TM failed miserably in Restore of whole system
Last night, I had a kernel panic which rendered my System disk virtually useless. Finder hung when trying to get Info on a file. Disk Utility hung when trying to Repair Permissions, etc.
So....since I have TM running, I chose to re-format my disk, then use the Restore utility on the Leopard disk. Silly me. TM reported it was restoring the whole disk, indicating the restore was of pretty much the right size, and would take approximately 3 hours. However, after about 1 hour, it reported it was done, and re-booting from the restored disk.
Long story short - it had only restored about 1/3 of the disk. When I tried to restore some key folders that were missing, it failed, saying I didn't have privileges.
I guessed that perhaps the privileges had been gunched before the time of the TM back I'd chosen to restore. So..... I used Disk Utility to Repair Privileges, then went to an earlier TM backup time, and chose restore. This time, it asked for a folder for the restore files - pointing to a completely irrelevant folder. I navigated to the volume name of the disk I was restoring to , and proceeded.
TM then created a FOLDER, naming it the same as the Volume.
Finally TM failed, with the error "The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "060416_0094.NEF" (an image file) could not be read or written. (Error code -36)?
Jeesh - what kind of crappy backup program is this? It doesn't come through when it's needed, it's UI doesn't provide useful information, and apparently the data it saved was corrupt.
Am I overlooking something - does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks,
Bruce
Hi elrik, welcome to the forums,
your safest bet is probably to order a set of recovery discs from Lenovo. Once you have the system installed you can always delete the service partition, if you want to gain the space, because you have a set of discs. Using Windows Easy Transfer is a good method for transferring files and settings.
You can order discs, (only for WE countries listed on the site), through the following link;
https://www.lenovorecovery.com/Extranet/Home.aspx
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The seller should have included a bootable OS X system DVD that would work in that computer; preferrably one that matches the OS X installed in the computer when you got it. Have you contacted the seller?
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If you bought the iBook from an auction, suggest they
should include the disc, since it implies a license to
have the system software installed. It is the proof.
The replacement OS X install disc for Tiger or Leopard
(depending on the computer, what it may use best) are
ideas, so ask AppleCare about them. If you can, get
both, so you may have one that does the job.
PS: If someone set an Open Firmware password, that
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level of security higher than Admin, near impossible.
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Can Time Machine Restore the whole operating system ?
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I understand Time Machine can be used to locate files which were accidentally deleted.
But can it restore the whole OS system together with all the settings to say a 2 weeks ago ?
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Question 1:
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ITunes causing whole system to freeze?
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There are a lot of questions on this forum which are similar to this, but I have not found one that actually replicates the same problem in the same conditions.
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PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)Just an update (I'm answering my own post) in case anyone else has this issue:
I managed to get iTunes to stop causing hard crashes. I went through the repair disk procedure outlined here:
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Yes, based on my knowledge, whole system replacement would mean if huge disaste happened to your system and you could no longer use it, then the whole system would be replaced for you.
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Leonie,
Fisrt let me thank you for your reply and assistance! So here is the problem with so more detail...I was not sure I was going to get any replies ; )
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History of Failure:
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I am ok with computers, but not a whiz (mechanical engineer)...to me it seems as though there is a corrupt path or file or some sort of "check" that is failing, becuase the failure occurs so fast after trying to launch aperture. Maybe that doesn't make any sense but just a thought.
I hope that you may be able to provide some insight. Thank you again for you time and I hope that you have a nice day!
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It may well be a driver issue but considering the loading: Xorg trying to load different drivers is somewhat normal. @cafe you can see that these are autoconfigured by X above the loading in the log:
Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
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Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
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Try connecting another device.
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I desperately need your help. I was working on iMovie last night when the thing froze up on me. I've tried rebooting. I've tried reinstalling the apps. No change. I can play some of the files- although I can't tell which ones will play until they magically appear. I can't get into the project library or the event library. The bar that lets me scroll through the clips is gone. Even when I can get something to play the whole system crashes after a couple of minutes and generates a "problem report" that says "iMovie Quit Unexpectedly". This all started when I was adding cutaways- and one clip just would not load. After I tried several times everything froze up. Have you ever heard of something like this? Maybe I pushed a button or somehow changed a setting? Maybe some of the video is corrupt? What do you recommend?
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The thing is that this is quite complicated, and i think i messed up real hard. Right after the reboot the pictures were there, almost, they were just files. It was 150 pictures with just the "jpeg-file" name on them..My vids shows me a message that sais something about missing URL?
And ofcourse i have done a restore in Itunes. The restore was on the other hand from the files that was allready corrupted.
Its complicated, i know...Allthough, if anyone can give me a hand here, its greatly appreciated!Well, after reading through your post a couple of times because I wasn't quite sure what you did, I feel I might understand right now.
You had a number of pictures in the camera roll and you moved them to a new album. You then deleted photos from the Camera roll and now you want to try and recover them? Is that what you are asking?
If so, there isn't anything you can do. Adding pictures from the Camera roll to an album does not actually MOVE the pictures, it just allows you to cataloge them. If you add pictures to a new album you create on the iPhone and then try to delete them from the iPhone, you get a warning that the pictures are in another album and deleting them from camera roll will cause them to be deleted everywhere. I just tried this to make sure. Actually, the warning box doesn't just say delete, it says delete everywhere. Deleting pictures from the camera roll before importing them to the computer will result in the photos being lost. Your attempt to reboot the phone is what corrupted the files. Unless you did a backup of the phone with the camera roll intact and have not backed it up since then, you would be able to restore to that backup. Problem is, it reads as if you have already done a backup/sync, which would result in the last backup being overwritten by the latest one. In my opinion, unless something I wrote earlier has happened, then you have lost the photos. -
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Can not find file must locate each song one at a time need to restore my whole library
can not find file, must locate each song one at a time need to restore my whole library
Hello BadSteve,
It sounds like iTunes seems to have lost track of all your music and you must locate each file individually. I would recommend at this point that you check for 3rd party plugins to see if there are any causing an issue:
iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3430
If the issue persists after removing the plugins, I would next try recreating your iTunes library:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling
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