{"id":11054,"date":"2021-03-03T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/?p=11054"},"modified":"2024-07-18T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:31:01","slug":"how-to-fix-corrupt-mac-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/how-to-fix-corrupt-mac-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Corrupt Mac Hard Drive and Recover Data?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Summary: Mac hard drive may get corrupt due to several reasons, including malware intrusion, bad sectors, File System damage, etc. When the hard drive of your Mac gets corrupt, it starts exhibiting operational issues, such as volumes may become inaccessible, disk can\u2019t be read, throw errors, or may even fail to boot. <\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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If your hard drive is corrupted, it\u2019s best to use an automated data recovery tool, such as Stellar Data Recovery for Mac.<\/a> The tool can recover data even from the severely corrupt hard drive.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve lost important data due to Mac hard drive corruption, follow the methods mentioned in this post to fix the corrupt drive and restore the lost data.<\/div>\n
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Top Methods to Fix Corrupt Mac Hard Drive<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can fix Mac hard drive corruption by using Mac\u2019s built-in utilities. Once you\u2019re able to fix the Mac drive issues, you can get back the data that has become inaccessible due to hard drive corruption<\/a>.
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Method 1:\u00a0Use Disk Utility<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is a GUI-based utility on Mac which can fix corrupted hard drive by repairing its File System and Directory structure and helps you regain your data.\u00a0To fix the corrupt hard disk and get back its data, follow the steps given below:<\/p>\n

Step 1.<\/strong> \u00a0Launch Disk Utility<\/strong> from the Utilities<\/strong> folder located in the Applications<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n

[IMPORTANT]:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> If your Mac doesn\u2019t boot normally, follow the below steps to launch Disk Utility<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Restart your Mac and press and hold Command (\u2318)<\/strong> and R keys simultaneously, while the Mac restarts.<\/li>\n
  2. As soon as you see the startup screen, release the keys.<\/li>\n
  3. Enter the requested password (if prompted) and click. This opens the utilities window.
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  4. From the utilities window, select Disk Utility<\/strong> and click<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>This will open the Disk Utility<\/strong> window.<\/p>\n

    Step 2.<\/strong> Choose View > Show All Devices<\/strong> from the menu bar in Disk Utility.<\/p>\n

    You\u2019d now be able to see all the disks listed on sidebar.
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    Step 3:<\/strong> Locate Mac\u2019s hard drive.
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    Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Choose the corrupt hard drive and click the Mount<\/strong> button to mount the hard disk. (Follow this step if you see that the hard drive is grayed out or marked as untitled. If not, skip to the next step.<\/em>)
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    Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Select the hard drive, choose First Aid<\/strong> and click Run<\/strong> button to start repairing the corrupt drive.
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    Step 6:<\/strong> Check if you\u2019re able to access the data.<\/p>\n

    In case you\u2019re unable to repair the corrupt hard disk by using GUI method, try to repair it by using command-line tool and restore the data.<\/p>\n

    Method 2: Use diskutil Command<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    diskutil is a command-line utility on Mac that is used for different purposes. You can also use it to repair the corrupt mac hard drive. For this, you need to execute the command with repairvolume parameter. Here are the steps to do so:<\/p>\n