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rappleton
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Q: The Genius Bar wiped my hard drive (10.7.2) and I have since been unable to restored the backup from my Time Machine

I followed these steps from this article;

 

  1. In Finder, press Command-Shift-U.
  2. Double-click Migration Assistant.
  3. Click "Continue" and enter an administrator name and password when prompted.
  4. Select the "From a Time Machine backup or other disk" option, then click "Continue".
  5. Select your Time Machine backup disk or Time Capsule (enter the user name and or password if prompted), then click "Continue".

Having selected the correct disk nothing happened, other than the word "connecting" appeared. After some time this also appeared. "The backup disk image “/Volumes/Ross Backup Data/Ross’s iMac.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1)". I tried both with the Time achine connected wirelessly and via Ethernet, with the same result.

 

  1. Select the Time Machine backup you would like to restore (such the most current one you just made), then click "Continue".
  2. Select Items to Migrate, then click "Continue".  Note: The "Continue" button will be dimmed until the "Calculating…" stage is complete.

Any ideas please?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Apr 21, 2012 1:05 AM

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Q: The Genius Bar wiped my hard drive (10.7.2) and I have since been unable to restored the backup from my Time Machine

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  • by FrenchToast,Helpful

    FrenchToast FrenchToast Apr 21, 2012 1:54 AM in response to rappleton
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    Apr 21, 2012 1:54 AM in response to rappleton

    How big is your Time Machine image? If it's really big (eg, several hundred gigs), it can take a lot of time to calculate the time needed to restore it onto your Mac. This said, I'm still on SL, so maybe you have to reinstall Lion from the restore partition first, then migrate your personal stuff from the Time Machine image.

     

    Additionally, you'd be better served if you posted this thread in the Lion part of the forum...

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    rappleton rappleton Apr 21, 2012 2:04 AM in response to FrenchToast
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    Apr 21, 2012 2:04 AM in response to FrenchToast

    Thanks French Toast... I have 400gb free from 1tb, so not huge. The problem is the initial connecting, not the calculating, which looks as though it comes after the next steps, once it's connected?? I'm not sure what you mean reinstall Lion, as it already have been restored with the Lion software by the Genius Bar whe they wiped the harddrive, I think. I will suss out how to do that and try if you think that might work. Thanks for the Lion tip, might try that too.