Didnt used check disk utility on install & want to reinstall from scratch

Things are buggy so figured a reinstall this time using the Check disk utlity thingy - anyone know what I need to do?

OK, I think we can narrow this down.
My first inclination is to think that you might have some directory corruption that's interfering with how your Mac is running. The comment above to back up your data is right on. Do that first.
Once that's done, try booting to your install disk, selecting Disk Utility from the Utilities menu, and then select your hard drive. Pick "Verify disk," and if it needs repair, choose "Repair disk" - this may resolve the issue.
Look and see if you have any third party addons that need updating, or applications that run at login (you can find them in System Preferences, Accounts, login items) and disable them. See if that helps.
If worse comes to worst, you may need to erase your drive and reinstall from scratch, and then restore from your backup, but let's see how the other steps go first.
The "Check Install Disk" is verifying the DVD, not your hard drive, so that's not likely to help at all in this situation.
Post back after running Disk Utility and let us know the results.

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2008-12-16 12:29:01 -0800: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpLoad" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2008-12-16 12:29:01 -0800: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
2008-12-16 12:29:01 -0800: Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/setregion" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2008-12-16 12:29:02 -0800: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/Printers/IOMs/LPRIOM.plugin/Contents/MacOS/LPRIOMHelper" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Anyone know what this is about?

indiana veteran wrote:
I'm getting....
Warning: SUID ﬁle "System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpLoad" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID ﬁle "usr/bin/setregion" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired.
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Warning: SUID ﬁle "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modiﬁed and will not …
Warning: SUID ﬁle "System/Library/Printers/IOMs/LPRIOM.plugin/Contents/MacOS/LPRIOMHelper" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iLifeMediaBrowser.framework/Versions/A/CodeRe sources", should be -rw-r--…
I do not like the idea of "just ignore", that starts to sound like Microsoft "do not worry about that blue screen just reboot"
Whether you like the idea or not, they are merely warnings.
Please search these forums before posting something that has been posted dozens of times before and answered as many times. Always search before posting.

I lost the hd recovery in my mac. I already erased and the hardrve using the disk utility but then if i try to install the os x using os x utility it sees that could not find installation information for this machine .

I lost the hd recovery in my mac. I already erased and the hardrve using the disk utility but then if i try to install the os x using os x utility it sees that could not find installation information for this machine .. Plz help

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Anyone clean their mac using the disk utility using the repair disk permissions??

anyone clean their mac using the disk utility using the repair disk permissions??

No. Threads don't hurt anything. If your computer is not functioning properly perhaps you need to try some basic maintenance. Let's start by having you do this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
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Next, try booting into Safe Mode then immediately restart normally. Safe mode is going to take a while so be patient. It's slow.
Next, create a new user account. Log out of your account then log into the new account. Try using iPhoto and the publishing button. Do they work now?
If you still have a problem, then do the following. If you don't want to go through the above then just start with the following and forget the others above.
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
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If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
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Hello,
When using the Disk utility on W7 SP1 install media to partition and format the HDD, unlike Windows built-in Disk Management utility it creates a 200MB partition that some boot files are placed with and/or by BitLocker. I have always avoided this issue but,
a friend has deleted W7 x86 SP1 with an older vs of GParted and on the phone told me it can't deal with the "Unallocated Mystery" space as he calls it. I assume the 200MB partition is hidden from Windows Explorer and I'm assuming the partition does
not start/end (whatever) like a 512 byte block does and it's a 4096 sized block like W7 reportedly makes, I'm not sure how it works exactly. Is that partition an MBR, 512e, or a 4Kn?. I know Disk Management can handle GPT types of partitions, that are 512e
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Hello michael_clyde,
Do you mean that you have 200MB partition in the Windows 7?
Please share us a screenshot about disk management for better analyzation.
Based on my knowledge, the 200MB partition can be Windows RE partition.
Please take a look at the following article about understanding Disk Partitions.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799232%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
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Can I use the Disk Utility Application to backup Bootcamp that has Windows 7 on it? If I install a new blank drive, I would like to know that using Time Machine I can get the MAC OS back and using the Disk Image Utility I can restore Bootcamp with Windows 7.

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I've tried top open logic pro 9 today which I use daily and have been for the last 4 years. All software etc. is up to date. However it just quits and I get the 'logic pro quit unexpectedly' message. I've tried this several times in the last hour, including a restart and checking disk utility etc. Anyone else have the same problem? And if so, how did you resolve it please?

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Hi... all,
What and where is the check disk utility?
I dropped my external 1T western digital and although I ran through this with the disk utility, It did this in a couple of mins...
On my PC this would have taken hours. Did it actually check all the sectors in that time? Or is there no sector checking?
Anita

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Connect the HDD to your MBP. Open Disk Utility>Erase and drag the HDD icon inrt the Name field. The format should be Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Click on the Erase button.
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I used the migrator utility to transfer itunes and photos from my old PC to my new Mac and ended up with 2 accounts on my new computer. How do I transfer the music and photos and only have the 1 account on the new Mac ?

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When I open I photo, I just get a spining white wheel. Mac is 2 months old and have never used iphoto. what is wrong ? I've reinstalled from the disk. I've tried the Option command idea..nothing seems to work ?

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After installing 10.7.2 from scratch, permission errors remain

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1. upgraded to Lion from SL (via AppStore)
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restarted, Spotlight did index againg.
7. still permission errors, so I didn't copy anything back yet, waiting for help to get the right way or restoring to default/formatting again.
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1. Did I do everything right? Is it possible to perform a clean install from the DVD that I made?
2. If so, shouldn't it cancel all the ACLs problems and reset them to the default?
3. Is there a way to make a real 100% clean install of 10.7.2, with erasing even the recovery partition (if it has to do with ACLs)?
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will I need to reset their permissions too somehow? It could cause more problems with the ACLs.
thank you very much.

baltwo,
I have a lion clone. so I guess there is no reason to install lion upon it's own clone.
anyways, how is it possible that after the complete format, the ACL problem remains.
what about removing the recovery partition.
the reason I want it to be done is to get rid of the problems I had with the new installation, tham I'm afraid will not be fixed otherwise: crashing apple applications (safari quitted unexpectedly), slow performance, computer freezes, GUI lags (copying 138 items to another folder stucks and I have to relounch finder) and other animation bugs at almost everywhere on the system.
restoring lion clone and turning on the time machine sounds like the last option right now...
and I'll be happy to hear opinions about what to do with the backed up data on the external hdd permissions.

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This is the only one
Now you are saying that....
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