Q: Disk Utility in Recovery Mode can't find any back-ups
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May 11, 2016 10:31 AMby norm123,Hi Acr3tion,
I understand that you are trying to restore from a backup that you made. The question would be is if you used Time Machine to back up? If you did, then you should see that to restore that information. Now if you did not back up your data with Time Machine and you just simply dragged and dropped the information, then you would need to create a new user and copy that information back over.
Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
OS X El Capitan: Alternatives for backing up your Mac
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21968
Let me know if this helps.
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May 11, 2016 11:03 AMby Acr3tion,Thanks for the reply.
I did use Time Machine, but in Recovery Mode the Disk Utility couldn't find a back-up. I tried to restore the "broken" drive from an USB drive, with no luck. The drive had the Mac HD folder on it, so I imagined it would swap it with the "broken" drive and replace it. Now it doesn't recognize any start-up disks at all. Is it possible to copy the back-up onto an USB HDD and try it from there?
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May 11, 2016 12:21 PMby norm123,Hey Acr3tion,
You should see the drive show up in Disk Utility but that is not where you restore from. You should have an option to “Restore from a Time Machine Backup” and then follow the prompts.
If that does not work, I would reinstalling OS X and the setup the computer as new. Then I would use Migration Assistant to restore from the Time Machine backup.
Look at the next two articles for more details.
OS X Mountain Lion: Recover your entire system
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH11192
Move your content to a new Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350
Now if it just does not show up period and it is a USB device, go over some of the troubleshooting step outlined in the next article.
OS X Yosemite: If a USB device isn’t working
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19094
Take it easy
