Advice needed, repair con....
Ok guys, this might be my own fault but I need some help.
I sent my PowerMac in to a repairer with the "Bad Ram" flashing lights syndrome. I managed to start it to back it up with the aid of a hair dryer, then sent it in. They eventually told me the board was fried and needed a new one, this I agreed to and after weeks of me phoning to find out what was going on, and numerous failed deliveries I got it back. Well, I got a system back but the only thing that was mine were the hard drives. They had changed the case for a filthy dirty one as they said mine was "damaged", four pieces of RAM were missing, the superdrive was an old apple one, not he one I installed a while back, there is no Bluetooth so I can't use my mouse or keyboard, and to top it all it's now a 1.8ghz instead of the 2.0 I sent in!
I rang them and asked what was going on and he said my processor had gone as well so they put in a 1.8!
The funny thing is, they are only trying to charge me for a logic board replacement, surely if the processor had gone they would have contacted me to say it had gone and did I want to replace it!
I think in reality they just stuck my HD's in an old system. If I knew nothing about computers I would have been completely conned...
I called them and he said e-mail me and put the phone down. Is there a way to tell if the logic board or any other component was original to the case?
I did note that the battery is dated Jan 03....I want to try and get evidence that they just swapped my HD's . Either way I think I am entitled to have my system fixed or an equivalent one!
Any advise gratefully received.... Sorry to waffle....
This is all it gave me:
Group1: PowerMac
Group2: G5
Generation:
ModelCode:
CPU speed: 1.8GHz
Memory - number of slots: 4
Factory: CK (Cork, Ireland)
Production year: 2004
Production week: 39 (September)
Production number: 19938 (within this week)
It says 4 memory slots, but on this board there are 8.
I think I am going to have to get serious legal help, this man is an idiot. He thinks I don't realise why he didn't tell me the processor had gone. Because I would have said forget it, it's not worth doing, send my machine back. He would not get anything for it. This way he get money for changing a logic board and keeps all my good bits out of my case!
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Hi,
I have a problem with my ibookG4!!
I am relatively unfamiliar with operating system mechanics and only discovered the disc utility options because of reading similar issues amongst these threads!
I have been running fine until this week, when my clock reset itself to 1989 and now the mozilla firefox keeps freezing on me.
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I have no idea what that could mean or how to remedy it.
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Im just not experienced enough to know how to sort this out and its probably really simple!
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(and thanks to cornelius for recommendation to here...)You shouldn't lose anything with this procedure. 1st insert install disk and let it load. then restart and hold down the c key to run off disk. go through the couple of windows that the disk asks, like language, and you will see at the top of screen, disk utility. choose that and 1st repair permissions. After that then go to repair disk and repair until there are no more errors in red. may or may not need a couple of tries. If all is well then go to preference panel, open startup disk icon, and choose your hard drive as the start up disk, and restart.
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Disk Permissions constantly need Repair
Hi,
I've just upgraded to 10.6.5 and noticed that each time I log in, my disk permissions need repair. I've updated everything, but still seem to have permissions problems. Any help would be appreciated. These are the errors.
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Repairing permissions can be a useful task if you are having a problem that can be traced to incorrect permissions on an application, folder, or file that is installed with the Mac OS X installer. Because those are the only things (and only a subset of those at that) that repairing permissions fixes.
But somewhere along the line, people starting using Repair Permissions as some sort of magic pill that can fix any ailment. Computer slow? Repair permissions. Screen flickering? Repair permissions. E-mail message won't go on the trash? Repair permissions. That advice is handed out (ill-advisedly IMO) on a daily basis on these forums. And, of course, there are those who advocate repairing permissions both before and after any system update. IMO that advice too is based on urban legend. I never do it.
If you do repair permissions, and it finishes with "Permissions repair complete", then it's done and you don't need to worry. The "errors" it returns are not errors at all and nothing needs to be fixed. They're just "messages", not errors. If you don't want to see them, simply uncheck the "show details" box.
If Repair Permissions finishes with "permissions repair failed", or "the "underlying task reported failure on exit", then worry. -
Volume needs repair message for second hard drive
I am getting the following message on my second hard drive (This hard drive just has data. OS is on the main HD)
Verifying volume “Mac Second HD”
Invalid Volume Header
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Invalid number of allocation blocks
The volume needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Any advice on what to do? Can I save my data?
G4 Silverline Mac OS X (10.4.3)Hi Ketan,
Welcome to the Discussions.
If Disk Utility can't repair it try DiskWarrior. It can repair most drive directory problems.
John -
Why is my DiskUtility no longer finding any permissions which need repair?
In the past 4-6 weeks Disk Utility, both on my iMac and my MacBook always gives me a clean bill of health when I use it to verify/repair permissions.
In the past, I alwyas have had something which had to be repaired.
Bothers me that Disk Utility finds nothing. I install,uninstall lots of software and would expect permissions need tweaks after installing Security patches and such
IS it possible that a recent OS patch (security or other) has affected Disk Utility?
It just does not seem right that suddenly no permission needs repair.
Any one else finding that they , too, now always have clean bill of health with permissions, using Disk Utility?I think some of the gurus to whom you refer need an education.
We all recommend repairing the hard drive and permissions before installing new software not because it's a requirement but because it's a precaution against poorly maintained systems. Doing so will help prevent problems for users who simply don't know what they are doing or never maintain their computer properly. Even toasters need to be cleaned once in a while, if you get my meaning.
Recently Mac World ran a couple of pieces on the subject that you should find interesting reading:
Repairing permissions- What you need to know
Take Control of Permissions in OS X
Also, Permission Repair- The Full Story and Repair Permissions- A false panacea.
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I have a OS X 10.6.8 Mini Mac - I cannot empty my trash so went to Disk Repair and had a message that my start up disc need repairing - do not know how to do this - also I have a message saying my Start Up disc has no more Memory Spave available for application memory. HELP - I am not very computer literate so please use simple language, thanks
One stage at a time!
1. Can't empty trash:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526?viewlocale=en_US
2. Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).
In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.
Background information here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452?viewlocale=en_US
and here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963
By the way, you can ignore any messages about SUID or ACL file permissions, as explained here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?
If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
More useful reading here:
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US
For a full description of how to resolve Disk, Permission and Cache Corruption, you should read this FAQ from the X Lab:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html
Apple's advice on general maintenance:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147?viewlocale=en_US
3. Lack of free space on your hard drive: if this drops below about 15GB you can run into problems like data corruption and general slowness.
How big is your hard drive, and how much free space do you actually have? -
Can I purchase Mountain Lion and make a flash drive bootable? I do not want to install it on my Macbook Pro. I have Snow Leopard on my Macbook Pro now, and due to my hard drive needing repair, I need to boot off of another source, like my flash drive. I am in Paris and my Snow Leopard DVD is in Texas.
Mac OS X has a built-in disk diagnostic and repair program called fsck or file system consistency check. Here’s how to verify and repair your startup disk with fsck. As soon as you hear the startup tone, press and hold Command-S on the keyboard. Keep holding down those keys until you see a black screen with white lettering. This is called “booting into Single User Mode.” As the Mac boots in this mode, the screen reports each step of the process. The line should end in root#. Right after the root# prompt, enter the following: /sbin/fsck -fy
If repairing the disk in single user mode fails, it means one of two things. Either your hard drive itself is failing (a hardware failure), or the directory damage on your hard drive is beyond the capability of the built-in repair procedures in OS X. -
Hi, as above, back up not working, message "internal disc needs repair". Can somebody help with the meaning of this.
Thank you.click "utilities folder">open "disc utility" click on your disc> click "repair disc" in the lower right hand corner
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Mac Pro Slow Shutting down Disk Ut says needs repair
Hi hope someone can help,
My mac pro has been taking a long time to shut down recently and this morning when i booted up all i had was a black screen with my mouse pointer (really weird).
I used Disk Utility to "verify disk" and it said that repairs were necessary. Here's the log:
Aug 24 08:31:55: Disk Utility started.
Verifying volume “Aygies Raid”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file PACESupport.plist
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
cking multi-linked files.",0)
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
@ needs to be repaired.",1)
Aygies Raid
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
Disk Utility stopped verifying “Aygies Raid” because the following error was encountered:
The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
I have a clone of my drive on an external drive so i booted from that i tried to repair permissions on mac pros drives but it said repairs weren't needed, Log:
Verifying volume “Aygies Raid”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Aygies Raid appears to be OK.
Mounting Disk
1 HFS volume checked
Volume passed verification
But then i booted from the mac pro again and it said that it needs repair! I used disk warriour and this is its log:
DiskWarrior scanned the disk named "Aygies Raid" checking all files and folders for damage and potential
compatibility problems.
Permissions:
Started verify/repair permissions on disk disk2 Aygies Raid
Determining correct file permissions.
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Verify/repair finished permissions on disk disk2 Aygies Raid
Disk: "Aygies Raid"
The Property List data was checked in 17,785 files.
The Resource Data was checked in 9,721 files.
The maximum Folder Depth on this disk is 17. This does not exceed the maximum recommended depth.
The System Symbolic Link Files were checked and no problems were found.
Location: "Desktop"
File: ".a23t.obdev.LSD.plist"
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.
XML parser error:
Unexpected character
at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected character '0x4' at line 1
Location: "Aygies Raid/Users/aygie/Library/Preferences/"
File: "com.SysternatemsCorporation.StudioExcellence.plist"
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.
XML parser error:
Unexpected character at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected character '0x0' at line 1
Location: "Aygies Raid/Users/aygie/Library/Preferences/"
File: "com.EtworataCorporation.Zonesys.plist"
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.
XML parser error:
Unexpected character at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected character '0x0' at line 1
Location: "Aygies Raid/Users/aygie/Library/Preferences/"
File: "com.AppersEurope.Sickle.plist"
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.
XML parser error:
Unexpected character at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected character '0x0' at line 1
Location: "Aygies Raid/Users/aygie/Library/Preferences/"
File: "com.Roverbetter.Eclecticism.plist"
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.
XML parser error:
Unexpected character at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected character '0x0' at line 1
Location: "Aygies Raid/Users/aygie/Library/Preferences/"
File: "com.Hostcyte.Craziness.plist"
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.
XML parser error:
Unexpected character at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected character '0x0' at line 1
Location: "Aygies Raid/Users/aygie/Library/Preferences/"
Explanations:
Folder Depth: This number indicates how many folders are nested inside each other. If a disk contains only three
folders and Folder A is inside Folder B and Folder B is inside Folder C, then this disk has a maximum folder depth of
three. Folders nested too deeply can cause software compatibility problems.
Property List: This is a standard file format for storing data and is often used to store preferences. The names of
these files normally end with a .plist file extension. Corrupt property list files can cause system instability.
Resource Data: This is an older file format for storing data and was often used to store preferences. The names of
these files normally end with a .rsrc file extension. Corrupt resource data files can cause system instability.
System Symbolic Link Files: These are files used by the operating system that are similar to aliases. If these files are
damaged it may prevent startup or cause system instability.
Time: 24/8/07 08:44:56
DiskWarrior Version: 4.0
Went back to Disk utility and now it says that my hard drive doesn't need repair! whats going on! can anyone help?!
Thank youTwo things off the top:
128MB are GUID partitions that are not user volumes.
There is also a 200MB EFI partition as well.
Drive Genius needs to get their program updated.
You need to work from an "emergency" boot drive to repair your boot drive, RAID or no. I hope you are and not from CD or DVDs.
Forget about Permissions. They are very minor. They only have to do with ownership and security and based on what is in
/Library/Receipts
Trying to verify? all you want to do is repair and rebuild.
If you ran DU and DW and did repair and rebuild and WROTE NEW DIRECTORY and the problem remains, erase and restore, or...
+I am useless with RAID and have no idea...+
Don't use it except to test, learn, experiment with. But not for system drive.
Above I asked, "are these a matched pair of drives" ie, same make, (looks like same size), vendor, model? they should be. Less chance of trouble if nothing else.
ON the boot volume, do a Get Info when you click on the drive, look for "Ignore Ownership on this Volume" and make sure it is NOT CHECKED. It can't be to repair permissions and be bootable.
The underlying cause of disk errors may be marginal or bad RAM. Test those FBDIMMs. Run Apple Hardware Test and Memtest (even Microsoft uses Memtest for Vista).
Drives rarely break. Systems do. Directory and btree catalogue and volume information blocks do. -
After upgrade to Leopard OS thinks my External Hard Drive Needs Repairs
After I upgraded to Leopard on my POWERBOOK G4, on startup with my Seagate External HD 400GB (ST3400601-CBRK)hooked up with Firewire, The OS displays a message DISK REPAIR and locks the Seagate giving me "limited fucntionality," basically I can't use it.
If I run Disk Utility, I don't get the repair option, only verify. When I hit "verify" it tells me it can't do anything because the disk needs repairs.
On the Seagate already is an eDrive Partition with TechTool Platinum It shows everything is fine The Disk in 100% good shape - no fragments, The Files and Finder index are all fine.
Does anyone have an idea what's wrong?Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC, then try again. If the problem remains, update to 10.6.8 and repeat.
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Disk Utility: "Volume needs repair" - what to do?
I just ran Verify Disk and got this result:
Verifying volume “iBook HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file Database3_BROKEN-journal
(It should be 25 instead of 0)
0
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
,1)
1733913 /Library/Logs/Console/501/console.log.0
Overlapped extent allocation (file 1734737)
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 8593446 instead of 8593471)
The volume iBook HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
How do I repair this volume?
bob.m.bob:
Disk Utility reports "Underlying task reported failure" when repairing a volume is a serious directory error which Disk Utility cannot repair.
•I suggest you read through the article.
•Then, if you do not have an up-to-date backup, it will be a good idea to try to save as much as you can of your data.
•The article suggests using a third party utility. Disk Warrior and Tech Tool Pro are the best utilities for this job. You will need to get one of them and run it, by booting from the CD, or installing it on an external firewire drive or on a second Mac which you can then run in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
Please do post back with further questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius -
Hard Drive Needs Repair - Cannot Be Fixed?
I've been having trouble with my MBP as of late.
The problem first originated when I was having trouble with some DJ equipment that uses an external hard drive. When I called the tech support for the DJ equipment, I was told to run Disk Utility on both the external and laptop hard drives. The external came back clean but the hard drive on the MBP gave reason for distress.
I clicked "Verify Disk" and it begins to run. It finds a few issues and says "Volume Macintosh HD needs repair." and allows me to input my password. However, at that point, a new window pops up saying that "Underlying task failed to unmount" and then goes back to the Disk Utility window. My concern is that after that window closes, the "Repair Disk" button is still grayed out so not only is there a problem, I cannot fix it.
The computer has been acting weird lately as well, like deleting all shortcuts on the left side of the Finder except my user shortcut, desktop, network, and Macintosh HD (ie: Apps, Docs, Music, Pics, and Movies disappeared).
Any suggestions? I have AppleCare till mid-2009.You try Disk Utility first. Insert your Tiger installer disk and restart while holding down the 'c' key. Select your language and then from the menu>Utilities>Disk Utility. Select your hard drive and then Repair Disk.
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Disk Utility - Partition map needs repair because a data partition needs loader space.
I just finished setting up both my OSX and Windows installs from scratch after fitting an SSD, which in-turn was right before my logic board died and Apple replaced it, now it looks like I have some sort of hard drive issue brewing.
This was my plan for the SSD, and how it currently displays in Disk Utility although that wasn't the case earlier:
And in Terminal:
My intention was to have two boot partitions for each OS, 'Macintosh HD' and 'Win 7 Pro' and a third shared data partition 'Projects' on the SSD, which I made in Drive Genius after installing Boot Camp. I don't want Macintosh HD accessible from Windows because I'll be using Paragon HFS+ or MacDrive to give write access and don't want OSs stomping on other OSs turf, hence needing three partitions. Everything looked fine until I just checked Disk Management under windows and realised it couldn't see the Projects volume. Even though it's fine in OS X, it was just marked black/unallocated space.
So I booted back into OSX, all my files look fine so I ran Disk Utility and the Partition tab looked really odd - unfortunately I didn't get a screenshot. All volumes reported their size correctly but visually, Macintosh HD took up most of the drive. I could see 'Windows 7 Pro' under this, but the Partition Layout section had a scrollbar, which if I scrolled down showed 'Projects' squished into a tiny gap at the bottom. I ran a Verify, which reported no problems, and at some time since the Partition Layout has reverted to how it should look (as in the screenshot above), with 'Projects' book-ended by "Macintosh HD' and 'Windows 7 Pro'.
Now when I run a Verify on Macintosh HD or Projects volumes, it says there's no problem, but if I run one on the drive, I get this message:
Volume Macintosh HD on disk0s2 has 0 bytes of trailing loader space and it needs 134217728 bytes
Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting
Error: Partition map needs repair because a data partition needs loader space.
I've only managed to find one other mention of this error here, but the fix is not relevant to me because I don't have Sophos installed. I've tried Single User/Safe Mode but it just boots into normal mode, so I can't do a fsck -fy.
** /dev/rdisk0s2 (NO WRITE)
Can't open /dev/rdisk0s2: Permission denied
That value in bytes is exactly 128mb, so I suspect the problem lies with one of the invisible partitions that show up in iPartition and Disk Management under Windows, but not in Disk Utility. I have backups and I suspect the root of the problem is partitioning in iPartition after installing Boot Camp, but I've never had issues with this approach in the past so I'm wary of just giving up and reinstalling Windows again will be massive hassle because I no longer have a SuperDrive and last time it refused to install from USB.
Anyone have any idea what's going on? It seems like the sort of issue Disk Utility should just handle, at least in Recovery mode, but it's not playing ball. It also doesn't seem like a massive problem since my files all look fine and performance is OK, so I'm reluctant to do anything major.
I'll update with a shot of the drive in Disk Management from Windows in a few minutes, in case that sheds light on anything. Thanks!Similar issue here. I manually partitioned my hard disk for triple boot (using Gparted on Linux), then everything was just fine until I ran bootcamp, to do something as simple as create a boot USB.
I get the same error as a result and have to work my way into booting, by resorting first to a Linux live USB, then restarting from the live USB, to finally reach my rEFInd boot manager, or whichever boot manager should be initialized at startup.
I suppose that the cause in my case is that some operation "scratched" the protective MBR. See this:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.23/23.03/APMtoGPT/index.html
I am hoping to fix it using an external Yosemite installation media: see this guide -
http://www.macworld.com/article/2367748/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemi te-install-drive.html
And as a last resort to reinstall.
I'll admit I am negatively surprised. I need this computer for professional reasons, and for the sake of "preserving the integrity of OSX", measures defined by Apple instead tend to make partitions far easier to damage. And this problem seems to affect a number of users.
As for what I have to go through to fix it: a 5GB download, during which I have to register my credit card to the Apple Store. "Pay first, get your free software next."
IF Disk Utility can fix it, from the external media, then fair enough. The hassle is unpleasant but it files as "a choice".
Otherwise you can file it safely under software design calamity. -
Yesterday I ran Disk Utility and came up with hundreds of permissions that needed repair. I hit the "repair permissions" button and waited until it said they were repaired, but just for fun I hit the "verify permissions" button again, and they all came back! I did this several more times and every time I would hit "verify permissions" I would get the same list. What's up? I've always suspected diagnostic programs, but this is Apple's own!
Ignore them. They aren't errors. You will keep seeing the same ones. As long as you get the message "Permissions repair complete," you're OK.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US -
HD problem - disk utility says "1 HFS volume checked" "Vol needs repair"
This all started with very slow response when applications were opened on iMac purchased 10/07 - went to Disk Utilty and tried to Repair Disk - but not allowed to click on that option(still grey). So, went to Disc 1 of Installer set of disks , inserted in drive and attempted to reinstall Mac OS X that came with Oct '07 (Tiger-right before Leopard became standard) purchase. When I get to the Select A Destination part of the Install MacOS X directions, there are no choices(ie- HD not recognized). Went to disk utility option available with the Installer disk and did a Repair Disk option. Following messages in RED
Invalid Volume Header
Invalid Mode Sgtructure
The volume Mac HD needs to be repaired ( ie- Volume check failed)
then Disk Utility boxpops up andsays Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
Finally
1 HFS volume checked VOLUME NEEDS REPAIR in red
Huuuum.
Next step? I am using my wife's PC to send this HELP message and it's painful. Rescue me as the song says! Is it time to box up for Apple store visit, or ......Houston, welcome to Apple Discussions.
It appears you have some directory damage on your hard drive. Disk Utility cannot fix some of these type problems. DiskWarrior can probably fix your problem. DiskWarrior by Alsoft
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html
Cheers, Tom
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