Data on the iMac, but can not access the files.

Hi all

I have a iMac Core 2 Duo (3.33, 21.5 inches) since end 2009, running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and I'm trying to recover some files that seem to be there, but I can not access it due to an update of the unfinished software.

A few years back, I tried the Mavericks update using an external hard drive as the boot drive (at that time there I ran 10.6.7 Lion), installation is never ending and I accidentally deleted this file to start on the outside, so I ended up coming back to his moose BONE, 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.

He seems to resemble a new install of Snow Leopard, except my old files (about 350 GB) still live on this subject, but I can not access all of the files, or does not even appear in the Finder.

Would appreciate any advice or tips on how to do to recover my invisible files. Thank you!

Do you see the drive in disk utility?

  1. Connect the external drive
  2. If it has external power supply, make sure that that is connected
  3. If the external hard drive has a power button, make sure that it is set to
  4. Goto docking station
  5. Click on finder
  6. Goto menu bar
  7. Click the menu go
  8. Choose utility
  9. Double-click disk utility

The drive will appear in the left column of the disk utility?

If the answer is Yes, if you click on the drive, and then click on check, what disk utility say?

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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