Changing TM Drives: Restore fails

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Changing TM Drives: Restore fails

I am trying to change my TM drive from my current 500GB to a brand new 1.5TB drive.

I erased the new drive and named it TimeMachine, the old drive is Time Machine.

I followed the Restore procedure using Disk Utility with Time Machine as the Source and TimeMachine as the Destination.

At approx 10 mins into the Restore, Disk Utility quits with this error:

"Restore Failure
Could not restore - Operation not permitted"

Here's the log showing that there is a problem with AdbeRdr90 en_USi386.bom;

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2009-08-17 21:53:28 -0700: Disk Utility started.

2009-08-17 21:53:50 -0700: Preparing to erase : “TimeMachine”
2009-08-17 21:53:50 -0700: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2009-08-17 21:53:50 -0700: 1 volume will be erased
2009-08-17 21:53:50 -0700: Name : “TimeMachine”
2009-08-17 21:53:50 -0700: Size : 1.4 TB
2009-08-17 21:53:50 -0700: Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

2009-08-17 21:53:52 -0700: Initialized /dev/rdisk3s2 as a 1397 GB HFS Plus volume with a 114688k journal

2009-08-17 21:53:52 -0700: Mounting disk.
2009-08-17 21:53:54 -0700: Erase complete.
2009-08-17 21:53:54 -0700:
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Restore Disk
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Source: “Time Machine”
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Destination: “TimeMachine”
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Erase Destination: No
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700:
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Starting Restore…
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Validating target...
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: done
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Validating source...
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: done
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Validating sizes...
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: done
2009-08-17 21:54:45 -0700: Copying
2009-08-17 22:03:33 -0700: could not copy /Volumes/TimeMachine/Backups.backupdb/Steven Shmerler’s Mac Pro/2009-05-21-201856/Main HD/Users/shmerls/Desktop/Storage25/AdbeRdr90 en_US_i386.pkg/Contents/Resources/AdbeRdr90_en_USi386.bom; Operation not permitted
2009-08-17 22:03:33 -0700: Bom copy exited with error 1
2009-08-17 22:03:33 -0700:
2009-08-17 22:03:33 -0700: Could not restore - Operation not permitted

Mac Pro 2 x 3.0 GHz Quad-Core, 4GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 30" HP LP3065 Monitor & 22" Cinema Display

Posted on Aug 17, 2009 10:21 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 17, 2009 10:59 PM in response to Steven Shmerler

Steven,

Let's just make sure that you went through the correct steps....

1) Insure that the destination drive is using the GUID Partition Table scheme.

2) In Disk Utility, drag the source volume from the list at the left, into the "Source" field.

3) Next, drag the destination volume from the list at the left, into the "Destination" field.

4) Insure that "Erase Destination" is selected.

5) Click "Restore."

If you are sure that you followed these steps, there may be something wrong with the old volume. Some disk error, I would guess.

Scott

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Answer 2

Aug 18, 2009 2:02 AM in response to Scott Radloff

I first went into the folder that had the file that was crashing the restore and deleted all copies from inside TM properly. Then I started the process again, this time I checked "Erase Destination" which I hadn't last time since I'd just done that because the drive was brand new out of the box.

I'm getting farther than I did the other times I tried, so we'll see and I'll report back in the morning. Off to bed...

Thanks,
Steven

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Answer 3

Aug 18, 2009 2:30 AM in response to Steven Shmerler

Steven,

If TIme Machine was able to delete those troublesome files, then the cause of the problem was probably not a disk error. There may have been something else about those files that was causing the problem, or you weren't restoring properly. Or, it could have been a random thing, which does occur.

Scott

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Answer 4

Aug 18, 2009 3:22 AM in response to Scott Radloff

Well... got thru the restore and verify and reset the TM Sys prefs to the new drive which is in backup now. So we'll see!

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