Backup a external drive?
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Did they test the drive itself? SATA cable failure is relatively common in some Macbook Pro models, or you may just have to recreate your account and copy files over.
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Yeah they did a specific test that tests all the hardware and it supposedly passed that one, but there was another that it tested and in big bold letters said "failed"(trying to remember what it was called). The thing is it kinda makes sense, since I was able to see some but not all of my Applications when they pulled it up(seriously I was going to copy all of them and hope they worked after the reinstall). I know it was some diagnostic but that's it, it's just kinda odd to not be able to see everything when trying to back it up...isiolia wrote:Did they test the drive itself? SATA cable failure is relatively common in some Macbook Pro models, or you may just have to recreate your account and copy files over.
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My systems: NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, original gba, gba sp(001), ds lite, 3ds, vita, psp, PSone(101 model) ps2, ps3(320gb model), ps4, retron 5, and Dreamcast.
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Ah, yeah, probably just a bad drive then. If they'll let you pay extra for a solid state drive, that'd be a great upgrade.
Probably they just ran Disk Utility, which doesn't have a lot of capability. If you're stuck without important stuff, and they let you take the old drive, you may be able to pull more off of it with something designed for data recovery.
Probably they just ran Disk Utility, which doesn't have a lot of capability. If you're stuck without important stuff, and they let you take the old drive, you may be able to pull more off of it with something designed for data recovery.
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I'd love to but at the space I'd want I couldn't afford that 
(the computer already has 750gb and for $150 to pay for the parts 1tb doesn't sound too bad) I could afford to keep my music on my computer and would use the external I purchased while up there to back up the computer....(my dad's music that I have plus what I've bought is kinda embrassing to know how much data that is....)
(the computer already has 750gb and for $150 to pay for the parts 1tb doesn't sound too bad) I could afford to keep my music on my computer and would use the external I purchased while up there to back up the computer....(my dad's music that I have plus what I've bought is kinda embrassing to know how much data that is....)My gameroom
My systems: NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, original gba, gba sp(001), ds lite, 3ds, vita, psp, PSone(101 model) ps2, ps3(320gb model), ps4, retron 5, and Dreamcast.
My systems: NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, original gba, gba sp(001), ds lite, 3ds, vita, psp, PSone(101 model) ps2, ps3(320gb model), ps4, retron 5, and Dreamcast.
bogusmeatfactory wrote:Ever feel like a wild gazelle in the wilderness?
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Eh, $150 is about twice what a 1TB 2.5" drive actually costs these days.
If you're concerned with internal storage, weigh how much you use your optical drive. You can swap that out for a caddy that'll let you put a second hard drive in the system (cost about $10). There are also hybrid drives on the market (or newer versions of OS X will try to create a Fusion volume if you have an SSD and a HDD).
If you're concerned with internal storage, weigh how much you use your optical drive. You can swap that out for a caddy that'll let you put a second hard drive in the system (cost about $10). There are also hybrid drives on the market (or newer versions of OS X will try to create a Fusion volume if you have an SSD and a HDD).
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Mac Tax!isiolia wrote:Eh, $150 is about twice what a 1TB 2.5" drive actually costs these days.
If you're concerned with internal storage, weigh how much you use your optical drive. You can swap that out for a caddy that'll let you put a second hard drive in the system (cost about $10). There are also hybrid drives on the market (or newer versions of OS X will try to create a Fusion volume if you have an SSD and a HDD).
Back to robocopy, is this command line on the common usage scenarios the type that would be like SyncToy?
Robocopy C:\A \\backupserver\B /MIR /Z
I think I would like something that imitates Synctoy folder pairs in "Echo" mode (delete on target, never on source), without needing to have synced before (in SyncToy sometimes I got duplication of folders I had moved around on my backup drive (the target) because I had changed computers and SyncToy not having synced before the first run on the new computer didn't know I had moved
the folder - so it didn't delete the one that was no longer in the source, and it (correctly) added the new one.
If robocopy just checks the size and time stamps it would have worked in that corner case, and presumably it will also be faster (but less user friendly - I actually like to see the preview before running the Echo).
On the wiki page for Robocopy it mentioned Synctoy but also Richcopy as a GUI alternative - what is your opinion of it (versus e.g. Synctoy)? EDIT - nevermind it is apparently not very good.
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The /MIR flag will delete files/folders in the destination that are no longer in the source.
I think by default it'll check size and date, among other attributes, but you can specify which to check if you want - or have it copy regardless.
Personally, I tend to use robocopy for transferring user folders and other simple things like that, so I only tend to use basic abilities of it (also why I don't have hands-on with any of the GUIs).
I think by default it'll check size and date, among other attributes, but you can specify which to check if you want - or have it copy regardless.
Personally, I tend to use robocopy for transferring user folders and other simple things like that, so I only tend to use basic abilities of it (also why I don't have hands-on with any of the GUIs).