Kane H

Q: How to ransfer time machine backups to a different formatted Hard Drive?

So i've googles how to transfer time machine backups to a different hard drive and the simple and easy way i want to do it is copy the existing save file on a different hard drive over to my new hard drive. This save version is only on this hard drive and isn't the save file i'm currently using on my computer.

The steps were to just drag the "Backups.backupdb" file over to my new hard drive.

When i do this the error comes up "The volume is the wrong format for a backup"

I'm pretty sure that's because i never re-formatted by new hard drive since first off in the past my usb have been corrupted when i format them with my mac so i'm a little sceptical but up until now, files i've had on my mac have had no trouble being copied over to this new hard drive.

I'm even copying other items on my old hard drive over to my new one perfectly fine. It's simply this file that won't transfer over.

Any ideas how i can copy this over without having the format my new hard drive?

I doubt but i have hope someone out there knows!

Please help,

Anything anyone can input will be awesome. Cheers everyone

iPod touch, iOS 6.1.5

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 9:24 PM

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  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Mar 25, 2016 6:55 AM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 25, 2016 6:55 AM in response to Csound1

    +1

  • by dwb,

    dwb dwb Mar 25, 2016 7:01 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Mar 25, 2016 7:01 AM in response to dialabrain

    Your sarcasm has been noted and not appreciated. Playing nice with others isn’t just a good idea - nasty grams from the management are often on speed dial.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Mar 25, 2016 7:02 AM in response to dwb
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    Mar 25, 2016 7:02 AM in response to dwb

    I wasn't being sarcastic.

  • by dwb,

    dwb dwb Mar 25, 2016 7:04 AM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 25, 2016 7:04 AM in response to Csound1

    Csound1 wrote:

    But if an error in the other partition takes down access to the drive it's a false economy.

    That was an argument I tended to use until it was pointed out to me that a partition table is no more likely to be munged on a single partition drive than on a multi partition drive.

     

    As I said before - in a perfect world I agree but I don’t live in a perfect world. If you do I’m glad for you.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 25, 2016 8:00 AM in response to dwb
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    Mar 25, 2016 8:00 AM in response to dwb

    Or is likely, in other words.

     

    But I entirely agree that any kind of backup is an improvement on none.

  • by Kane H,

    Kane H Kane H Mar 26, 2016 10:31 PM in response to dwb
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    Mar 26, 2016 10:31 PM in response to dwb

    So just to sum up:

    If i do somehow find enough free space to move all the stuff of my current hard drive so i can format it, the steps would be:

    1. Format my current hard drive for Exfat, (so it works with windows, mac and time machine)

    2. Move the time machine back up save from the old hard drive over to my new one that just formatted in step 1

    3. Move all the stuff that was previously on the new hard drive back onto it

    4. Hope that it all goes to plan.

    Are there any problems with this?

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