Thanks guys. I have a thumb drive with Mavericsk that I’ve used before, and that I keep around now that we have a couple Macs in the house. I’ll use that. Before I do though, is there any way to copy off any other files I’d like to keep, ones I could recover but that it’d be easier just to have if I can get them? I could probably boot into that beta partition and copy, but I don’t know if I’ll have the permissions to do that. I’ll also need a way to erase the beta partition, if that is indeed the problem. I only tested one OS, the 10.9.3 beta a month ago, but I suppose it could have caused the problem. Anyway, can I erase that from Disk Utility on the recovery HD, and if so, how would I do that and merge its space back to Macintosh HD? On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I agree with Chris that it could very likely be a software thing. So, since > you have a Time Machine backup that is fairly up-to-date and you say that you > have your important files backed up, I’d go for the reformat and reinstall > option. If you don’t have an external HD or the cables that I mentioned > earlier, there is a neat little utility within the Mavericks Installer that > allows you to build a bootable Mavericks installer on a flash drive that is > at least 8 GB in size. If you wish to go that way, I can share instructions > with you. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:00 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> You mentioned a 50GB partition for OSX betas. So were you running beta OSes >> on this box? If so, it's at least plausible that the beta OSX had some kind >> of bug which mangled data structures on the drive and, since it had access >> to your non-beta partition, it could have mangled your regular OSX boot >> drive as well. In other words, this could still have been a software issue. >> >> CB >> >> On 6/5/14, 9:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> So, here's the status of my Mac Mini's hard drive. >>> >>> * Two repairs from the Recovery HD resulted in an error telling me to >>> format ad re-install. >>> * I did just that at the end of March, and given that two repairs couldn't >>> fix whatever errors have accumulated after three months, it seems like the >>> drive itself is having problems. >>> * The SMART status of the drive is "verified", not "failing", which seems >>> odd given the previous points. >>> * The drive is partitioned into two: 450gb for OS X, and 50gb for OS X >>> betas. I don't yet know if the beta partition works, but both share a drive >>> so I'm not optimistic. >>> >>> Any ideas? I looked at replacing the drive, but the iFixIt instructions are >>> scary and require special tools. The Mini is not under Apple Care >>> protection, and my nearest Genius bar is almost three hours away. Am I just >>> doomed, or is there a check/repair/miracle program I could run? Any >>> suggestions are appreciated. >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
