I brought a G5 back from there once, but it involved wiping it and reinstalling everything.
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Jessica - May 15, 2010 9:50:53 am PDT #13822 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sean K - May 15, 2010 9:54:12 am PDT #13823 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm betting that's what I'll have to do. Crap. I'm pretty sure I have irreplacable photos, and possibly music, on this drive. And I've been stupidly bad about backups. It's been a while. But yeah, I can restore, if it comes to that.
Jessica - May 15, 2010 10:08:18 am PDT #13824 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh man, I'm sorry. If you can get it to boot in safe mode, you might be able to do an archive & install instead.
Gris - May 15, 2010 10:20:54 am PDT #13825 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I use Mobi even without a reader of any kind. I use it for my Project Gutenberg books. So it would be nice to have that compatibility going forward 'cause I already have all these files. But I am really ambivalent about it right now.
You could use Calibre to convert unprotected Mobi files into pretty much anything. I think it can even do big mass conversions.
Liese S. - May 15, 2010 1:38:51 pm PDT #13826 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, cool. gris. Thanks.
Sean K - May 15, 2010 7:40:42 pm PDT #13827 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well, I can boot the laptop from my USB hard drive, but not from my Time Machine drive. And while holding down the option key presented me with the choice of the laptop hard drive or the external drive, after booting from the external drive, I can't see the internal drive, so I can't mount it or run first aid. Fuck. Steaks.
Sean K - May 15, 2010 7:57:29 pm PDT #13828 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Huh. It just mounted the bad laptop drive, saying that the disk was irreparable, but that it could be mounted with limited functionality. So, I'm copying my user folder over, in preparation for attempting to reformat and reinstall.
Vortex - May 15, 2010 8:08:12 pm PDT #13829 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That sounds dirty, the "mounting" :)
Sean K - May 15, 2010 9:49:28 pm PDT #13830 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The directory is completely frelled (interesting side note - the iPhone spell check thinks "frelled" should be "Creoles"). I wiped the directory and am reinstalling. Sigh. I think I got everything important off the drive.
Sean K - May 15, 2010 11:36:12 pm PDT #13831 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Crap. The reinstall may have stalled out with "six minutes remaining." This could be bad. The drive may be frelled.