


- #How to fix a corrupted hard drive without formatting mac mac os#
- #How to fix a corrupted hard drive without formatting mac free#
I'm ok if a small amount of recent data gets removed/corrupted, because they were large files being downloaded to the computer, then being transferred to the hard drive.ĭiskDrill fails to rebuild the HFS+ catalog. It would be better if the drive could be repaired with the data still preserved in it. Testdisk takes really long time to create an image. P EFI System 40 409639 409600 ĭisk Utility instantly fails to create an image.Ĭreating disk image from “ADATA HD710 Media” (disk3) HFSX blocksize=4096 + Backup, 999 GB / 931 GiB TestDisk 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019 I've run a quick search on the disk with testdisk.
#How to fix a corrupted hard drive without formatting mac free#
Please keep in mind that I'm trying to stay away from DiskWarrior or any other paid tool, so it would be amazing if it can be repaired manually or with a free tool. Total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00 ** The volume could not be verified completely.Īlternate VHB is at block 1952853342 0x74662d5e Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=16384 cacheSize=524288K.Įxecuting fsck_hfs (version hfs-522.100.5). : (-69845)įrom sudo fsck_hfs -r -d /dev/disk2s2: journal_replay(/dev/disk2s2) returned 0 Restoring the original state found as unmounted.įile system verify or repair failed. The volume could not be verified completely. sudo fsck_hfs -r -d /dev/disk2s2 returns same results. Running 'First Aid' on disk2s2 results in "Invalid catalogue PEOF". When I do this, the media drive mounts onto the computer ( disk2), but the actual drive itself ( disk2s2) is refusing to mount.
#How to fix a corrupted hard drive without formatting mac mac os#
I'm attempting to mount my nearly filled up 1TB Mac OS Extended External Hard Drive to my MacBook Air 13" which is running MacOS Catalina 10.15.7.
