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Recover Files & Data from a Failing Hard Drive OS X

  • 27-09-2013 07:41AM
    #1
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭


    This article arrived from osXdaily yesterday. I thought I'd share it here as a reference for the basics in a drive failure situation.

    They mention a couple of disk tools in the article (I have DiskWarrior installed) but they don't mention either TechTool Pro (which I also use) or Disk Utility (which should be every-one's starting point IMHO)

    TechTool Pro is very useful in that it has a facility to create a bootable emergency / maintenance drive containing all the appropriate recovery tools from your boot drive. The emergency drive can be a partition on your boot drive or on an external.

    http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/26/recover-files-data-from-a-failing-hard-drive-in-mac-os-x-the-simple-way/
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  • #2
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    A proper backup strategy is the best defence. However, if stupidity rules, I've used Prosoft's Data Rescue software to rescue files for friends (who should know better).


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