Ibook and diskwarrior

hello-
a few months ago i posted about my ibook crashing. it's a second computer and used only for wireless internet, so no data storage or anything. in any case, here's the link to that thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4415839#4415839
the latest is that i have diskwarrior 3 and have to rebuild the disk (called "untitled" right now). the problem is that when it is rebuilding the directory, during step 5 "Locating directory data..." it freezes. the little blue and progress bar is still and the computer makes no sounds. i let it go for a while, but to no end.
any advice?
thanks,
jesse

Jesse:
I took a look at your other thread. One of the things I noticed is the error in Disk Utility "The underlying task reported failure on exit". This is a serious directory error, which Disk Utility cannot repair and Disk Warrior may, or may not be able to repair. See Disk Utility reports "Underlying task reported failure" when repairing a volume. In your case Disk Warrior is having difficulties repairing the disk.
Your only option at this point is to reinstall, although there is a slight possibility that your HDD is too damaged even for that. Follow the procedure Kappy outlined for you in your old post. That is reformat, zero all data and reinstall. Since your Tiger disk is an upgrade disk, you need to have Panther (10.3.x) on your computer. An option is to just to go ahead and buy a Full Retail Version of Tiger right off, instead of going to Panther then upgrading to Tiger. If you opt to buy Panther, make sure it is the Full Retail Version Kappy described in your earlier post.
Please don't hesitate to post back with further questions or comments, or with an update.
Good luck.
cornelius
Message was edited by: cornelius

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