Thank you Ronni No luck Take care cheers Blitto
Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Ideas 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> > On 19 Jun 2016, at 10:20 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Blitto, > > Does sound like the external HD has some file corruption. > > Have you tried repairing the external drive using Disk Utility in OS X > Recovery HD partition? > > Restart the computer and hold the Command-R keys until you see the Apple > symbol. > Once in Recovery HD - OS X Utilities select Disk Utility - select the hard > drive that reported the error, click the “First Aid” tab, and then click on > “Repair Disk” > > If no success in Recovery HD Disk Utility, do you have Disk Warrior ? > Disk Warrior ‘might’ be able to repair the external drive if Recovery HD Disk > Utility can’t. > > If all above fails to repair the external drive - Do you have Data Rescue 4? > A Data Recovery place will charge you even if they are unable to recover any > files for you, so worth giving Data Rescue a go first. > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> On 18 Jun 2016, at 5:28 PM, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au >> <mailto:rb...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni >> I think I might send him to a data recovery place. >> cheers >> Blitto >> >> >> WD My Passport 0820 >> 2 TB >> >> Has lived in his backpack without a protective case apparently!! >> >> Storing videos and files >> >> not journalled >> file system - unknown >> Capacity - 2TB >> Used - 2 TB !!!!! (although he claims it had 1.5 TB free) >> >> No eject button on left >> >> First Aid process failed File system verify or repair failed If possible >> back up the data on this volume >> Operation failed >> >> <image.gif> >> >> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Good Ideas >> 0409 681 256 >> rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> >> >> >> >>> On 17 Jun 2016, at 2:50 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Jun 2016, at 7:41 PM, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au >>>> <mailto:rb...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi WAMUGers >>>> My son has a portable hard drive that is not functioning all of a sudden. >>>> Disk First Aid reports a problem. “unable to unmount volume for repair" >>>> Amy suggestions please? Especially recovering the data. >>> >>> Hi Blitto, >>> >>> I've just noticed your post to the list. >>> More info required about the external drive: “not functioning all of a >>> sudden”… more detail please. >>> >>> Was the portable hard drive being used only for Time Machine backups? >>> How is it formatted? >>> >>> Disk Utility can no longer verify a disk, making sure it’s OK without >>> unmounting it or performing other operations. >>> First Aid must be able to unmount a drive, or you’ll get an error. Click >>> Show Details and you’ll see a bit more of what’s happening under the hood. >>> Post all the problem error message and any other information. >>> >>> In the left side panel under External - what happens when you click the >>> eject button next to the mounted volume in the list? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >>> >>> El Capitan OS X 10.11.5 >>>> >>>> ta >>>> Rod >>>> >>>> <image.gif> >>>> >>>> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad >>>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>>> Good Ideas >>>> 0409 681 256 >>>> rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > El Capitan OS X 10.11.5 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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