Save data from broken Macbook Pro HDD

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I have a broken Macbook Pro HDD with two partitions on it: OS X and Bootcamp. I need to take some files from both partitions:

  • the HDD is now mounted to another PC via. SATA adapter
  • Windows sees the HDD but i can't access it. For example, I can't format it
  • With gparted, it says that there's no filesystem, nor allocated space
  • I tried CloneZilla, but since there's no filesystem, it can't copy anything
  • I tried testdisk and photorec without luck
  • I tried fdisk and superbloack options with Linux without luck

Now, I don't know if I have to format it and try to recover the files I need, is there a way to repair?

Best Answer

  1. you can try to connect you HDD to another mac.
  2. you can create full copy of this disk via dd vith noerror parameter
  3. If you use windows you cat use Ext2Read for access to linux partition.
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