Q: I'm trying to restore data from an external drive to the Macintosh HD that is was originally recovered from. I'm using disk utility and hit a brick wall when I click restore it asks me to scan the Macintosh HD but doesn't let me do this. what do i do next
I'm trying to restore data from an external drive to the Macintosh HD from which they were originally recovered. I hit a brick wall where it says I have to scan it first and it doesnt let me.
MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Nov 24, 2013 3:21 AM
by baltwo,Solvedanswer
What are you using? If Disk Utility, you can only use the retore function by booting from a third volume, since the source and destination have to unmount for it to work. Simplest is to just drag & drop stuff from ext HD to the int HD.
Posted on Nov 24, 2013 5:19 PM