Mac Pro restore hd

I am glad YOU are not "green" to heat and prod control! you really scared me there though for a minute... it does happen after these thread conversations that learn something (Mac Pro is sucking in dust and pet hair and sits in direct sunlight while the exhaust is being pulled back inside and recirculated... would not be first time).

So forgive me thinking it was a 'computer hutch' (I once put my G4 in one to help silence the awful loud fans and sound the thing made... and was what drove me into the arms of a quiet albeit hot Mac Pro!).

Yes, I just google and found one on ebay (AMazon had just the newest model) and it has a "zoom" when you hover over the label and could clearly see what ebay seller has (way over priced btw too, US$249 asking).

I have been using WD Green error free, but some people swear by them, others at them. I find they make great drives for TimeMachine.

So you have some other Mac Pro that you have access to is good to know.

I was hoping there would be a Disk Warrior 5 with the full 64-bit mode support.

I do not use vacuum - read about 'em and ended up with the DataVac (sometimes want to move it somewhere safe to release all the dust into the room or area).

Metro Vacuum ED500 DataVac 500-Watt 0.75-HP

http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW/

Repairs Time Machine backup disks

Time Machine relies on a new directory structure called a directory hard link. DiskWarrior 4 version 4.1 and later repairs damaged directory hard links and can rescue a lost Time Machine backup.

http://alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/upgrade.html

How much memory = how much RAM

It has to work in system memory (you have 24GB?)

It will use the system boot drive for VM and how many pageouts and free space and showing in Activity Monitor? and free disk space left?

TechTool Pro 6 can work with low DISK SPACE and highly fragmented DIRECTORY

A DiscJockey Pro disk copy to another drive

A way to mount the drive at all and copy file, delete file, make room, copy next file... something I once did to get past some "cross-linked files" and recover manually. But that was not with TimeMachine.

Repairing a drive like this which is the only copy of some files...

I would email Alsoft and MicroMat

I said they sell 4GB set of 2x2GB $32 and you want 8x2GB (or more). Yes there are 2x4GB kits FBDIMMs but higher priced.

Penny wise etc and DW is good but not sure about good enough for this problem with TimeMachine volume you have. DW normally is #1 go to utility... except when the drive is full, directory is segmented.... DW wants to write out the directory as a single "file" and needs enough space.... which it cannot. I woudl think it would take a version 5.0 for new feature redesign like that.

How much free space is on the boot volume you used?

Glutten for more...?

Only data files right? any type in particular? some "files" are packages, have hidden files.

I would expect even with a new rebuild directory some files are not usable.

Did DW support have you use advanced option on "Rebuild" button to do a deep scaveng for files?

You're manually copying group of files at a time?

.... to a "recovery only" drive partition.... from which you then repair / rebuild .... and copy to a "good data" drive partition

I would delete files once you know you have copied and have a file in two new places.

You are inside a folder or folder structure where you can copy that type of file into?

Data Rescue 3 demo - worth looking at?

Remote magic!

His caution - and to copy small batches at a time - what I would do is to delete if possible (maybe can't)

I had trouble with my own attempt to use Tri-Backup 5 to copy the iPhoto Library as it would quit on its own with no warning no matter what (and I could copy sub-folders and such thru the program).

If you can get the Pictures folder, that at least gives you the source files, photos, but not of course changes, projects and albums you create.

I think you are doing all you really can do --- and consider yourself lucky and you got Alsoft to help as they did.

Apps really really need to be installed from master copies. The download installer DMG if you have those, and I just 'know' you are going to burn midnight oil burning any master copy to DVD or Blue-Ray and disk drives!

Some things probably could be cloud based. Adobe Master Suite no, but data, yes. I bought some online storage for photos and everything I do gets uploaded as I make changes. Documents - I do not have anywhere near 50GB. iTunes of course I can always redownload but I have those on DVD, disks, for most. iMovie might be a challenge.

My android tablet has a 64GB user SDHCX card (exFAT format) that can be swapped out and I have a couple of those so I even use my tablet's storage for a lot of important stuff (I'd like to see 128GB microSD cards next). Trouble is and one reason I keep Windows, is Windows I can mount and copy to/from microSD cards any way I want.

Paragon has HFSX and NTFS drivers so I can have full read/WRITE access from either platform to data on the others filesystem.

Building the next floor on top of the floor you are on until you have a complete skyscraper.

iPhoto Library is a package. Get Info: Show package contents.

I keep Pictures on one drive, and iPhoto Library on another drive.

Works well.

Just open the Library wherever it is and iPhoto will use that location.

So if you want and can, and might also be faster in terms of performance (is for me) and safer to have them not be on same drive.

OS X uses packages for applications, then started seeing that used for Pages and Numbers and iPhoto, when you look inside you have folders and sub-folder structure. Lots and lots of small files. I dont' know what its strength is. I didn't like seeing data format become packages but there had to be a reason. And weaknesses.

Can't save as and make default to be something else. Now I can't do a Save As instead I just had to Duplicate in Numbers, Pages and then Save to get the same results.

Proprietary format, yes, it seems so.

Image browser that can view iPhoto Libraries?

http://www.lynapp.com/lyn/releasenotes.html