Thanks to all the folks who chimed in about recovering user-account files on
OS X. Enabling the root user was indeed the solution that allowed me to
access the user files -- while I haven't gone through all of them to see if
any damage was done, they all were recovered without issue, and the
Hello List:
I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion for recovering files from user
accounts (non-admin) on a failing OS X drive (10.4.11).
I don't know yet if the drive is going bad or if the system is simply
corrupt, but I'm hoping to be able to rescue some files from a user account.
I've
You might want to give Knoppix a try:
http://luhman.org/blog/2009/07/13/knoppix-recovery-mac-mini-crash
I just recently used Knoppix to recover a Windows laptop and it was a
real lifesaver. Hopefully you can just march right into those folders
since Linux won't bother trying to respect your
If you enable the Root user on your external HD and login as Root you
can access any user folder on any connected drive. Although I'm not
sure what problems you might have with permissions on the files after
they have been copied somewhere else.
Brian's suggestion of Knoppix is definitely
Yes, Enabling the ROOT user is the way I have done this in the past. I
also use Carbon Copy Cloner to do 'complete' copies and have had good
success with Drive Genius 2 to repair and copy files.
Tom McGrath III
Lazy River Software
3mcgr...@comcast.net
iTunes Library Suite - libITS
On 11.09.09 at 02:57 -0700 Scott Rossi apparently wrote:
BTW, I'm accessing the problem drive from an external disk/system -- I
cannot boot up from the problem disk (freezes at the Apple logo).
Have you tried setting of the drive to ignore permissions, when
having it connected as external
I don't think you can do that if the drive includes an OS X install.
Ian
On 11 Sep 2009, at 17:27, Robert Brenstein wrote:
Have you tried setting of the drive to ignore permissions, when
having it connected as external drive?
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start up using an install dvdyou can change the root password from the disc
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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev
2009/9/11 Ian Wood revl...@azurevision.co.uk
I don't think you can do that if the drive includes an OS X install.
Ian
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