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by wwrafter
27 Feb 2012, 19:07
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: How to write new partition data
Replies: 5
Views: 9163

Re: How to write new partition data

Changing the type to EFI GPT resolved the issues for the OS and media drives, thanks for the info.
Now I need to figure out what the partitions should look like for a two-drive concatenated set Time Machine backup looks like. Fortunately, I have a couple of spare drives I can use to create an empty ...
by wwrafter
27 Feb 2012, 08:42
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: How to write new partition data
Replies: 5
Views: 9163

Re: How to write new partition data

Just a bit more data...
Drive (1TB) is currently in a Mac Pro booted in target disk mode.
testdisk is being run from a MacBook Pro attached to the Mac Pro via FW800.
Drive I'm currently trying to recover is the boot drive of the Mac Pro.
There are 3 other drives that have been damaged:
- 3TB iTunes ...
by wwrafter
27 Feb 2012, 08:32
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: How to write new partition data
Replies: 5
Views: 9163

How to write new partition data

Used testdisk to see/confirm missing partition data. I'm pretty sure placing the drive into a new enclosure whacked the partition, gonna call the vendor on that tomorrow.
The "write" command indicates that it is not supported, and I need to use pdisk.
The wiki says pdisk is not supported for intel ...