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Mac OS, recover from startup disk?

Posted: 18 May 2020, 17:58
by soonafter
I used PhotoRec successfully recently on an external drive, and now I want to use it on my internal startup disk. Is this possible? The internal disk isn't an option on the disk selection page within PhotoRec. Thanks.

Re: Mac OS, recover from startup disk?

Posted: 19 May 2020, 09:35
by cgrenier
Choose "sudo" if you don't see your internal disk (disk0).
Be carefuf to store the recovered file on another partition (or disk) than the source.

Re: Mac OS, recover from startup disk?

Posted: 19 May 2020, 16:05
by soonafter
"Sudo" doesn't appear to be an option?
https://imgur.com/b2xD0zT

Re: Mac OS, recover from startup disk?

Posted: 20 May 2020, 14:29
by soonafter
cgrenier wrote: 19 May 2020, 09:35 Choose "sudo" if you don't see your internal disk (disk0).
Be carefuf to store the recovered file on another partition (or disk) than the source.
"Sudo" doesn't appear to be an option?
https://imgur.com/b2xD0zT