When disk utility fails in repairing my drive, I will receive a message 'Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.’
Is there any method which can help to get the disk repaired? Data loss would cause a big trouble to each of us.
Disk Utility is used to get the disk as well as the related task of the disk volume performed on the operating system of MacOS. It is also a system utility with comprehensiveness. You can use disk utility to erase, format,partition and clone disk and repair the bad sectors.
Moreover, it is a commonly used in MacOS Sierra, Yosemite or Mavericks.
The issue "Disk utility can't repair this disk" frequently is a barrier in making the bad sectors in hard disk or the system errors beyond repair. Once you receive the signal of error message, you are told that your MacBook hard drive is out of work and you need to transfer all important data in a safe way.
How to Back Up Files when MacOS can't Repair the Disk?
When disk utility can't repair this disk and how to back up files to prevent the important data loss? You can use Time Machine in Apple to back up the files from Mac to the external hard drive. But the best solution to back up is using a clone technology to get all files on your hard drive copied to another drive, this is a 100% guarantee for protecting the data. You can use the cloning software for Mac disk, which takes no trouble to you and it can used as hard drive backup or help upgrade the hard drive.
How to clone the data from hard drive if MacBook utility can't repair the disk, you can follow the guide as below:
1. Run the cloning software EaseUS Mac on the computer and connect the hard drive along with SSD to Mac.
2. Choose the source disk for cloning from the drop-down list.
3. Choose SSD as the target disk from the drop-down list.
4. Create the cloning properties on the disk. The files or the folders can be excluded here if you need.
5. Click on the button "Start" to begin the operation for cloning.
How to Fix the Disk Utility can't Repair This Disk?
Seen from the above operations, you are clear what to do when disk utility can't repair disk, back up the files by cloning is a great solution to this issue. Do you know how to fix the issue when disk utility can't repair hard drive? Here we will show you the specific instructions as below for your reference.
1. You will be navigated to Single User Mode on Mac by holding down "Command + S".
2. Enter "fsck -fy" into the command and wait until it is finished.
3. If the message named "File system was modified" can be seen, launch fsck - fy one more time till you can see another message "The volume x appears to be OK".
4. Finally, enter "reboot" so that you can come out of Single User Mode.
External drive cannot be repaired by disk utility on Mac, what should you do?
External hard drive can be repaired on Mac in the way of reformatting via disk utility when the data has been recovered from the external hard drive.
1. Run disk utility from the tool Utilities.
2. Choose the damaged external hard drive.
3. Choose "Erase" option and apply the related information that you have finished such as name,format and scheme.
Once the above operations have been completed, the external drive can be repaired on Mac to prevent data loss.
Once you meet the issue "MacBook utility can't repair the disk" and it requires you to back up more files as many as possible, get the disk reformatted and make the backups restore. You must back up the files on your MacBook immediately to prevent any data loss.
For more troubleshooting on MacBook/MacBook air/MacBook pro and Apple repair parts, you can refer to GEMWON Laptop.
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