Disk Utility problems - cannot fix...

Hi there,
Had a few problems on my computer, so I ran the regular checks. Virusbarrier X, ClamXav, everything in Tech Tool Pro 4, CRON scripts (and a few other things in Onyx), Repair Permissions, and Disk Utility Drive Checks.
Most of this was done in Safe Mode or whilst booted from tech Tool Pro disc.
Everything is good now... except this:
When I run disk utility when the computer is running normally and I am logged into my account, no problems show up.
However when I run it from the OSX Install disc the following errors come up (for my 2 drives):
1. Invalid leaf record count (it should be 5 instead of 2660)
2. Invalid leaf record count (it should be 19 instead of 2907)
Whats that all about then and how can I fix it?
Thanks

Have you done this?
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X 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 Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) 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, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) 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.

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Disk Utility can't fix problems, and is very sow...

Every time I run Disk Utility on my system's "Macintosh HD", it returns this error list:
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
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Permissions repair complete
Is this OK? If so, why it does show this? If it's not OK, why it can't fix this problem?
And it takes 4-5 longer to run "Repair Disk Permissions" than it was on OS X Tiger.
I sent this report also to the Apple Mac OS X Feedback. Just wanted to know is this Disk Utility report normal?

But this repairing process takes about 4-5 minutes, while on Tiger it took about 1 minute.
That is normal in Mac OS X 10.5.
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How do I fix a volume if Disk utility says cannot be repaired?

Greetings all,
Am having some annoying issues with my PowerMac G5 hard drive, nothing very specific, just lots of small issues like crashes and hangs and the fan going into hyper-drive every now and then. Started up from my system disc/Disk Utility and ran repair permissions and repair disc.
On repair disk it gets to the end then says:
1 HFS volume repaired
1 volume could not be repaired
I cannot find out what this means so can anyone advise?
I also run repair permissions over and over and it never stops finding something to repair.
Any advice much appreciated.

Started up from my system disc/Disk Utility and ran repair permissions and repair disc.
Do you mean the System install DVD? - that's what you should do as you cannot repair an HD you're booted from.
On repair disk it gets to the end then says:
1 HFS volume repaired
1 volume could not be repaired
This is a little odd: is there another hard disk connected? Or possibly it was trying to repair the install disk as well?
I also run repair permissions over and over and it never stops finding something to repair.
Repairing permissions does thrown up a lot of things which can't be repaired: this is a bug arising from a system update and is harmless: you can ignore it.
You could try downloading Applejack which you run in single-user mode and provides an easy way of using the built-in disk repair procedure: this is quicker than starting from the DVD and you won't get any confusion with the DVD. It's quite safe: it doesn't do the check itself, just invokes the repair that you would get by typing arcane Linux codes. But note that you must run it only in single user mode (starting up and holding command-s while booting), never while booted normally.

Disk Utility Problems - Can't make image or restore

I am having difficulty in making disk images & restoring using disk utility.
Issue 1 - Making an image of a DVD for the purpose of burning a copy (non commercial)
In DU I select the DVD in the sidebar, click new image DVD/CD master & save to desktop. The progress indicator reached about halfway & I get the following message: Unable to create "image name.cdr" - input/output error.
The source DVD in in the internal optical drive.
What causes this problem & can it be fixed? Why is the image .cdr not .dmg?
Can an image be made directly from a DVD?
As a workaround I used DU's restore function to copy the entire DVD contents to a free (27GB) partition on an internal HDD (not system disk) in the hope that I could make an image fron there. As soon as I clicked on restore both the DVD & target drive unmounted. After the progress bar reached 100% I got the following error message: Restore Failure. An error (5) occurred while copying. Input/output error
However if mounted in DU the partition has been renamed to the DVD name & the contents seem to be the same as the DVD.
What is error 5?
I then created an image from this partition using DVD/CD-R master format which worked OK but created a 27GB image - too large to burn!
How can I make the image small enough to fit on a DVD-R?
Can an image be made directly from a DVD?
Is this normal DU behaviour??
Once I get this right I plan to used DU to backup to an external HDD (I'm in the process of recovering from a drive failure and although I have most of my data back through partial backups & recovery like many before me I'm going to have better backups from now on!!)
Any help would be apprecialted.
Thanks in advance.
John

It may be the the disc after all...
I'm still having the same problem, but I also discovered that I cannot get the install disc to get past the "spinning gear" stage when trying to start up with it, so yes, it's most definitely useless! My MacBook is still under warranty so I phoned Apple, and explained the problem and everything I did to ensure it wasn't hardware related. So they're sending me new install discs. I'm not 100% convinced yet that the problem is the install disc, but we'll see...my only doubt remains from the fact that I was able to make a disc image of it on my G4. That said...
I did a hardware test (long version, and everything is reportedly fine), played dvd movies, burned cd's, installed software from discs, etc, and it seems the drive is working fine, however, it could possibly be sensitive to even the slightest smudge or scratch (the install disc has a few very slight marks on it that shouldn't be a problem, and I cleaned it thoroughly). The only other time I had a problem was when I went to rip a song from a cd to iTunes where it hung and and then failed to complete the task. (The cd itself played without issue though.) I checked it for dirt/scratches: it had a couple of barely imperceptible smudges and one shallow scratch. I cleaned it, tried it again and iTunes was able to import from it after that. This remains the only time (so far) I've had a problem with a disc besides my install disc.
I want to be able to repair disk before I install 10.5.3, and back up everything, including the install discs. My Macbook came with 10.5.2 and except for this problem, everything's been working fine.
When I get my new install discs, I'll post how that went. They should arrive within a week or so.
DrHouseTF: I checked out your thread. I've never tried to make copies of game disks via DU, but maybe it's due to copy protection measures on the disc itself?
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Help! PB G4 won't boot and Disk Utility can't fix it!

I have an insufficiently backed up PowerBook G4 1.67MHz (1GB RAM) that suddenly nosedived last night. I was surfing the Web and OmniWeb froze up. I couldn't force-quit it because the Finder was also locked up. So I held the power button until it shut down. When I restarted it, it got to the grey apple screen and hung there. I booted off the Tiger CD and ran Disk Utility, but it couldn't fix it. Then I tried booting into single-user mode and it also failed. Finally I tried reinstalling the system, but the CD couldn't find the hard drive. Aaargh!
I have a bunch of documents that I really cannot lose, and the most updated versions of them are only on this drive. Anyone know any tricks or third-party utilities that can help? I have another Mac; would Firewire Target Mode or Network booting help?
Some details:
Here's what Disk Utility said:
Invalid volume header (this was written in red)
Checking Catalog file
Keys out of order (in red)
Rebuilding Catalog B-tree (in green)
The volume [name] could not be repaired (in red)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (in bold red)
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1 volume could not be repaired because of an error (in bold red)
Repair attempted on one volume (in bold)
1 volume could not be repaired (in bold red)
Then it popped up a dialog box:
First Aid Failed
Disk Utility stopped repairing [name] because the following error was encountered:
The underlying task reported failure on exit (in bold)
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It all booted normally, then I got these ominous entries in the list:
disk0s3: I/O error.
jnl: dojnlio: strategy err 0x5
jnl: open: could not read 512 bytes for the journal header.
hfs: late jnl init: failed to open/create the journal (retval 8).
nfs_boot: networking is not initialized
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001F2634): nfsbootinit failed with 6
[then there's two backtraces here]
panic: We are hanging here...
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

As Mr Peck advised, DW is your best chance of getting out of this.
The important point of your post is the hard shut down (were you running Classic?) and the mention of Keys Out of Order. Do a search on these boards for Keys Out of Order for a quick education of the problem.
Make sure of the version of DW you use, get the disk and don't download, and make sure of your firmware version.
Joe

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My pismo seems to be running just fine, but when I try to repair permissions within disk utility I receive this error message, "Disk utility has lost its connection with the disk management tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch disk utility."
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I will mention that I've recently started using two batteries in both expansion bays. I did remove the drive rom bay battery and replace the cd-dvd drive, just to make sure the second battery wasn't causing this.

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Stuck at "starting login window" and Disk Utility won't fix it...

I downloaded some security updates, and since restarting my computer as required, I have never been able to start it up since. It gets stuck on the "starting login window" screen, with the little blue bar still shimmering and mouse still moving, but just won't ever load the login screen, even after hours.
I've seen a few other people have had this problem, and tried to follow some of the recommendations, with no joy. I tried several times to repair the disk permissions with Disk Utility, but it has an internal error saying it lost the connection to the disk manager, or something similar.... when I try to repair the disk, it fails saying something about "overlapped extent allocations" and an "invalid node structure".
I can start up in single-user mode, and doing a fsck had the same result.
What can I do??? Some people suggested an Archive and Install manoeuvre, but I'm scared of losing all my files! Will it erase them all? Do I have to back up all my files before doing this? How can I back them up if my computer won't start?
I know almost nothing about computers - all I know I have found in the past few days searching through these discussion boards trying to find an answer! I have an important essay due on Monday which is stuck in my computer, so I'm a little scared!
I'm using Mac OS X Panther or something.... not sure how to find out exactly which one, as my computer won't start!
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Hi, you have some serious directory damage there, and it was probably there before the updates. An Archive and Install would not be recommended. If you did that you would likely have more problems then you have right now.
If it were me I'd run Diskwarrior and Tech Tool Pro on it. DW for the invalid node structure and Tech Tool Pro for the Overlapped Extent Allocation. But you probably would have to buy both of them, and there's no guarantee either one will fix it.
Apple doc.#25770, talking about Overlap..... says the easiest way to fix it is to Erase and Install. If you are running 10.3.9 and had access to a retail Tiger disk, you could try booting up on it and running Disk Utility. Tigers DU has the ability to fix Overlap.... sometimes, Panther's does'nt.
This is the best way to Erase and Install. First backup all your important stuff, if you can, as the following will erase everything on your drive; it will be unrecoverable. Put your install disk in your Mac and Restart while holding down the C key. In Tiger, When you get to the install screen, don't click install and go to the title bar at the top of the screen and click on Utilities (in earlier OS's click on the installer menu).
Click on Disk Utility and choose the hard drive you want your OS on. Then click on the Erase tab. In Tiger, click on the Security Options button near the bottom (it's similiar for Panther and Jaguar).
Once in there choose Zero Out Data (write zero's in earlier versions). This will map out any bad blocks on your drive and bring it back to almost new condition (providing there's nothing wrong mechanically with it, bad bearings, defective or damaged surface, etc.).
Once this is done, go back to the install screen and begin the "Erase and Install" installation. This will put a factory fresh system on a clean hard drive.
Cheers!
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DISK UTILITY PROBLEMS : unable to verify or repair disk and/or permissions

hi all...first time poster.
i have been reading past posts for 3 hours and i am still unable to resolve these issues i am having.
it all started with a failed attempt to install an update (QB2006_R4Updater.dmg) that i downloaded for a new version of Quickbooks Pro 2006 that i just purchased. the install continuously got hung up on "Searching Macintosh HD" looking for the application.
i called quickbooks tech support and after about an hour of troubleshooting and 4-5 failed attempts to boot in safe mode...the rep told me it seemed to be a system problem.
regarding safe mode:
when i try to boot up in safe mode...immediately after hearing the start up tone i press and hold shift until the gray apple appears then release it. the system continues to boot for about 30-45 seconds and then shuts down.
regarding disk utility:
i have tried to verify and repair the disk permissions to no avail...i also booted from the osX 10.4.6 installer disk (i am currently running osX 10.4.7) and tried to verify and repair the disk but on every occassion it gets hung up a little less than half way through - no error message - it will just keep going until i need to reboot the system. i cant even force quite disk utility.
i have also tried removing the itunes.pkg file as well as moving itunes to the desktop followed by running disk utility...but the same results.
some other info about this system...
as well as running all of tigers bundled software...i have installed cs2, microsoft office x, suitcase fusion, windows media player and quickbooks pro 2006.
not really sure what i need to or should do...just want to get the system so i can continue to keep up with software updates and use the utilities to keep everything working properly.
thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give me.
17" iMac PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

From what you've described there are several possibilities, none very encouraging:
1. You have a motherboard problem
2. You have bad RAM
3. Your hard drive is failing or damaged
Given what you've described I would recommend trying this:
Boot into single-user mode by restarting the computer and after the chime press and hold down COMMAND-S keys until the computer starts up to a black screen with white type. When startup has completed you should see a prompt. At the prompt enter the following commands pressing return after each:
prompt> /sbin/fsck -fy
If you do not get a return message "Filesystem OK" then repeat the above command until the "Filesystem OK" message appears. If you repeat the command more than seven times without success, then the drive cannot be repaired. To restart OS X enter:
prompt> reboot
Download the utility TinkerTool System and use it to clear out all user and system caches, font caches, and log files.
If none of this works, then you will have to reformat the hard drive as follows:
1. Boot from your Tiger DVD. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button, then select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
Quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed to install OS X. You can upgrade to the most recent version by downloading and installing the Combo Updater for the desired version level.

Disk utility failure - cannot start OS-X

I'm not an IT professional, so please be gentle!
Problem
Forced shutdown required & now will not reboot.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,3
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.48f2
Serial Number (system):          W8***C
Hardware UUID:          F2499E20-039F-595D-8EA3-E0CBCBB0AC5E
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled
NVidia MCP79 AHCI:
Vendor:          NVidia
Product:          MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:          3 Gigabit
Description:          AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
ST9500420ASG:
Capacity:          500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
Model:          ST9500420ASG
Revision:          0007APM2
Serial Number:                      5V***5
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          32
Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
Rotational Rate:          7200
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity:          499.76 GB (499,763,888,128 bytes)
Available:          380.01 GB (380,008,734,720 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
File System:          Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:          disk0s2
Mount Point:          /Volumes/Macintosh HD
Attempts to resolve
Apple Hardware Test
Quick test - No trouble found
Extended test - stopped after 8 min. 51 secs
cmd s - /sbin/fsck - fy
The volume Macintosh HD appears to be ok
Invalid directory item count (it should be 33 instead of 32)
Mac OS X installer (from DVD)
Install Failed
The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail
Startup Disk - from install DVD
The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk
Disk utility - from install DVD
First Aid -
verify disk permissions
verify disk
Repair disk permissions
'ACL found but not expected'
'unable to get owner & group'
'unable to get permissions'
Rpt
Erase -
Disk cannot be erased
Partition -
Failed - could not unmount disk
RAID -
could not unmount disk
Restore -
could not unmount disk
Restore System from Backup (Time Machine)
Can connect to network & Time Machine backup but
'An error occurred while erasing your restore destination disk (restart your computer, and then try restoring again)'
Conclusions
It appears that the HDD needs replacing.
I'm concerned the motherboard may also be faulty? How can I check (without purchasing another disk drive first)?
It seems strange (to me) that all information relating to the disk can be accessed, & all of the folders can be viewed using disk utility.
Yet the disk cannot be reformatted, or recovered from Time Machine back-up
Nor can the operating system be re-installed
Since I have Time Machine I presume I'll be able to restore the full profile to a new disk drive?
If I need to purchase a new disk (& the motherboard is ok), any recommendations which disk to buy?
Any suggestions why this disk failed? Is it related to 'sleep' and applications not shutting down properly.
Any advice most welcome.
with thanks
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Disk Utility problems/making a good image file problems

Hi,
I am trying to make a disk image with Disk Utility. But every time when I run the program, it gathers disk info for a long time and then shuts down in unexpected error. What can be the problem here?
The reason that I want to make a disk image of my cd is this, maybe someone knows a solution for this problem well.
I have the original game cd of Alone in the Dark 1. I played this always on my pc in the past and now, with the help of a program called Boxer that allows to run dos games on the mac, it can run on my mac, but, the music cannot be found. According to the makers of Boxer this is because the music on the cd is separated from the rest of the data as audio tracks. I'm not a programmer so I don't understand everything behind this, but they advised me to make image file of the cd, mount it and then run Boxer with this mounted file.
I cannot do this however, because Toast doesn't make a good image file that includes the audio tracks and Disk Utility is shutting down with an error all the time. Maybe someone knows another solution?
Best wishes,
André

Maybe, but this cd if from 1992, did they do that already those days? However, I can make with Toast an image from the game, but the soundtracks are not included then. I can listen to the tracks in Itunes, they are visible like a normal audio cd. My only wish... is to play the games. Visiting the past, so to speak. And I can not play it on Windows, because it is not supported anymore after dos left the stage and I tried so many bootdisks on my pc, nothing works. Boxer therefore was a good help. The music though brings live to the game...

Disk Utility - problems formatting a disk

I recently purchased a Western Digital 1 Terabyte "My Book" and started having problems dumping video onto it from Final Cut. On the FCP forum somebody pointed out that I need to make sure my drive was formatted for the Mac (it wasn't).
I didn't have much data on the drive, so I just dumped it elsewhere and tried to reformat the drive to Max OS Extended (Jounaled). I think I've messed things up because I didn't know the difference between the Drive image and the Partition image. I think reformatted the Partition image (instead of the Drive image) to Mac OS and this seems to have messed things up. The Drive won't mount.
At this point the partition is formatted for Mac OS, but the drive is formatted for MS-DOS. Now I'm stuck and can't seem to fix this. When I have Disk Utility format the drive to Mac OS I get a message that says "File System Formatter Failed."
I've tried reformatting the Volume to MS-DOS to see if I can start from square one, and then my Mac can see the Drive. However, if I go back to the Drive and try to change it to Mac OS, it freaks out and sets the drive to MS-DOS and the partition to Mac OS.
I can't seem to get out of this loop. I would like to have just one partition and have everything formatted to Mac OS.
Help?

Do this:
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X 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 Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
This will format the drive for OS X. Using the APM partition scheme will not allow you to create a second partition on the drive and format that partition as MSDOS. If you want to use the drive on both platforms, then you must partition the drive using MBR and format using MSDOS. This allows the drive to be used on both platforms.

Another "Underlying task reported failure on exit " Disk Utility Problem

So a Problem (at least for me)
I've got an old Powerbook G3 266mhz (headless) acting as a server. It had been up for 258days, and then 2 days ago we had a lightning storm. No big deal, except the cable line got hit, flew through the line and fried my cable modem. In the process of pulling out the modem, I accidentially unplugged my 'server' Plugged it back in, think it crashed, tried again, and then nothing. Thats the story anyhow here's what I've done:
1) managed to boot into the bootloader, did dev /hd .properties (or something like that) and it couldn't find my HD (oh boy)
2) Got out my 10.3 Install disks, booted off them and ran disk Utility, One partition is fine, the other (my primariy) is showing up as disk0s9 instead of 'Nitrogen' not mounting, and when I 'repair disk' it starts okay, and then does this:
-Checking catalog file
-<red>Invalid Key Length</red>
-<red>Volume Check Failed</red>
-<red>Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)</red>
3) I checked through the forums and the mentioned 10 different possible reasons for the 'underlying task' error, 'Invalid key length' was not among them.
I do have data on there I want to try to get off, (currently I am downloading ubuntu for PPC to see if I can boot off that, access the drive, and dump it to a networked drive.) As this is an old machine I don't actually have any computers with SCSI connections etc.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated
Thanks
G3 Powerbook 266 Mac OS X (10.3.9) (missing powerbook screen (it fell off long time ago)

For what its worth, I went and purchased a copy of Disk Warrior, and was able to get it mostly cleared up Here is what I did do.
-Tried to install Mac OSX 10.3 on the second partition: Said my mac was unable to install 10.3. Which is funny because I had 10.3.9 running on this computer.
-Installed Mac OS 9 on the second paritition. This worked though sometimes had issues on booting.
-Purchased DiskWarrior (download version): Tried to create 10.3 Startup disk, but for some reason couldn't get it to boot from it. The computer kept booting to OS 9. So I copied over the OS 9 Diskwarrior to the second parition.
-I had to reboot in 'extensions-off' mode (hold shift after boot chime) in order to get DiskWarrior to work.
-Disk Warrior recovered and fixed many issues, So I was able to reboot from OSX on the broken drive. However there still seem to be some remaining problems. I am currently in the process of trying to remove all important data and back up so that way I can wipe the HD and reinstall.
Hope this helps anyone else

Disk Utility can't fix error...

Hi people...
I have a G4 iBook, 933mhz, 640ram, 80g HD. It's on OS 10.4.11. Everything has been running fine, no problems for a long while, until this morning.
I turned the computer on, and it loaded/booted fine up to the 'Login' screen. I popped my password in, pressed Enter. Usually, with in a matter of milliseconds, my current wallpaper appears, followed by the menu bar and the HD icons etc. However, today, after entering the password, the login box disappeared and left the Aqua default wallpaper in the backround. I left it for about 5 minutes and it just stayed as it was, so i powered down. I put in my install DVD and booted up Disk Utility. I got the permissions checked and verified, all were fine. I then done the disk verification. Within a matter of minutes, it came up with an error in bold red (apologies in advance, i didn't record the code). I tried both the repair and varify options and neither could solve the problem.
I restarted the computer and it loaded fine, until i'd put my password in again. So this time i left it for about 15 minutes. When i returned, it had managed to load my current wallpaper, but nothing else.
Does this sound like a serious problem? I don't want to re-install as i'll lose lots of information on the computer. Has anybody else experienced similar? Could i re-install if there's a HD error?
Any advice welcomed!
(if i remember correctly, the error on screen was something like: "HD error, 90, unable to complete process" or similar).

Hi guys
Well, last night, i ran Disk Utility, an the error was that bad that it still couldn't fix it. I started the computer up as normal, and after login, i left it for nearly 2 hours. Desktop eventually loaded up, and once loaded, the whole computer behaved as normal. I backed-up my files/pics etc (not alot thankfully as i'm a regular back-upper (you learn after losing a hard-drive with major projects on!)).
I then ran DU in situe, and it reported the same error-"Error -9445. Keychain length not long enough: 0 volumes repaired". As i had backed up the info, i restarted it and tried again. This time it booted up as normal. So i ran DU again, but it still reported the same error. Everytime i tried to 'Repair' on first aid, the option was ghosted-so upon selecting Verify, it started to check, telling me it needed to be repaired, then Repair wasn't a option. Unfortunately i was without Internet access last night, so was unable to accesss this information, and i can't tell you what the S.M.A.R.T. status was.
I figured that as i had backed up the info i needed, i'd start up with Install the disk, try erasing the HD, and then run First Aid Repair Disk, knowing full well that i would be 'Zeroing' the HD and reinstalling in the next few days. So. i bravely erased the HD.... i ran the Repair Disk....the result? Tune in tomorrow folks!
No, just kidding-the result was fine. No errors reported, volume 'Dan's G4 was successfully repaired' (in green type, something i had begun to miss!). So i now know that i'll need to install the OS again, but at this moment in time it appears the the HD is ok. Obviously i won't know until the system is re-installed, but i do have access to a PC with internet connection at the moment, so if it all goes pair shaped then i can report back. However, when i'm all up and running, i need to learn about partitioning, so i'll be back to report regardless...
The only further question i have is concerning re-installation. My iBook came with OS 10.3.4 over 3 CD's, plus the 4 software CD's. I upgraded and bought OS 10.4.7 on DVD. So what do i use for installation? Do i use the original 10.3 CD's, or do i use the 10.4 DVD? I'm not sure if the CD's contain vital info that the DVD doesn't? Sounds a silly question i suppose, but i don't want to spend 2+ hours installing, then another 2 upgrading when i put in 10.4!
Cheers for your help, and thanks in advance for your info!
Dan
Message was edited by: Dan the 480 Man

Verify Disk - Disk Utility problems

I am having problems repairing my disk and receive the following:
Verifying volume “iMac HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume iMac HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Any thoughts out there?

Hi mrlou;
I seriously doubt that going back to Tiger will help unless you reformat the hard drive. Disk Utility is telling you there is a problem with the hard drive that it can't fix. You need a more powerful utility such as DiskWarrior.
Allan

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