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Q: sparsebundle "no mountable file systems"

I had both a Snow Leopard partition and a Mavericks partition. In order to access the folders on my Snow Leopard's desktop, while running Mavericks, I would mount the sparsebundle dmg. Since then I deleted the Snow Leopard partition and now I get the message "no mountable file systems" when I click on the sparsebundle. Is there a way to still access the files or do I have to do a re-install? What's the easiest way to go about this?

Posted on Jul 25, 2016 8:50 AM

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 26, 2016 7:54 AM in response to jrm84
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    Jul 26, 2016 7:54 AM in response to jrm84

    Most likely you will need to partition the drive again and install an exact copy of what was on the Snow Leopard partition in order to access the files. Do you have a Time Machine or clone backup of the Snow Leopard partition that you could use?

  • by jrm84,

    jrm84 jrm84 Jul 26, 2016 7:59 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Jul 26, 2016 7:59 AM in response to Eric Root

    I made a Time Machine backup but all that's saved is the "Macintosh HD" which I can access some things but the sparsebundle contains all the stuff like the items on desktop and Logic projects. Why do I have to mount sparsebundle in order to access my Music folder? What kind of "backup" is this?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 26, 2016 8:06 AM in response to jrm84
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    Jul 26, 2016 8:06 AM in response to jrm84

    Which partition was the music folder located on? Is the sparse bundle the Time Machine backup? If so, why not access the data using the Time Machine application? You can restore the desired files to your Mavericks partition. 

  • by jrm84,

    jrm84 jrm84 Jul 26, 2016 8:43 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Jul 26, 2016 8:43 AM in response to Eric Root

    The music folder was on the Snow Leopard partition. I used to mount the sparsebundle when I was running Mavericks in order to access that folder and the files that I had on the desktop on Snow Leopard. Maybe there's another way to access the files I don't know about? The sparsebundle was included in the Time Machine backup but when I try to mount it I get the error. Do you mean another method when you say use the Time Machine "application"?