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Old 03-22-2012, 09:41 PM
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Lost data using migration assistant for MB Air

I used migration assistant to transfer SD! data from backup drive to new Macbook Air (June 2011). All the data made it except for a number of crucial documents on my Favorites folder on the Finder sidebar. Now the Favorites folder is unresponsive (cannot be selected) and the original data is missing. Unfortunately, I backed up the new MB Air to the same backup drive using SD! Now I have two drives with missing data and no other backups. Is there a way to recover the missing data?
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Old 03-22-2012, 09:55 PM
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If you boot from the original backup, is the data there? I don't know why things would be "unresponsive" - remember, of course, that the shortcuts are referring to regular files on your drive...
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:37 PM
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I haven't tried booting from the backup drive, which I will do shortly. The backup drive does not show any of the missing files.
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:43 PM
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Sorry, I just realized I can't boot from the backup drive--MB Air only has USB connectivity--last time I checked, SD! booted only via Firewire.
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Old 03-23-2012, 08:39 AM
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No, Intel Macs can boot from USB or FireWire. Power PC Macs can't boot from USB.
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Old 03-26-2012, 08:26 PM
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The missing data is not on the backup drive (which is overwritten). I'm having someone retrieve the lost data from the hard drive, if possible.
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