[X-Unix] Newbie hard drive backup dilemma

[Phillip Burk]

Ethan,

DW allows you to copy data off of the drive using the "Preview" button. 
  Connect your external FW drive, click the "Preview" button and back up 
the data important to you.  Sometimes you'll get errors - in one 
extreme situation I received both -37 and -43 errors (essentially, file 
not found) on certain files.   Those I had to recover from a 
traditional backup.

Good luck.

On Mar 28, 2004, at 8:54 AM, Ethan Rips wrote:

> Calling all experts--
>
> I need help!
>
> Here's the scoop:
>
> 1. My hard drive was severely fragmented. It took a few passes with 
> TechTool
> Pro to clean that up. That took all of yesterday (I left before it
> finished).
>
> 2. I ran DiskWarrior again this morning. It shows that the hard drive 
> is no
> longer fragmented, which is good, but still says it can't rebuild the
> directories because they're too severely damaged (same message I got 
> when I
> first ran DiskWarrior on Friday).
>
> 3. DiskWarrior recommends backing up the directories it created for the
> rebuild, but I have to figure out how to do that, since my backup tools
> don't seem to be available when DiskWarrior is running.
>
> 4. Basic backup problem:
>
>     a. I need ability to access backup tools at same time that 
> DiskWarrior's
> replacement directories (see #3 above) are visible (i.e., when my Mac 
> has
> booted from the DiskWarrior disk) so I can use the former to back up 
> the
> latter. But the backup tools on my hard drive don't seem to be 
> accessible at
> this point in the process.
>
>     b. I have Carbon Copy Cloner, Cocktail, BootCD & NetRestore, but 
> haven't
> been able to use them yet because I haven't been able yet to convince 
> my
> boss to spring for an external FW hard drive.
>
> Let's assume I get the OK tomorrow to buy an external FW hard drive. 
> Has
> anyone got any pointers for me on how to do this? (very nuts-&-bolts 
> for
> someone as unfamiliar with Unix backups as he is familiar with pre-OS X
> troubleshooting).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ethan
>
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