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Miguel Cunha

macrumors 6502
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Sep 14, 2012
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Braga, Portugal
Hello,

I have a problem with a 2TB HDD.
Suddenly the computer detects it but doesn't recognize it and prompts me to format.

Instead I tried to repair the disk and volume with Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, also from the Recovery HD.

Then I tried to see if It still had data, with Data Rescue and it has.

Problem: I only have 1 TB disks, and no funds to buy another 2TB disk, at the moment.

So, taking the risk of making a foolish question, for which I might already know the answer, is it possible to recover the bigger disk to the smaller one, in several scannings and reconstructions, each part at a time?

Thanks in advance.
 
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