Copy folder using Terminal-drive damaged

satchsatch
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
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.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    robmrobm Posts: 1,068member
    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
  • Reply 2 of 3
    mikefmikef Posts: 698member
    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.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    robmrobm Posts: 1,068member
    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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