Using another computer to read photos from a broken hard disk
Using advanced tools to read photos from a faulty disk
Oct. 15, 2020 - Willem L. Middelkoop
This week I received a message from someone with a iMac that crashed. It contained more than 50.000 photos, covering two decades of personal history. As there was no backup, it was up to me to attempt to safe as much as I could. Could I possibly recover the personal photos?
Continue reading![Running macOS “First Aid” from Disk Utility](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_12_Running-macOS-First-Aid-from-Disk-Utility_500px.jpg)
![Connecting the salvaged disk to another Mac](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_09_Connecting-the-salvaged-disk-to-another-Mac_500px.jpg)
![Ultimately I was able to rescue all other photos!](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_14_Ultimately-I-was-able-to-rescue-all-other-photos_500px.jpg)
![Ohhhh no! Trouble! Read errors while copying photos!](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_11_Ohhhh-no-Trouble-Read-errors-while-copying-photos_500px.jpg)
![Connecting the disk to a SATA-to-USB convertor](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_07_Connecting-the-disk-to-a-SATA-to-USB-convertor_500px.jpg)
![This chip is was originally part of a external USB disk drive - you might have one around that you can use for this](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_08_This-chip-is-was-originally-part-of-a-external-USB-disk-drive-you-might-have-one-around-that-you-can_500px.jpg)