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REDUNDEAD
OPERATION GUIDE
REDUNDEAD | VERSION 2.0 (BETA)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer 3
Copyright Notice 3
Trademark Disclaimer 3
Chapter 1: REDUNDEAD Overview 4
Introduction 4
Chapter 2: Download and Install REDUNDEAD 5
Download REDUNDEAD 5
Install REDUNDEAD 6
Chapter 3: Recover Media with REDUNDEAD 9
Recover Media 9
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DISCLAIMER
RED has made every effort to provide clear and accurate information
in these installation instructions, which are provided solely for the
user’s information. While thought to be accurate, the information in
this document is provided strictly “as is” and RED will not be held
responsible for issues arising from typographical errors or user’s
interpretation of the language used herein that is different from that
intended by RED. All safety and general information is subject to
change as a result of changes in local, federal or other applicable
laws.
RED reserves the right to revise this document and make changes
from time to time in the content hereof without obligation to notify
any person of such revisions or changes. In no event shall RED, its
employees or authorized agents be liable to you for any damages
or losses, direct or indirect, arising from the use of any technical or
operational information contained in this document.
For comments or questions about content in this Operation Guide,
please send a detailed e-mail to OpsGuides@red.com.
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Irvine, CA 92618
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER
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REDUNDEAD
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INTRODUCTION
REDUNDEAD® is a Mac® OS X® lightweight media retrieval tool provided by RED® for the emergency recovery
of footage. REDUNDEAD is designed to repair and restore .R3D files from media that may have been formatted
or experienced errors while critical information was still present. It can also recover media that may have been
lost due to improper media ejecting and unmounting practices.
REDUNDEAD is compatible with the following RED media devices:
REDMAG
RED MINI-MAG
REDFLASH
REDRAM
RED-DRIVE
WARNING: Use REDUNDEAD at your own risk. RED DOES NOT guarantee that REDUNDEAD will be able to
recover any media files that will be useable.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT use REDUNDEAD to recover media that you do not own rights to.
NOTE: REDUNDEAD is only compatible with Mac® OS X®.
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WHEN REDUNDEAD CAN RECOVER MEDIA
Use REDUNDEAD to recover damaged or lost .R3D files in the following situations:
After media is formatted with .R3D files still present.
After improperly unmounting media from a computer resulting in lost .R3D files.
After improperly ejecting media from a DSMC resulting in lost .R3D files.
WHEN REDUNDEAD MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER MEDIA
REDUNDEAD may not be able to recover damaged or lost .R3D files in the following siutations:
When media is physically damaged.
When media is reformatted AND used to record new footage, overwriting the previous footage.
NOTE: If there are existing .R3D files that have NOT been recorded over, they may still be recovered.
WHEN REDUNDEAD CANNOT RECOVER MEDIA
REDUNDEAD cannot recover data if the media cannot be recognized by the computer.
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DOWNLOAD AND
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DOWNLOAD REDUNDEAD
REDUNDEAD® can be downloaded from the RED® website at www.red.com/downloads under the BETA tab.
NOTE: REDUNDEAD is only available for Mac® OS X®.
1. Go to www.red.com/downloads.
2. Click Software.
3. Click Beta.
4. Navigate to the REDUNDEAD (BETA) download.
5. Select the check box to agree to the RED’s Terms and Conditions.
INSTALL REDUNDEAD
6. Click DOWNLOAD.
7. Select a desired download location.
8. Click Save.
REDUNDEAD Terms and
Conditions
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INSTALL REDUNDEAD
1. Navigate to the REDUNDEAD download.
2. Double-click the compressed REDUndead_v# download to extract the files.
3. Open the extracted folder.
4. Right-click the REDUndead_v#.pkg file and select Open from the drop-down menu.
Run REDUNDEAD Installer
5. Click Continue.
Click Continue
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6. Click Continue.
Click Continue
7. Click Agree.
8. Click Install.
Click Continue
Click Install
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9. Click Close when the installation is complete.
Click Close
10. Go to Applications > Utilities and open Terminal.
11. Enter redundead into the command prompt line.
If the installation is successful, REDUNDEAD outputs the following information:
REDundead v2.0:
REDundead <input device> <output dir>
or
REDundead <input device> <output dir> <start MB>
Example: REDundead /dev/rdisk9 /Volumes/newdisk
WARNING: Make sure your Output Dir is not on the same device as Input Device!!!!
Run ‘diskutil list’ to get list of devices
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RECOVER MEDIA
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RECOVER MEDIA
1. Create a folder on your computer where you want to save recovered .R3D files.
WARNING: Available hard disk space on your computer must be at least the size of the total storage space
on the RED
NOTE: In this example, we create a folder on the desktop labeled “RECOVER” for the recovered files. The
path for this folder location on your hard drive is “/Users/yourusername/Desktop/RECOVER”.
2. Use the appropriate docking station to connect the RED media to your computer.
3. Open Terminal.
4. Enter diskutil list into the Terminal command prompt line.
5. Press Enter.
NOTE: Recognized media device(s) appear and are numbered as “disk1”, “disk2”, “disk3”, etc.
6. Determine the source path and disk number for the disk that you want to recover.
7. Open Disk Utility and select Info on the drive to view the disk information.
NOTE: In this example, the RED media device that we attempt to recover is “disk1”, with a source path of “/
dev/disk1”, and thus the disk number is one (1).
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media being recovered.
REDUNDEAD Media Sources
8. Enter sudo redundead /dev/rdisk# /destination/path, where:
‒ # is the number of the source disk determined in Step 6, which is one (1) in the example /dev/rdisk1
‒ /destination/path is the location created in Step 1, such as /User/johnsmith/Desktop/RECOVER
NOTE: Drag and drop the recovery location folder into the Terminal window instead of manually entering the
destination path. The path automatically generates.
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system
files. Double-check your typing when using sudo. Enter man sudo for more information.
IMPORTANT: Ensure there is a space after “sudo”, “redundead”, and the source path. The space is required
for REDUNDEAD to run properly.
IMPORTANT: Note the “r” in front of the media source disk. It is required for REDUNDEAD to run properly.
9. Ensure that the command, source path, and destination path are entered correctly.
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10. Press Enter.
Run REDUNDEAD
11. Enter your computer password if prompted.
REDUNDEAD begins to recover files from the media device. This operation may take a while. Files display
in the terminal window as they are found and rewritten.
NOTE: To stop the recovery process, press CTRL+Z. Files that have already been recovered remain. Any files
currently processing stop at the current location.
12. Wait for terminal window to display Done! indicating REDUNDEAD is complete.
REDUNDEAD Complete
13. Open the destination folder to verify files that were successfuly recovered.
NOTE: RED recommends that you unmount the drive from Disk Utility before physically removing it from the
computer. This helps to prevent unintended corruption of the drive and/or files.
Verify Recovered Files
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