security issues , but disk utilitiy did not work again , no drag 'n' drop possible - this problem never exists under powermac before and its driving me mad under intel macs
I did a trick to show thats it is definitely the revision of this os dvd and disk utilities (x86 intel rev.)
I did a clean install form this os dvd, then cloned the interal harddisk to a external firewire disk making it bootable (using ccc for all)
I did no software update just clean from the dvd, restarted , choosed external firewire harddisk, et voila - opened disk utilitiy to restore dmg image for the internal hd and drag 'n' drop works without problems!!
Resumee:
my delivered os dvd 10.4.5 AHT vesrion 3A102 disc version 1.0 2Z691-5738-A has the biggest bug of all, it can not recover a backed up image at all - that is a revision e.g. release bug (error).
I will have to return this dvd !
Greetings Tobias

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Hello --
I have a disk image, Image.dmg. When I boot from the 10.4 installer DVD, Disk utility is able to restore this image from a firewire drive to an internal drive.
Image.dmg is also on a network share, hosted via AFP. When I boot from the 10.4 installer DVD, select "Restore," and specify that share as the source:
afp://172.28.40.XX/Image_Share/Image.dmg
I get this message:
"You must authenticate in order to restore."
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Any ideas?

Can't really tell if you are trying to restore an image from a locally attached firewire drive or (as from the original poster of the message) from a remotely shared location. If you are restoring from a remote share location then have you tried:
afp://username:[email protected]/Image_Share/Image.dmg
Replacing username and password with the account information which has access to that remote share location.
Good luck,
TK

Disk Utility - Disk Image Restore Failure

Hi folks, when trying to restore a disk image I have had the error message:
< Starting Restore…
Could not establish communication with helper tool.
Starting Restore…
Parasite died
Lost connection to helper tool>
I have searched the discussions, apple support & googled & ask.com & found a number of references to this but no actual fix. Anyone help please?
Carbon Copy Cloner works ok but not with an image.
I tried Super Duper! which gave the following message:
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | SuperDuper!, 2.5 (84), path: /Applications/SuperDuper!.app, Mac OS 10.4.11 build 8S165 (ppc)
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | Started on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:57 PM
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | Source Image: /Users/stevebemand/Desktop/Silicus OS 9 backup.dmg, name: Silicus OS 9 backup
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | Target Volume: Melchior, mount: /Volumes/Melchior, device: /dev/disk0s14, media: WDC WD2500BEVE-00WZT0, interconnect: Internal ATA, file system: "Journaled HFS+", OS: N/A, capacity: 33.95 GB, used: 0.03 GB, directories: 4, files: 10, ejectable: NO, ACLs: Disabled
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | Copy Mode : Copy all files.
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | Transcript : RestoreTranscript.plist
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | PHASE: 1. Prepare to Copy Files
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Preparing Melchior
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying the integrity of volinfo.database
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | volinfo.database OK
| 12:57:14 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Enabling permissions on Melchior
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | Refreshing Disk Arbitration ...
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that permissions are enabled for Melchior
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | Permissions on '/Volumes/Melchior' are enabled.
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that Melchior ACL support matches Silicus OS 9 backup
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Preserving Spotlight state on Melchior
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Preserving Melchior spotlight indexing state
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | PHASE: 2. Copy Files
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Copying files from Silicus OS 9 backup to Melchior
| 12:57:15 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Restoring Silicus OS 9 backup to Melchior
| 12:57:15 PM | Error | asr: unrecognized argument: "-noverify"
It will be noted that this is an OS9 image, I've made a small partition just for running Reason/Rebirth.
But I don't think the fact it's OS9 should be an issue.
The current main start-up disk is a OS X clone made by CCC on a Western Digital 250gb HD, but the above problem on the source disk Disk Utility was the reason I used CCC to clone in the first place (if you see what I mean).
I'm trying to avoid putting the old disk back in but I will if I have to : I am assuming that the problem was on the source disk therefore I can deal with it on the OS X clone.
Cheers if anyone can shed some light,
Steve B

Yes I do have access but I'm afraid I blew the firewire bus on this TiBook last year (noted elsewhere in the discussions) so can't do target mode. Twas a terrible blow to an otherwise mint book...
I have been using it since & the damage seemed to be limited to the lack of firewire & inability to sleep.(the laptop not me!!!)
I'm not yet in the position to buy a new book (or even a £200 logic board which is the only way of restoring the firewire (which I might do yet as I am a Rebirth fanatic & it only runs on OS9)
The only way I can remotely work on this is by removing the disk & putting it in one of my enclosures.
As a matter of interest what action were you going to suggest?
Cheers,
Steve

Disk Utility won't allow me to restore from image

I've been keeping pretty good backups for a while now and I have started using SuperDuper to keep whole DMGs as well as using Time Machine. Today I planned on restoring from an image I had made. However, when I go to use the Restore function in Disk Utility, it lets me choose the disk image but will not let me drag the volume on the destination field.
I've been having startup problems all day and I eventually got a 9972 error in Disk Utility.
I'm having trouble finding my install disks and this is my only real option for today. I can't find much about this on Google either.

There's no point in using a disc image for a backup. Better to simply clone to a backup drive then maintain the clone with incremental updates. Use a normal backup utility such as Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper.
As for the 9972 error you will find it's a really difficult error to correct. See the following:
How to Deal with a -9972 Error
Contributed by Fumiaki Kawashima
The error message, "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)" is a serious filesystem error in the Mac OS X Core Foundation. The problem can also lead to other critical errors such as "Keys Out of Order," "Invalid node structure" and/or "Invalid sibling link." The causes and scenarios vary. Troubleshooting a solution may depend upon computer configuration and whether the -9972 error is accompanied by other critical errors. This issue can also lead up to a kernel panic. If the error occurs when an external FireWire device is connected, disconnect it until you verify the device's compatibility.
Symptoms:
In most cases, you are unable to restart from Mac OS X.
* A volume is grayed out or not mounted with or without a kernel panic.
* A folder with a flashing question mark may appear.
* A bad partition map may be reported.
* A target disk mode solution may not work.
* Most likely, Disk Utility, Norton Utilities, TechTool and DiskWarrior cannot fix the issues.
* The high level disk format (Standard format) may unable to perform.
* You may unable to re-initialize the hard drive.
* A disk physically malfunctions in the worst case.
Example of an accompanied error message:
DiskWarrior normally fixes 1 to 6, but cannot fix errors 7 to 10 if the symptoms are very bad. There is no definite case.
01. Volume check failed
02. Invalid B-tree Header
03. Invalid map node
04. Invalid extents entry
05. Invalid clump size
06. Incorrect block count file
07. Invalid node structure
08. Overlapped extent allocation
09. Keys Out of Order
10. Invalid sibling link
Related documents:
What to Do When It Finds an Error
Technical overview of disk volume structures
Possible causes:
* Third-party FireWire device or enclosure, or other peripheral devices.
* Third-party mass storage drives or PCI card issues.
* Incompatible third-party kernel extensions.
* Mac OS X installer disc is improperly treated.
Solutions:
If possible and needed, back up data before troubleshooting. Methods (4) and (5) are for Power Mac desktop computers other than G5 models. The best bet is method (4) if you encounter multiple bad errors.
1. Unplug the power cord. Disconnect all third-party hardware except Apple keyboard and mouse before you start.
2. Do NOT re-install any third-party software/hardware until you completely solve the issue(s) and carefully investigate the compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.x you install.
3. If another critical error "Invalid sibling link" is detected at any phases, disconnect and reconnect all internal power cords and data cables for hard drives and any ATAPI device. To do so, you may need to read the computer's CIP Instructions in advance. Normally, you do not need to remove third-party RAMs.
Method 1:
(1) Start up from Mac OS X 10.3.x Panther Full Install CD or DVD.
(2) Re-initialize and re-partition the hard drive. RECOMMENDATION: Select "Zero all data" option if "Invalid node structure" or "Keys Out of Order" error is detected.
If this method is of avail, go to Method 2 or greater.
Method 2:
(1) Start up in Mac OS 9.2.2 and shut down the computer.
(2) Start up from a copy of a Disk Warrior bootable CD for Mac OS 9.2.2.
(3) Run DW to fix the damage(s).
Method 3:
(1) Unplug the computer.
(2) Find a second ATA drive and jumper it as MASTER. Jumper the hard drive in question as SLAVE. Verify the jumper pin settings.
(3) Install Mac OS 9.2.x system on the MASTER drive, and update it to Mac OS 9.2.2.
(4) Start up from Mac OS 9.2.2. Re-initialize and re-partition the damaged hard drive with Drive Setup using the "Zero all data" option. Unplug the computer and reconfigure the jumper pin setting on the repaired drive for MASTER and the second drive for SLAVE.
(5) Restart from Mac OS X 10.3 Panther full install CD. Re-initialize and re-partition the repaired drive to install Mac OS X 10.3. Update to Mac OS X 10.3.7 via Software Update. Repair the disk permissions after each Mac OS X 10.3 installation and Mac OS X 10.3.7 update.
You may want to try starting up from Mac OS 9.2.x Full Install CD instead of from (2) to (4).
Method 4:
(1) Find a desktop computer that has an ATA controller PCI card (SCSI environment) and has two hard drive bays. This will make your damaged drive appear as a quasi-SCSI hard drive. Mac OS 9.2.2 must be pre-installed on the computer. I recommend a host computer that installs an Ultra DMA/xxx or xxx (ATA-x) interface equal to or better than the damaged drive with backwards compatible.
(2) Set the host computer's primary drive as MASTER and your damaged hard drive as SLAVE and install the damaged drive in the second drive bay of the host computer. Verify properly configured jumper pin settings in advance.
(3) Start up the host computer from Mac OS 9.2.2. Launch the "Drive Setup" utility. Re-initialize the damaged disk on the second drive using the "Low level format" option. It may take hours but less than "Zero all data" option. Note: Normally, a low level format with a quasi-SCSI drive takes much less (30 - 40%) time than an ATA configuration drive. Note that "Low level format" fixes all difficult logical damage.
(4) Put the fixed disk back in your computer's drive bay. Re-configure the jumper pin setting to MASTER before you place it into the drive bay of your computer.
(5) Restart from Mac OS X 10.3 Panther full install CD. Re-initialize and re-partition it to install Mac OS X 10.3. Update to Mac OS X 10.3.7 via Software Update. Repair the disk permissions after each Mac OS X 10.3 installation and Mac OS X 10.3.7 update.
Note that Panther's Disk Utility does not implement a "Low level format" option.
Method 5:
If Method 4 does not work or fix the damaged drive, let me know. You may need an advanced technique to fix it if the drive is physically not a problem.
OPTION:
Purchase a known good hard drive that conforms to your computer's ATA specification. Fix the damaged hard drive some other time. Nowadays, prices of hard drives are inexpensive.
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