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Mar 13, 2015 2:26 PM in response to Sayehhby Niel,1. Try using the Restore function to put that data onto an external drive, or connect the MacBook Pro with another Mac through FireWire or Thunderbolt, start it up with the T key held down, and run a product such as these ones.
2. That’s the recovery partition.
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Mar 13, 2015 2:27 PM in response to Nielby Sayehh,Thank youu,
What is a recovery partition?
How do I use it? How does it work?
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Mar 13, 2015 2:29 PM in response to Sayehhby Kappy,★HelpfulIf the drive is truly damaged, then Disk Utility won't be able to read it in order to clone it. But you do this:
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
button.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means an external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
If you don't have an external drive you can use, then use Niel's suggestion to use Target Disk Mode.
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Mar 13, 2015 2:29 PM in response to Sayehhby Niel,★Helpful1. To provide a way of installing the OS or repairing systems for Macs/OS versions which don’t have install disks.
2. It depends on what you’re trying to do.
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Mar 13, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Kappyby Sayehh,Thank you so much
Ill try to do that right away.Will this erase everything on my computer or not?
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Mar 13, 2015 2:32 PM in response to Sayehhby Niel,It won’t erase the data on the computer.
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Mar 13, 2015 2:42 PM in response to Sayehhby Kappy,No, it won't erase anything on the computer. But cloning will erase the destination or target drive to which you make the copy.