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I'm using a Lacie rugged 1TB drive to back up a Mac mini it backs up fine but when I try and check the disk with first aid I recieve this error, first Aid process has failed. If possible back up the data on this volume. I have reformatted the drive and still get the the same error after I back up
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
Leigh
Mac mini, macOS 12.6
lethal582 wrote:
the drive is only about a year old, so why would it need to be replaced
It probably doesn't need replaced. If you run First Aid on the Container or Volume on an APFS formatted Time Machine drive, you will get errors.
Drives can be a year old and still need replacing. I've even seen Dead on Arrival drives on new computers.
Rare, but they do happen.
The reason I say a reformatted drive having errors with disk utility is not a good sign is that a reformatted drive is typically emptied, meaning there is very little reason for error, unless something is wrong with the ability to erase the drive.
To verify the health of a drive http://www.binaryfruit.com/ DriveDX can give you more detail than Disk Utility.
If you reformat the drive and still get an error with disk utility, then the problem is the drive. Replace it.
FWIW, you can only run First Aid on the top level of a drive that is still assigned to Time Machine.
the drive is only about a year old, so why would it need to be replaced
FWIW, if I try to run First Aid on a APFS Time Machine drive, on the Container or Volume it will always report errors. It does on all mine. You could be correct however, maybe all my drives are bad.
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