Help. Accidentally deleted filevault sparsebundle image..

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Help. Accidentally deleted filevault sparsebundle image..

Hi all,

I did an incredibly stupid thing today. I went an deleted (dragged to the trash, but did not empty it) the filevault sparse bundle image in my user directory and went and shutdown my Macbook. After a reboot, I could not log in.

Is there a way to recover from this situation?

(same problem as: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1974761?threadID=1974761&tstart=60)

I looked at the suggested solution on: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1278

But I have a Macbook air without dvd drive or even a install DVD.

Does anyone havea solution for this part of the problem?

MacBook Air, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jun 27, 2013 12:25 PM

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BDAqua

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Jun 27, 2013 3:38 PM in response to sviezee

Hello, hopefully this will at least allow you to boot into a new admin account...

Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...

http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/

Admin Hack...

http://www.hackmac.org/?q=node/4

Starts up like the first time you buy a new Mac, but after filling in all that info again, you should have access to the computer and the other Users & files will still be there... give the new User a different name than an existing one.

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Jun 27, 2013 11:29 PM in response to BDAqua

I got into a new admin account. Now I won't succeed in enabling the root user or find another way to restore the recycling bin from my main account (filevault protected).

Anyone?

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BDAqua

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Jun 27, 2013 11:38 PM in response to sviezee

Whew, Filevault was a good idea gone terribly wrong from the start. 😢

Acoup;e of things that may help move ir back...

Show Hidden Files 1.0...

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/29096/show-hidden-files

Hidden Way is a toggle for hidden files view in Finder...

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25716/hidden-way

Show hidden files in OSX Finder

Open the Terminal and type or copy/paste:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true

Reverting to the default of NOT showing hidden files:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false

*Restart or Force Quit Finder required to take effect.*

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html

http://www.burobjorn.nl/blog/?p=96

Finder Force Quit, or restart required to take effect.

Might try BatchMod, it's much better/easier than the Finder for recursive Permission changes, but careful, it's powerful...

http://www.lagentesoft.com/batchmod/index.html

ONLY recommended to show ehere that ./Trash file is.

Solving Trash Problems...

http://thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html

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Jun 28, 2013 12:41 AM in response to BDAqua

I got to see the hidden files and with BatChmod I can get into my main account. But only to the library and a selected number of folders. No one with a .trash file.

I can find a file .Trashes but can not do anything with it. It is last changed yesterday when I deleted the sparsebundle.

I need to put the sparsebundle back in its original place. But don't know how.

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Jun 28, 2013 1:32 AM in response to sviezee

I got into the .Trashes file and found the file anitavanveen.sparsebundle. anitavanveen is the main account with the problems (my girlfriend).

I copied this file to the root of the HD and pressed reboot. Now the macbook is already 15 minutes busy with starting up. I already shut down and started again with shift hold for safe mode.

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BDAqua

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Jun 28, 2013 9:28 AM in response to sviezee

I don't actually know whee the anitavanveen.sparsebundle goes, but I suspect in the Users folder at root, or Users>HerShortName> folder.

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Jul 3, 2013 12:30 AM in response to BDAqua

I didn't succeed....

When I recovered the sparsebundle from the recycling bin it was only 200MB of the original 93GB. ALso a specialised HD Data Recovery company couldn't fix it. This because Mac OS automaticly fragmentates the hard disk and by this erases pakkages of the sparsebundle. In this case to much to fix anything....

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BDAqua

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Jul 4, 2013 11:35 AM in response to sviezee

Ah, sorry to hear, but yes, you can't do anything now it would appear. 😟

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