[12461016]

I have divided a HD into two partitions, and the one with the OS on it has crashed. Is there any way to get at the good partition with the data on it?

Thanks for looking

Art Ritchie

[bastion]

12461016, on 19 January 2013 - 10:22 AM, said:

I have divided a HD into two partitions, and the one with the OS on it has crashed. Is there any way to get at the good partition with the data on it?

Thanks for looking

Boot from a different disk. But that kind of depends on what you mean by saying that the partition with the OS on it "crashed."

[icerabbit]

12461016, on 19 January 2013 - 10:22 AM, said:

I have divided a HD into two partitions, and the one with the OS on it has crashed. Is there any way to get at the good partition with the data on it?

Thanks for looking

Art Ritchie

Please explain the exact symptoms when you start your system, and which system you have, as that will determine some of the options.

I will assume you don't have a clone copy of your drive, as then you'd know to boot from that.

OSX dvds can be used to boot a mac with an internal or external optical drive and verify what disk utility says regarding the hard drive. Hold the option key to see the boot options right after power up to see the startup options. Newer systems without optical drive can use a net boot option.

If you have a second system, you can use target drive mode to copy data between a sick mac and a healthy one.

[12461016]

icerabbit, on 21 January 2013 - 05:12 AM, said:

12461016, on 19 January 2013 - 10:22 AM, said:

I have divided a HD into two partitions, and the one with the OS on it has crashed. Is there any way to get at the good partition with the data on it?

Thanks for looking

Art Ritchie

Please explain the exact symptoms when you start your system, and which system you have, as that will determine some of the options.

I will assume you don't have a clone copy of your drive, as then you'd know to boot from that.

OSX dvds can be used to boot a mac with an internal or external optical drive and verify what disk utility says regarding the hard drive. Hold the option key to see the boot options right after power up to see the startup options. Newer systems without optical drive can use a net boot option.

If you have a second system, you can use target drive mode to copy data between a sick mac and a healthy one.

When you turn it on, you get the 'bong' then a spinning beach ball. I've tried using migration manager from another machine, but, of course, could not get past the 'restart.' I have another HD I could put in the machine to boot it if I could figure out how to open it. I think it's a G5 but not sure, obviously it's not mine. Sorry, no CD to boot from.

Thanks again, Art

[icerabbit]

Hi Art,

Interesting that it is going from bong to spinning beach ball. I was expecting it to say something different.

Is it a tower (G4, G5, Mac Pro) or an all-in-one (iMac) or just a little slab (mac mini)?

Maybe check out something like everymac.com to check out which model we're dealing with.

The PowerMac G5 has a little latch in the back above the two fan holes, that you lift up, which unlocks the whole aluminum side on that side. Then a plexi panel comes out and you're in.

[icerabbit]

Hi Art,

Interesting that it is going from bong to spinning beach ball. I was expecting it to say something different.

Is it a tower (G4, G5, Mac Pro) or an all-in-one (iMac) or just a little slab (mac mini)?

Maybe check out something like everymac.com or apple-history.com to check out which model we're dealing with.

The PowerMac G5 has a little latch in the back above the two fan holes, that you lift up, which unlocks the whole aluminum side on that side. Then a plexi panel comes out and you're in.