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Mangled Drive Directory, orphaned files, disaster . . .
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I decided to copy my home directory over to another drive as a backup. When I'd copied it over I realized I didn't actually need 2 copies of everything, and proceeded to delete a few folders to free up space on my System drive.
I also made Safari use this new drive for downloads.
Next day when I opened a folder on this drive, as I clicked on items in a list view they disappeared!
My first thought was some malicious script, but no. Somehow the entire directory got mangled beyond repair. Disk Utility can't do anything, DiskWarrior can't fix it. I borrowed a copy of Prosoft Data Rescue which I think I will buy unless anyone can recommend anything even better.
Data Rescue was able to show me a kajillion orphaned files. It seems that most of my Home directory backup ended up INSIDE an Application package! I have been able to recover 95% of the items I needed.
Anyway, my confidence is now shot, and I need to implement an automatic backup.
But how and why did this happen?
This drive is 80GB and running (as Slave) on the secondary ATA bus in my QuickSilver 1GHz DP. I've always used this buss for a 3rd drive, but never had an 80GB drive on it before. . . .
Is this potentially the problem?
Or just bad luck?
P.S. I notice this drive wasn't Journaled, and wonder what that could have done for me .
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Mac Enthusiast
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Have you tried "fsck". That once solved many orphaned files for me.
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Suicide Bombers: That never-say-die spirit. No, that's not right.
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Originally posted by mcsjgs:
Have you tried "fsck". That once solved many orphaned files for me.
Not needed if his drives were journaled.
They WERE journaled, right? 
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Did you tell the system to use the new drive's copy of your home folder instead of the default on it's own drive?
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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I saw that recently on an external drive.
Journalled HFS.
Not much I could do except copy off what files I could - copying via the command line meant I could catch more files than via the Finder (as you said, in the Finder the files come and go!)
I reformatted the drive and so far the problem hasn't come up again. I hope the drive isn't bad since it's my backup drive!
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Originally posted by lenox:
Did you tell the system to use the new drive's copy of your home folder instead of the default on it's own drive?
No I didn't.
fsck couldn't do anything with it.
I've reformatted it - 0's and 1's - and I'm keeping an eye on it.
Seems OK so far - the QS seems OK with an 80GB drive on the secondary ATA bus.
(Last edited by booboo; Nov 28, 2004 at 04:37 PM.
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