Oh, cool. gris. Thanks.
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Liese S. - May 15, 2010 1:38:51 pm PDT #13826 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
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.
Sean K - May 15, 2010 11:49:37 pm PDT #13832 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It's beach balling me. Still "six minutes remaining."
Cry.
NoiseDesign - May 15, 2010 11:59:17 pm PDT #13833 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I think I might have a few spare 2.5" IDE drives in the shop. What size is the drive Sean?
Sean K - May 16, 2010 2:32:00 pm PDT #13834 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It's a 160 GB drive, I think.
NoiseDesign - May 16, 2010 3:16:32 pm PDT #13835 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, I'm pretty certain I've got a drive of that size in the shop. Mark should know where they are. There might even be a 250 GB in there somewhere.