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Q: Need help to avoid data loss on a corrupt and/or failing hard drive

i don't know what happened. One minute I'm surfing the web and listening to music on iTunes. Then out of nowhere there was a sudden power outage. Didn't last long at all but now when I try to turn on my computer, it begins normally but then shortly after the chime and the apple logo appear, so does a progress indicator bar that I've never seen before today. Before the progress bar is even the size of my pinky nail, the computer just turns itself off. I started it in recovery mode and ran disk utility verify and repair. Verify disk doesn't get far when it says something like - Disk cannot be verified completely. Disk needs to be repaired. So when I click on repair disk, it only runs for maybe a minute before it comes back saying - disk utility cannot repair this disk. Back up as of your many files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed up files. So obviously that's not good. What are my options and is there anything I can do to avoid losing data that isnt already backed up? I've got quite a few things that haven't been backed up and losing some of them would be pretty devastating. This is my primary goal; to lose as little data as possible. My computer is a late 2012 iMac running Mavericks 10.9.5.

 

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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 21.5 inch late 2012 model

Posted on Jan 19, 2016 6:27 AM

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Q: Need help to avoid data loss on a corrupt and/or failing hard drive

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  • by ypfhdxu,

    ypfhdxu ypfhdxu Jan 26, 2016 3:49 PM in response to KiltedTim
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    Jan 26, 2016 3:49 PM in response to KiltedTim

    I don't really understand what that means in regards to the discussion being branched. All I know is that someone hijacked my post and then once that happened I couldn't get a response from anyone. And then when I followed the links saying it had been branched, it ultimately led me to this.Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 1.51.34 PM.png

    It's a little frustrating to think that a question I asked led to a discussion I can't be a part of which is what this seems to indicate at first. From what you say it sounds like that isn't what happened but I had no way of knowing that.

     

    With regards to the question I asked and my assertion that the information I needed and requested was not shared with me; if I am wrong then I do sincerely apologize. However I provided a great deal of information. And it just seems hard to believe that the information I provided was not adequate for someone knowledgeable to gauge my situation. I don't feel I was cryptic or held back any pertinent details that one would need to be psychic to understand my situation. I feel I provided thorough information regarding my computer situation.

    We have to base our assessments on the information that you provide.

    Does this mean your assessment of the problem or the person asking the question? I understand not wanting to give information to someone who is lying about a problem in the hopes of gaining knowledge that will allow them to break into someone else's system. You don't wanna give the bad guy an all access pass. I get that. But how am I supposed to prove that I'm not the bad guy? Again if I'm wrong then I'm a jerk and truly I do apologize.. I just can't say for certain whether I am wrong or not. But I'm not trying to be a jerk to people who only wanted to help me. Maybe it doesn't make sense why I didn't have my backups plugged in. It doesn't make sense. But if humans always did things that made sense we wouldn't be human. I don't know man. I just had a lot of stuff that I worked on really hard on this computer. And then being told that saving all that work was a lost cause when it really wasn't that at all; it just kind of irked me. But whatever the case I just wanted to speak my mind on the matter. Whether I'm a jerk or not; no hard feeling I hope.

  • by ypfhdxu,

    ypfhdxu ypfhdxu Jan 26, 2016 4:09 PM in response to dialabrain
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    Jan 26, 2016 4:09 PM in response to dialabrain

    I feel that you were sincere. I also feel that it is a mistake to answer for others when you don't know for certain one way or the other. You may feel very strongly that I was wrong in what I said. But you don't know whether somebody else held back information or not. You can only answer for yourself. You cannot answer for someone else.

    Those that tried answering your post obviously didn't know how to solve your problem. To believe they "held back" the solution is ludicrous.

    I would not say that my assertion is ludicrous at all. The knowledge i needed to obtain could also be used to completely erase someones hard drive or do any number of nefarious things. So to hold back information in such an instance is not unheard of. But for the record, I didn't mean to include you. I don't think you held back anything.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 26, 2016 5:26 PM in response to ypfhdxu
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    Jan 26, 2016 5:26 PM in response to ypfhdxu

    I didn't think you included me. My comment was really because I have seen many other posts by those who did respond and they have always tried to be helpful. I felt your response was uncalled for is all. But, I can't change how someone looks at things.

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