TechTool Pro
hardware/software diagnostic tool
Version: 4.6.2
eDrive WARNING
Feedback Type: Usage Tip
Contributed by: tracy valleau--2008 Friday, August 12 2005 @ 11:54 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
I got yesterday's update to TTP 4.05. Since I'm running Tiger, I decided to redo the eDrive, which was not on my boot drive, but on a drive called "hold" which had 76 gigs of data (about 388,000 files). Before removing the eDrive using TTP (which one is required to do in order to install a new one) I ran both TTP and Diskwarrior on "hold" to ensure that it was OK.
I ran TTP4 and removed the eDrive from "hold." Then, using the new TTP4.05, I installed a new eDrive on a different volume without any difficulty.
However, when I went back to "hold" I found that it was trashed beyond repair. TTP4.05 could not fix it; DiskWarrior could not fix it; Disk Utility could not fix it. 388,000 files up in smoke.
As I write this, near midnight, I'm about an hour into a DataRescue X block-by-block file retrieval scan that is scheduled to take at least an hour more.
So: here's the warning. If you're about to replace an eDrive with a new one: BACK UP THE WHOLE VOLUME FIRST! There is (based on my experience) a -very- strong probability of trashing the volume that hold your old eDrive when you remove it.
eDrive WARNING - samarb
I haven't yet been able to download 4.0.5. The Micromat server is busy. But I did use TTP4 on a back-up drive to remove the eDrives on two Powerbooks.On my G3Pismo (with a Daystar G4, 550mhz upgrade), the removal trashed the main partition and I had to erase all and transfer all data and system over from a new back-up. After the eDrive removal, even Disk Warrior said that the main partition was no longer usable.
On my 1.67G4, the removal went like a charm and Disk Warrior was happy with the re-united partition.
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Saturday, August 13 2005 @ 07:50 AM PDT