red undead help

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

Hi, I am having problems running RED undead.

I am in no way a tech/terminal kind of guy, I am the kind who really appreciates a good GUI! But I do exactlly as it says in the instructions and the terminal just triumphantly says "DONE!", and NOTHING is done...

This is the disk:

/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *320.1 GB disk1
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 319.7 GB disk1s2

And here are just a few of my unsuccesful attempts:


eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$ redundead /dev/disk1 /volumes/Machintosh HD/REDfile4K-vol6-1/redfiles
Output Dir: /volumes/Machintosh

Done!
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$ redundead /dev/rdisk1 /volumes/4K-vol6-1/redfiles/
Output Dir: /volumes/4K-vol6-1/redfiles/

Done!
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$ redundead /dev/rdisk1 /volumes/4K-vol6-1/redfiles/
Output Dir: /volumes/4K-vol6-1/redfiles/

Done!
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$ redundead /dev/rdisk1 /admin/Desktop/
Output Dir: /admin/Desktop/

Done!
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$ redundead /dev/rdisk1 /Users/admin/Desktop/4K-vol6-1/redfiles
Output Dir: /Users/admin/Desktop/4K-vol6-1/redfiles

Done!
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$ redundead /dev/rdisk1 /Users/admin/Desktop/REDfilessave
Output Dir: /Users/admin/Desktop/REDfilessave

Done!
eirik-tyrihjels-mac-pro:~ eiriktyrihjel$

The difference in the location/naming of the output folder is a result of me trying different things.

The disk is full of R3D data, out of which there are two empty folders, that we would like to try and recover. At this moment I am unsure if we can live without the data that is supposed to be in those folders.

Any help on how to properly run redundead is very much appreciated, keep in mind that I am a fish out of the water around terminal, or directory structures, my mistake(s) could be very very basic, thank you!

[Deanan]

I looks like it's unable to read the disk properly. Try using sudo and then the command:
sudo redundead /dev/rdisk1 /Users/admin/Desktop/REDfilessave

[Alex Carr]

There is something missing or misplaced in about every command you've shown us. Are you trying to recover files from your Hard Disk? If this is the case, you will have to specify Partition # in the Command. *ie.(dev/rdisk1s2) (dev/rdisk0s2 ---> for Main HD, But not always for 100%)

Here is a trick so that you won't need to learn more about the terminal.

type: sudo redundead /dev/rdisk1s1 **(Drag and drop the -Output Folder- into the Terminal Window) The Directory Structure should appear into your Command. No Command can have any Spaces while Specifying a Directory *ie. Macintosh HD. ( the Smartest thing for every Mac user is to change your Main disk's Name to anything that doesnt have Punctuation, Symbols , or Spaces. Macintosh HD is a terrible Name, However MacintoshHD is absolutely perfect. Terminal interprets Spaces very differently, / %/ or something like that.

Other options would be Testdisk and PhotoRec, Or R3d Data Manager.