Alright, I’ll do that. I used the installer file and Terminal to make the drive, so it should be fine. Thanks. On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Alex, > > Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after starting > up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition your drive to > one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent partitions should be done > later on the live drive. This will ensure that the Recovery Partition is > created properly. Not sure where the other individual got there info but > this is sound practice. If you used DiskMaker X to create your bootable > Mavericks Installer, on the thumb drive or the built-in “Create Install > Media” utility of the Mavericks Installer, then a proper Recovery Partition > will be automatically created. If you used the Disk Utility method, then the > Recovery Partition must have already existed in order to create a proper > installation. The problem in your case is that you need to do a total > re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition is not of any benefit. > Refer to > > http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html > > for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a complete > wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have carried over thus > any disk structure issues would have persisted. > > Hope this makes sense. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks. I’m in the beta partition now, copying a few files over to my >> external hard drive. The problem is here too: Finder just hung for about >> thirty seconds, while my Mac’s HD made the sound I’ve come to dread. Still, >> it’s working, thankfully; my main partition won’t even boot. >> >> As to wiping, I’m still not sure what to do. I mean, I know how to format >> the drive from the OS X on my thumb drive and then install, the question is, >> what do I do with my partitions? I have two, one Macintosh HD and one OS X >> Beta Partition. When I did a clean install back in March, I had only the >> Macintosh HD partition and so didn’t need to worry. I reformatted that >> partition, but didn’t actually erase it, as people I asked told me that >> completely erasing the Macintosh HD partition could turn out badly. Are you >> saying that I should format the entire drive, wiping out both partitions? If >> I do that, won’t it affect the installation of the OS, or will the installer >> partition as necessary? >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:43 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> For expediency purposes, I wouldn’t worry about re-mapping partitions etc., >>> you’re just going to wipe the drive and re-partition anyway. Regarding >>> grabbing those files, if you startup from your thumb drive, then go under >>> it’s Apple menu to Startup Disk, you should be able to select the 10.9.3 >>> beta partition as your startup disk. if things are OK in that area of the >>> HD. Once you’ve started with that version of the OS, you could quickly get >>> the files you want and place them onto whatever media you want. You could >>> then go ahead and do the total wipe/re-partition and re-install from your >>> 10.9.3 thumb drive. It’s best to do it from there since it needs to be >>> done from a external source in order to completely reformat the drive. >>> >>> If you’re unable to startup from your beta partition, then the drive is in >>> fairly rough shape and you’d either need to use Terminal commands to grab >>> those files or just give up on them. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> Later… >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks guys. I have a thumb drive with Mavericsk that I’ve used before, >>>> and that I keep around now that we have a couple Macs in the house. I’ll >>>> use that. Before I do though, is there any way to copy off any other files >>>> I’d like to keep, ones I could recover but that it’d be easier just to >>>> have if I can get them? I could probably boot into that beta partition and >>>> copy, but I don’t know if I’ll have the permissions to do that. I’ll also >>>> need a way to erase the beta partition, if that is indeed the problem. I >>>> only tested one OS, the 10.9.3 beta a month ago, but I suppose it could >>>> have caused the problem. Anyway, can I erase that from Disk Utility on the >>>> recovery HD, and if so, how would I do that and merge its space back to >>>> Macintosh HD? >>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I agree with Chris that it could very likely be a software thing. So, >>>>> since you have a Time Machine backup that is fairly up-to-date and you >>>>> say that you have your important files backed up, I’d go for the reformat >>>>> and reinstall option. If you don’t have an external HD or the cables >>>>> that I mentioned earlier, there is a neat little utility within the >>>>> Mavericks Installer that allows you to build a bootable Mavericks >>>>> installer on a flash drive that is at least 8 GB in size. If you wish to >>>>> go that way, I can share instructions with you. >>>>> >>>>> Later… >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:00 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You mentioned a 50GB partition for OSX betas. So were you running beta >>>>>> OSes on this box? If so, it's at least plausible that the beta OSX had >>>>>> some kind of bug which mangled data structures on the drive and, since >>>>>> it had access to your non-beta partition, it could have mangled your >>>>>> regular OSX boot drive as well. In other words, this could still have >>>>>> been a software issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> CB >>>>>> >>>>>> On 6/5/14, 9:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> So, here's the status of my Mac Mini's hard drive. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * Two repairs from the Recovery HD resulted in an error telling me to >>>>>>> format ad re-install. >>>>>>> * I did just that at the end of March, and given that two repairs >>>>>>> couldn't fix whatever errors have accumulated after three months, it >>>>>>> seems like the drive itself is having problems. >>>>>>> * The SMART status of the drive is "verified", not "failing", which >>>>>>> seems odd given the previous points. >>>>>>> * The drive is partitioned into two: 450gb for OS X, and 50gb for OS X >>>>>>> betas. I don't yet know if the beta partition works, but both share a >>>>>>> drive so I'm not optimistic. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any ideas? I looked at replacing the drive, but the iFixIt instructions >>>>>>> are scary and require special tools. The Mini is not under Apple Care >>>>>>> protection, and my nearest Genius bar is almost three hours away. Am I >>>>>>> just doomed, or is there a check/repair/miracle program I could run? >>>>>>> Any suggestions are appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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