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Copy folder using Terminal-drive damaged

post #1 of 4
2/3/11 at 7:56pm
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Hi and thank YOU in advance!

My MAcbook Pro dive won;t mount and is corrupt and none of the top utilites will repair the damage.
So I really just need to copy TO A BACKUP DRIVE using a comand line and I found this to copy to copy the folder ("sudo cp -Rp /Users "/Users backup" ), but how do I tell it to copy to the drive named: "rayne's Macbbok Pro Backup"

THANK YOU.
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post #2 of 4
2/5/11 at 7:18pm
Use
sudo cp -Rp/Volumes/<name of your hard drive>/Users/<your username>/Volumes/rayne's Macbbok Pro Backup
to take your home directory over.

If you want to take yourself and other users to your backup then use
sudo cp -Rp/Volumes/<name of your hard drive>/Users/Volumes/rayne's Macbbok Pro Backup

cheers
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post #3 of 4
2/5/11 at 8:45pm
Silly question, but what makes you think you'll be able to access the drive from a Terminal session when it cannot be "fixed" with "the top utilities"?

The Terminal gives you shell access to OS X. It cannot perform magic.
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post #4 of 4
2/6/11 at 1:06pm
I wondered the same, although booting in from an external op may have a chance if the drive can be seen.
I also wonder if op has tried booting from Disk Warrior and seeing if it can repair the damage.

dunno - too many unknowns ...
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