Hi,
I have a macbook pro that will not boot up into os x. I'm able to retrieve information off it from target disk mode, but there appears to be something wrong with the installation. I want to make a time machine backup of this drive or something similar (but from another computer because i can't access the affected one) so that i can completely wipe the hard drive of the mbp and make a clean installation, and then have all my files, folders, and settings restored.
I tried doing an archive and install (a normal install on snow leopard) but i get an error ("The contents of this disk can't be changed"). I can't repair disk in disk util, nor can i reset disk permissions. I have multiple errors when verifying permissions "open error 5".
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
I have a macbook pro that will not boot up into os x. I'm able to retrieve information off it from target disk mode, but there appears to be something wrong with the installation. I want to make a time machine backup of this drive or something similar (but from another computer because i can't access the affected one) so that i can completely wipe the hard drive of the mbp and make a clean installation, and then have all my files, folders, and settings restored.
I tried doing an archive and install (a normal install on snow leopard) but i get an error ("The contents of this disk can't be changed"). I can't repair disk in disk util, nor can i reset disk permissions. I have multiple errors when verifying permissions "open error 5".
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
