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Help for files lost (?) from an external hard disk
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Hi all.
I use an external hard disk for backup of my mac with time machine (OS 10.5.8).
I have made something wrong and I have found important folders in the recycler bin. These folders come from external hd. They are backup folders (backups.backupdb) and others.
I have tried to restore them draggin and dropping. Some of them came back in the external hd in a while. For the others it takes hours to "preparing to copy" and then it has said "there's no space to copy" on ext hd.
It's strange. Files are now in the recycle bin (180gb), and the ext had should have lot of free space. But it isn't really so. Ext hd is not free of space even if these files are in the bin.
I ask for advices. I'm not also able to use time machine now (and i have "lost" old backups) for the same reason. Ext hd says that it has not free space..
Thanks and ciao
Bob
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The space does not get freed up until you empty the bin.
Are you sure it isn't just getting rid of the oldest backups to make room for new ones? It is supposed to do that.
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep 
The space does not get freed up until you empty the bin.
Oh yes. But if would empty the bin I would loose these backups
Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
Are you sure it isn't just getting rid of the oldest backups to make room for new ones? It is supposed to do that.
No. It is no more able to make a backup because it says there's no enough space. But files are in the bin...
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Originally Posted by bobrock4
Oh yes. But if would empty the bin I would loose these backups
No. It is no more able to make a backup because it says there's no enough space. But files are in the bin...
If you empty the trash, you'll lose them.
It can't make any more backups because it has no space to back up to, but can you restore from your backup. Hit the Time Machine icon on your dock and browse through your backups. If you can do this, then its probably just auto-deleting the oldest backup files to try to make room for new ones and you should just empty the trash and let it carry on.
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
If you empty the trash, you'll lose them.
It can't make any more backups because it has no space to back up to, but can you restore from your backup. Hit the Time Machine icon on your dock and browse through your backups. If you can do this, then its probably just auto-deleting the oldest backup files to try to make room for new ones and you should just empty the trash and let it carry on.
I thank you but if I use TM it doesn't find any backups..on that exthd you can't find old backups, they have gone in the bin. But if I try to restore them from the bin, there's no enough space..Ciao
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