Bogus Disk Error With SL

Updated yesterday, only problem of note is this error:
"The disk you inserted is not readable by this computer" The error window has 'Ignore" and "Eject" radio buttons.
This error happens immediately after log in, as either me or as a guest. If I click on either button the window goes away and everything appears to be fine until I restart/power on restart again.
I also disconnected all external devices such as my external disk for Time Machine or a Zip Drive and a Iomega floppy disk drive. Still does it.

When you launch - or the radio dialogue offers to initialize (it launches Disk Utility and doesn't do anything).
Sounds like it is seeing a hidden volume or partition.
When did you last REPAIR your drive? last reformat?
There are hidden partitions that can only be created during a full format, and during that time, it checks integrity and for weak/bad blocks to map out.
Sounds like there is an underlying error. This has nothing to do with disk permissions or ownership.
Do you have more than one partition on your hard drive that you use?
If it was me, I would install SL on one of your external devices, create a 25GB partition from your TimeMachine or other drive with free space, and use that for disk maintenance and repairs - and use a good 3rd party tool (Disk Warrior is popular but may not work with SL) so use Apple First Aid while booted from there and inspect and repair. For now, from SL DVD boot and go to Utility => Disk Utilty and REPAIR HARD DRIVE.

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I have cleaned up my external disks so that they all have at least 100GB of free space
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Please change the disk permission . Right click on the disk and choose "Get Info". Change the permissions for everyone to "Read and Write". You can also refer to this related post
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This is not a question, but a means of posting a problem for Apple and others to see:
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I use Apple's Disk Utility on the install CD to repair the error.
2) The original Halo, Combat Evolved, for PPC, upgraded to 1.5.2 works without causing a "volume header error".
The following answer was sent back to me from [email protected]:
This problem has been reported by a number of other users, and we've reproduced it here on our machines. We are 99% sure that Quicktime 7.2 is causing these problems. Unfortunately, the only advice I can give you at the moment would be to try and reinstall Quicktime 7.1.6 to see if this solves your problem.
Here are instructions for rolling back to 7.1.6:
*Force installation of QuickTime 7.1.6*
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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime716formac.html
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2. Download and launch Pacifist
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743
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4. Click the lock and enter your administrator password, then click
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5. Download and install the _Mac OS X 10.4.10 combo updater_
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=14214&cat=1&platform =osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.10Intel.dmg
Please follow these directions carefully, as not doing things exactly as they are written has caused some users to have to reinstall OS X.
I haven't tried this, but it does sound like it should work - after reading what's been posted for other QT 7.2 problems
I'll continue with the PPC version of Halo until an update for QT7.2 comes out.
Message was edited by: bobolander

megm123 wrote:
I have time machine turned off "permanently" for now. When I plug my drive in, it asks if I want to use it as a backup disk, I say decide later.
Yes, Time Machine will nag you every time you connect a disk and Time Machine isn't configured. You might be able to stop that by selecting the "none" disk.
This is where I hit a problem - I don't remember getting any Install discs when I got my computer and can't find any.
You bought it new, right? 2 discs with gray labels should have been in the box (they're easy to miss, unfortunately). They might be with the small DVD-size booklet.
You will need them, sooner or later. You need the originals (or copies) to run the +Apple Hardware Test+ that's tailored to your Mac, or to reinstall the original version of OSX and Apple apps. And the 2nd disc has your iLife apps on it.
If your Mac didn't come with Snow Leopard, you'll need a retail Snow Leopard disc, too, to repair the file system on your disk, reinstall the Snow Leopard version of OSX, or do a full restore from Time Machine backups.
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If you can't find them call AppleCare. Give them your serial number, and they'll send a replacement set for a nominal fee.
The retail Snow Leopard disc is $29.
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In the meantime, how old is the WD disk? It may be failing or have failed.
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I have an iBook G4 with 10.5.2 and I get the startup disk is full error even though I have around 8 GBs free on the startup disk - over 10% of the total disk space. I have also been experiencing application crashes - many non-Apple applications crash on startup. Page ins/outs seem to be within normal limits, and the VM swap files are only about 250 MBs. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

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Hard Disk Error with Final Cut Pro

Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help out. I recently upgraded to the latest version of FC Studio. I'm going into FC Pro to start a new project, and I'm using a scratch disk I have always used in the past, and I'm suddenly now getting the following error that pops up when I set FC Pro to this scratch disk:
The selected disk is formatted using FAT32 which has a 4GB file size limit. Using it as a scratch disk will lead to unpredictable behavior when using or creating larger files.
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Thanks!

Wow, I never knew that FCP checked the format of the scratch disks!
What a great idea.
As Nick pointed out, you need to reformat (Erase in Disk Utility speak) the drive and set the format to MacOS Extended if you don't want issues.
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x

Disk error with VIDEO_TS in SD

OK, I've figured out the HVDVD_TS dilemma not playing on NON-HD Machines. Can anyone shed some light why my VIDEO_TS files are not playing. I'm trying to play an SD Disk I just finished with DSP4 originally shot in HD in a JVC SRMV40. So the disk is basically acting as if I authored in HD.
I'm burning on a 106D and yes I have the latest firmware.
Please don't tell me the 106s are past their day. Not today anyway.;-)
One other thing. Does the fact the menu is in 4:3 and the content is 16:9 affect this. I don't see why it would. However it would be real simple if it did.
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campi1854 wrote:
Two warnings when I compiled the disk:
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The messages are normal.
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Non system disk error with recovery disks--New hard drive

HP Pavillion Model a6632f
Ordered new recovery disks from HP after installing brand new hard drive. Getting errors trying to boot/install. Now what?

It sounds like the boot device order is not set correctly. Please try this:
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Always remember you can contact HP Total Care Technical Support at (800) 474-6836
"While I am an HP employee, I am not a expert on all our products.
If I offer advice, I'm not speaking for HP on how to solve an issue,
but I'll do my personal best to help you."
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Windows - no disk error

When I go to open my itunes program, i get this error message.
not all of my purchased songs are downloading onto my ipod either.
had to reset my ipod to original settings and like i said not all of my purchased songs downloaded.
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I have a Windows Media Center PC from HP. It has a reader on it for different memory cards - HP calls it a 7-1. It reads SD cards, CompactFlash cards, etc. The four slots are assigned disks D through G. Normally I only use the SD slot. When I used the CompactFlash slot, it didn't work. And at the same time iTunes stopped working.
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Check out -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297694
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Invariably, someone trots out advice about burning disks slower or running a file error check. Neither of these work. Some believe that the error has something to do with the Dell recover partition that all Dells ship with.
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Hi,
According to your description, it indicates you have a problem with your recovery disk. It may be caused by recover disk creation process.
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Windows 7 repair disk error code 0x4001100200001012
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Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Hope it helps.
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