MacBook Pro 2012/3 Backup options

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#248751 8-Apr-2019 14:49

I mentioned a while ago in another thread that my MacBook pro froze on one occasion and it wouldn't turn off / shut down, but that came right some how

It is also very slow at times (see my other thread), so decided I should back up the data 'just in case' the worst happens

I have a 1T drive I bought about 10 yrs ago and my brother in-law put stacks of music / movies on it and I used it to back up my old windows computer

Anyway last night I managed to wipe the drive (as it wouldn't work with my MacBook) but now my MacBook can't find it - I've plugged it in and everything but the led light on the 1T drive just flashes - any ideas what I can do to make the MacBook 'find' it again.... or should I just buy a new one?

any advice would be appreciated

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#2212955 8-Apr-2019 15:21

Does disk utility in Mac OS see it?

If so, is it the right format? Can you run "First Aid" on it?

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#2213245 8-Apr-2019 20:28

thanks for the advice

I did run first aid on it and got the following error message

"First Aid Process has failed - if possible back up the data on this volume. Click done to continue"

the drive is empty because it is showing 999.16GB, but I'm not sure what else I can do or try

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#2213256 8-Apr-2019 20:47

If disk utility can see it you should be able to erase and reformat at the same time.

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#2213257 8-Apr-2019 20:48

Portable hard drives are cheap these days. If it’s ten years old then you might as well just replace it.

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#2213896 9-Apr-2019 20:17

ok so at the moment I've connected the drive up and runnning disk utility.

I clicked on 'restore' and it started the process (renamed the drive) but after about 15 minutes just came up with red / white exclamation mark and 'restore failed.......' message

looks like I'll have to buy a new external drive 😨