MacBook – How to get a full backup of a hard disk from a dead MacBook

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My MacBook is not booting up due to some short circuit problem.

Apple Store has promised that they can repair but there would be data loss.

I want to take out the hard disk from the MacBook and take a backup of it. Then re-attach the hard disk and give my MacBook for repairing!

So far I am unable to find any way to do a full backup of a hard drive.

I would like to get some helpful pointers.

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Depending on your MacBook model, removing the hard drive may void your warranty, so it might be better to prediscuss this with the store or ask them for other options. They may also offer you a way that they can do the backup for you (at extra cost maybe) or give you the old hard disk back after getting your MacBook working again.

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Have you tried looking at the kernel log messages? If, as you said earlier, it tried to root from the drive at least once, you can try to find it in the /var/log/system.log, for example:

$ grep 'rooting\ via' /var/log/system.log
Oct 24 18:01:44 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 4AB3D289-884F-379C-AF7B-************
Oct 25 11:21:57 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 4AB3D289-884F-379C-AF7B-************
Oct 28 10:30:54 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 4AB3D289-884F-379C-AF7B-************
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Those logs are usually kept for months, so you should be able to get it.

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