However, assuming your Int-HD is frelled beyond repair-as in dying-you can at least now boot to your Ex-HD, look at your precious data of, and surf Al Gore's interwebs whilst you purchase a new Int-HD which, frankly, you can replace yourself. Same procedure saved the data I had yet to back up that day. It IS possible your volume got corrupted beyond repair-this happened to me, last week, with an Ex-HD I accidentally disconnected because, well, I am an idiot. You can then wipe the Int-HD and check its "SMART" status. You then move your data over to your Ex-HD. IF this does not fix your volume problem-it can usually create a disk image or at least create a version of your dying Int-HD. $100 for DiskWarrior-this has saved more asses than Federal Ass Salvage Authority. You can even use a cloning program like SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner so you can forever boot off the Ex-HD when necessary.Ģ. $100-200: for a Big Ass External HD to which you will henceforth back up your data. If not prepare to spend about $200 to $300.ġ.
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