Q: How to restore from a backup after creating a new Raid 0?
OK so I time machines my old hard drive, installed my new ones and raid 0'ed them. Now I usw my bootable thumbdtive (which happened to be Yosemite) to boot my el capitan backup and it freezes at the end. After doing all the restoring, the computer shuts down and reloads, but then freezes at the screen with the apple logo. Anyone know the proper way I should be restoring? I tried just doing a plain redownliad from my bootable disk but it said it wasn't working and may have been corrupt. I tried deleti g and recreating my raid 0, same message... It looks like because Mac raid 0 won't create a recovery partition, I have to do an Internet recovery now just to reload the mac from scratch... Any ideas on how I should approach?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Posted on Jun 2, 2016 1:55 PM
Community Specialists
Hi Isakale,
I understand that you're having trouble getting OS X installed and restored from your Time Machine backup. In a situation where you're working with a non-standard volume setup for your OS X installation, you may consider installing OS X from Internet Recovery, upgrading to the desired version of OS X via the App Store, then migrating your data from Time Machine using Migration Assistant, rather than recovery.
Migration Assistant copies all of your files to your new Mac so that you don't have to do it manually. If your files are currently on a Windows PC, follow the PC migration steps instead. If your new Mac is using OS X Mountain Lion or earlier, follow the Mountain Lion steps instead.
Move your content to a new Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350
Newer Macs include the ability to start up directly from an Internet-based version OS X Recovery. Your Mac automatically uses this feature when the Recovery System on the startup drive isn't available. For example, if your startup drive encounters an issue, or if your startup drive has been replaced or erased. Internet Recovery lets you start your Mac directly from Apple's servers. Starting up from this system performs a quick test of your memory and hard drive to check for hardware issues.
Internet Recovery initially asks you to select a Wi-Fi network and enter a network password when needed. Next, Internet Recovery downloads and starts from a Recovery System image. From there, you are offered the same utilities and options as the Recovery System on a startup drive.
Some Macs that came with OS X Snow Leopard can use Internet Recovery after installing OS X Lion or later and a software update.
OS X: About OS X Recovery
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314
If you want to reinstall the version of OS X that came with your Mac, hold Command-Option-R at startup instead. This starts your Mac from Internet Recovery.
How to reinstall OS X on your Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Sincerely
Posted on Jun 6, 2016 2:01 PM