Mac Data Recovery after Journal File Corruption

Journalizing is a process in which data on Mac OS X is protected from any unexpected hardware and power failure. Most of the file system including HFS and HFS+ supports file system journaling and thus are less prone to corruption. However as all problems can’t be ruled out, serious consequences can result if the journal file gets corrupt for instance it can make Mac volume inaccessible and result in huge data loss.

So what is a Journal file?

A journal file is a system file, which stores all the vital information. When journaling is enabled on a volume, the file maintains continues changes to the files present on the Volumes, so that if your Mac system is abruptly shut down then this journal file will restore the volume back to its previous working state once the system restarts.

Follow the below steps to retrieve data from your inaccessible Mac volumes:

• Use “fsck” command to repair your inaccessible Mac HFS or HFS+ file system. This command usually fixes most of the file system issues and makes your volumes accessible again. However usually journal file corrupts the Mac volume to an extent, that it cannot be repaired using command line utility like “fsck”
• If the problem still persists, then format the disk using “Disk Utility” tool and restore your files from recent updated backup. If the backup of the lost data is not available or updated,then use a Mac Data Recovery application to retrieve your lost data after the corruption of journal file.

Which data recovery software to use?

You can use Yodot Mac Data Recovery software to get back all your files lost due to journal file corruption. The tool is designed using advanced scanning algorithm which scans, identifies and recovers all lost file types from your Mac volume. It has potential to restore files from deleted, lost, formatted or corrupted HFS and HFS+ volumes on Mac machine. This application can also be utilized to retrieve files lost due to any reasons like accidental formatting volumes, OS reinstallation, crash of operating system crash, file system corruption, re-partitioning hard disk and many more.

Working of the software

• Download the software and install the application on your Macintosh system.
• Follow the main screen procedure, where you will get two options namely, “Volume Recovery” and “Formatted / Reformatted Recovery” on the main screen
• Select “Volume Recovery” option to get back your files from Mac hard disk
• The application displays the physical drive – select the drive and click “Next”
• After which the tool lists all the logical volumes present from a selected physical disk, choose the Volume from where data is to be retrieved and click “Next”
•  Two scans will be displayed, i.e. “Standard Scan” and “Advanced Scan”, choose as per the scenario
• The software scans the entire Volume and shows all the found files in “Mac Finder Styled” interface
• Select the files and folders which you want to recover and preview them before saving
• Save the rescued files to your desired location, but not to the same drive from where you recovered data
• Make use of “Save Recovery Session” option to save your scanned information
• You can also use this software to compress the recovered files in order to save Mac hard disk space

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