Invalid leaf record count (it should be 175 of 5069)

Hi guys,
Long time Mac user and desperately wanting to bring my old Sunflower IMac back to full life.
I was having a few problems with it, sometimes had the question mark on boot up, lots of crashing. Decided to do an archive and reinstall. I had been running Snow Leopard.
Seemed to go okay, but then it would accept my password. (I chose to reinstall importing old usernames/settings. Hope that wasn't a bit of time save that caused this.)
Managed to google around and reset the password. But then it booted into Darwin when it accepted my new password.
More googling, and checking these boards, and I ran disk utility repair and the "Invalid leaf record count (it should be 175 of 5069)" came up. Ram repairs and so on, and it seemed to clear, but the disc wouldn't mount when I tried to verify again.
Booted with S-command and tried fsck -fy which I'd come across earlier in the day. (Logged in with my username and new password.) At **Checking Extended Attributes file the same error came up as I found with disk utility. Then I had,
**Checking volume bitmap
**Checking volume information
**Repairing volume
*++++ FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
sh-2.05a# 0
I've been reinstalling and trying things all day but I know I've gone as far as I can without your help now. Hope there's some way to fix this.
Thanks for reading all that.

Thank you, baltwo. I've done that a few times and it shows the same message. But I'll keep at it for a while.
I'm thinking maybe I'll need Diskwarrior which I saw mentioned in some threads here.
*In my OP I meant 'it wouldn't accept my password' in the third paragraph.

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Invalid Leaf Record Count??

After Software Update installed new versions of QuickTime and iTunes, my computer hung while doing the required restart. It got stuck at the point where the spinning clock thing appears. I had to force a shutdown by pressing and holding the power button. Now when I run Disk Utility (from an OS X install CD) to repair the disk, I get the following error message:
Invalid leaf record count.
It should be 7, instead of 66.
The repair ends with a message that the disk could not be repaired. However, when I start-up in single-user mode and do a disk repair by typing in “fsck –yf”, I get no error messages, and it says the hard disk appears to be OK. I also ran DiskWarrior, but that did not fix the “invalid leaf record count” problem.
I would be interested to know what “invalid leaf record count” means and if I should be concerned.
Thanks.
Lou

You can get this error if you use an older Panther CD instead of the Tiger DVD on your 10.4 as per this article.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301266

Invalid leaf record count, keys out of order?

Yesterday I returned home from a month long trip which I did not bring my 13 inch 2011MacBook Pro on.
I plugged it in and turned it on, and connected my phone to it so i could retrieve some photos. I looked away and looked back to see the grey "You must hard shut down your computer" error message. Possibly because i think the phone may have been disconnected without being properly ejected? So i turned it off and then later the next day, when I try to turn it on it is stuck on the white apple loading screen forever. When I startup with Command+R and enter disk utility, it tells me:
Invalid Leaf record count, keys out of order, volume could not be repaired. When I startup in single user mode and use fsck -fy it tells me the same.
I got it used less than a year ago. I have some pretty heavy applications like MS Office, Photoshop and a few other adobe applications, and The Sims 3.
Help!

When Disk Utility can't repair a hard drive, with an error like that, many buy Disk Warrior to do the repair. You can see an answer on the Disk Warrior site here.
Or, if you have a system backup, erase the hard drive (I would probably do a secure erase and write zero's to the hard drive) and restore it.

Leaf Record Count???

Hi
I've never had any probs with my powerbook g4 until last week when it started to operate at a very very very slow pace and sometimes not connecting to my desktop (grey screen only after the apple logo). After running the disk repair from disk utility everything repaired apart from the leaf record count - which said:
"Invalid leaf record count
(It should be 6 instead of 53)"
Does anyone know what this means? My mac started working ok again after repairing it despite this,but on Friday my mac wouldn't connect to anything on my desktop and the mouse arrow just kept turning into the spinning disk as if it was loading something but to no avail. Today it's working ok again but at a slow pace and when running the repair disk again in disk utility it says everything is fine apart from this leaf record count again - is this whats causing the problems? And if so, how do I repair it?

Keelyb24:
Joeuu is correct. Here is documentaton: Mac OS X 10.3: Disk Utility reports inaccurate "Volume needs to be repaired" message when checking Mac OS X 10.4 volume. If you used a Panther install disk for running DU, i suggest you try it from the Tiger install disk.
In terms of your slow computer, that is another issue. Take a look at Dr. Smoke's FAQ Tuning Mac OS X Performance and see if you find anything there that helps. If the problem persists, please post back with further questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius

Invalid leaf count

Hi everybody,
First that all, my English is not very good, sorry for my grammar mistakes.
In the School i work have a Power Mac G5, about two months i could not empty the trash, get error -1. I start the machine with the original Install CD (Mac OS X 10.3.2 AHT 2.1.1) start up the machine and I verify the disk with Disk Utility and get an error: Invalid leaf record count (It should be 1 instead of 211) The volume Macintosh HD need to be repaired, when I try to repair it get 1 volume could not be repaired. The volume is Journaled HFS+
I was looking on the web and found three possible solutions:
1.- Run '/sbin/fsck -fy'
2.- Diskwarrior 4 (I HAVE TO BUY IT)
3.- reformat hard drive (PLEASE NO!!! I have a lot root configurations and bash opctions, ssh, etc.)
Plase someone can give me an advice, suggestion, which will be the best option, and we want to upgrade it to Leopard, but I stop because this error.
I will appreciate any help
Ivan

Clone your drive with SuperDuper - makes an exact image.
Then never ever rely on just Apple First Aid, the best time to buy Disk Warrior of course is BEFORE you need to.
I'd als throw a new WD Cavair Black in your shopping cart.
Never use Disk Utility or any utility that is older than what you are using, that it supports your current system. And instead of using any CD or DVD, even Disk WArrior,
Setup an emergency boot drive with just fully updated Apple OS plus your utilities and used for nothing else;
A clone / backup from SuperDuper that is for just the system and updated before any update;
A backup of your data to another drive (might want more than one backup set so you don't lose or write over anything).

Invalid Leaf Count Record

When I repaired my startup disk with Disk Utility, an invalid leaf count record error was reported. From looking at other posts, it appears that one of the recommended things to do for this is trying to repair the issue with Disk Utility. I tried this using Disk Utility 4.1. I replaced my directory with the rebuilt directory. Unfortunately, when I started back up from my install CD and ran Repair Disk, the invalid leaf count record error was reported again.
Any advice would be much appreciated... maybe I did something wrong.
Thanks

First, I realized that I had the error message wrong. I should have wrote "Invalid Leaf Record Count" originally instead of "Invalid Leaf Count Record". I doubt this makes a difference, but just in case there it is.
Secondly, I am running 10.3.9 and have been doing so for quite some time. My understanding based on this is that DiskWarrior 4.1 should work. I took your advice and tried running DiskWarrior again. As I did previously, I simply booted from DiskWarrior because the disk I am trying to fix is my startup disk. I rebuilt and replaced the directory with DiskWarrior 4.1 again. As a matter of fact, I ran it multiple times while I had it going. I even ran it under the scavenge mode.
After doing this, I restarted the computer, ejected the DiskWarrior disc, and put in my install disc that came with my iMac. I booted from this CD and reran "Repair Disk" with Disk Utility. The error stills shows up. One thing to note is that my install disc came with 10.3.5 on it. Could this somehow cause a problem? My understanding is that you should always use an install disc for the major OS version you are running to run the "Repair Disk" function of Disk Utility. For example use an install disc for 10.3 if you are trying to repair a disk running 10.3.x or use an install disc for 10.4 if you are trying to repair a disk running 10.4.x.
Prior to ever running DiskWarrior, I used the fsck command from single-user mode. Interestingly, the error did not show up here. I thought the "Repair Disk" function with Disk Utility was similar to this command, but maybe there is enough variation to cause the difference. Do you guys have any idea, which one I should trust?
Let me know if any of this is incorrect. Any other suggestions regarding this error would be welcomed. I don't really understand what the error itself means. For now, I guess I will just leave it since I don't really know what else to do. Maybe in the future it will get worse and DiskWarrior will recognize it... I know that's asking for a problem!

What is an invalid leaf count?

My computer wasn't starting up and it was just going to the page with the apple and clock thing that kept spinning. I ran disk utility. It repaired one volume, but it said that when it checked my extended attributes file, I had an invalid leaf record count and that it couldn't be repaired. Does anyone know if that's serious? If a volume can't be repaired, what should I do? Wipe out my hard drive and start over? I just installed Leopard and my computer has been running really slow since then. Could that have anything to do with it?
I'm really confused...if anyone can help me, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

It means that a node for a B-tree structure on the HFS Extended (Plus) volume has been changed for some reason. Thus, the leaf node no longer refers to other nodes or records in the proper manner.
Disk Utility may not able to repair this type of error on the bottom level (exclusively for leaf nodes) of a B-tree structure for the HFS Extended format volume. In a similar disk logical error, there is "Keys Out of Order" that indicates a key record/s on a B-tree structure is damaged.
It is essential to run Disk Utility to repair the issue via starting up from Leopard install disc because B-tree structures are complex. If it cannot fix the issue, try Disk Utility built in Tiger's Install disc. The second option is a third-party utility called DiskWarrior 4.0. The last option is to perform "Erase and Install."
Best wishes

Invalid volume file count and directory count

My wife's macbook pro started shutting down by itself randomly, so i performed Disk Utility Verify Disk and found these errors:
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Invalid volume directory count
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Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
As i do not have the Mac OS Leopard disks physically with me, I target-disk started her mac on my mac, and use my mac to run Disk Utility on her hard-disk, and repaired the disk without problems.
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Well, the disk errors are due to corruption caused by the random power downs, so focus on getting that issue solved first. What's the stats on the battery?

Verify Disk: Invalid Volume File Count

So... I'm not really sure what to do or what exactly is wrong. I'm hoping not to reboot or reinstall all together, but if I have to... I suppose there's no choice.
I tried 'Verify Disk' from the utilities, but is fails and says
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 712836 instead of 712840)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 171417 instead of 171413)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
I tried doing a 'Repair Disk' from the installation CD, but it says it fails because it could not unmount the HD.
what am I doing wrong and how can I fix it and is it really bad?
I've heard some suggest to go buy Disk Warrior. Will this fix it... or.. probably not?

*"Will this fix it... or.. probably not?"*
You won't know until you give it a try. You should own a copy of Disk Warrior anyway for at least some peace of mind in the future.
If it doesn't work, then you'll need to backup your files, erase the drive and start from scratch.

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On my desktop system (10.6.8), every once in a while Disk Utility says there is an invalid volume file count (off by 2) and an invalid volume directory count (also off by 2). I boot off the DVD, use Disk Utility to repair the file system, and a couple of weeks later, it recurs. Any way to figure out what's causing this and put an end to it?

A Cortez wrote:
I generally don't post here unless a problems has become a REAL problem. I upgraded a few months back to MacOS10.6.8 and have experienced some pretty strange behavior. It starts with horizontal lines across the screen and these can appear for several hours and then hang or within 10-15 minutes of starting up. The obvious check for me is to run disk utility because it looks to me like something is getting overwritten - virtual memory maybe. When I run disk verify I get:
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled 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.
Invalid volume file count
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Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 157930 instead of 157903)
I then have to repair the disk by starting up from original install disks...
I'm getting the horizontal lines right now and I just ran disk repair!
I can't run/find/access Apple Hardware test - seems to have disappeared from this release!
Any ideas as to how to fix/stop it from happening. It seems to be happening daily, today it has happened at least 3 times....
making me nuts!
Appears you have directory damage & need a stronger 3rd party utility to fix. You should not use your computer until the damage has been repaired to avoid damaging your directory any further.
Utilities are best run from the CDs to avoid system interference & false readings/reports. You must use the versions that are compatible w/your OS system & keep the utilities updated to avoid damaging/harming/trashing your system.
You need to make your own decision on which to purchase. Read up on them on their websites because each do something a little different.
DiskWarrior (Highly Recommended for Directory Damage Repair)
Techtool Pro
Drive Genius
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Check out:
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Verify Disk gives message invalid volume file count/invalid directory count

My Powerbook G4 (running Leopard 10.5.5) was running slower and slower. So I ran Disk Utility. When running “Verify Disk”, I received the following message -
Quote
At “checking volume information”, got the following message –
Invalid volume file count
(it should be 608262 instead of 608269)
invalid volume directory count
(it should be 126277 instead of 126270)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Unquote
A friend told me my hard drive was DEAD and needed to be repaired. Is this true or is there some way to fix my drive?

I started up from my latest OS X Installer (Leopard) and opened Disk Utility (although it seems to give me the Disk Utility that's on my Hard Drive, NOT one on the installation disk). Repair Disk was NOT an option (even after running Verify Disk again to see if that helped).
So, now what do I do now? Disk Warrior may help (or it may not) and a new hard disk isn't THAT expensive. Should I just go ahead and bite the bullet and get a new hard drive???
Oh, and while I'm asking questions - my PowerBook G4 is 5 years old. Besides the dodging hard drive everything else is running ok. But after 5 years (mainly run on mains power, not the battery), is it about time for a new battery? Is there a way to tell whether your battery is about to die before it actually dies and you can't start up?
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INVALID VOLUME FILE COUNT and INVALID VOLUME DIRECTORY COUNT

Every few days, something on my machine is causing an invalid volume file count and an invalid volume directory count. Error message will read something like:
Invalid volume file count
(it should be 520176 instead of 520178)
Invalid volume directory count
(it should be 152750 instead of 152748)
This causes the machine to lock up.
This is my SECOND machine (same set up on the previous machine) that is experiencing these issues. Once I run the disk utility off of the original OS disk everything is fine.

This is my SECOND machine (same set up on the previous machine) that is experiencing these issues. Once I run the disk utility off of the original OS disk everything is fine.
Invest in a couple things - backup drive, Disk Warrior, and SuperDuper
Install OS X to part of your external (small and just big enough for an emergency system and minimal programs).
Booting off DVD is fine, but no Finder and you are limited to the (older) version of Disk Utility on there (and it does get updated and changed).
Clone your system for boot backup, especially before updates and changes.
Disk Warrior recognizes and repairs more issues, some of which Apple First Aid doesn't even look for.
So even though it appears okay afterward...
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How to proceed from Disk repair "invalid directory item count" "this disk needs to be repaired"?

I'm trying to repair the hard drive on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6.8. To be honest I'm surprised the machine has lasted so long. It's very sluggish at the moment.
When verifying the hard drive, I get these details:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 37 instead of 35)
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
"This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."
How should I proceed from here? Is the only path to use a mac OS X installation disk (which I don't have, so would have to source and borrow)?
Many thanks

Get the disk and insert it in the optical drive, then restart holding down the C key. You will come to an install screen to pick language. Unless you want some other language click inter. Then before you go any further, look to the top of the screen for a drop down utilities menu. Go to disk utilities open an select your Internal hard drive use repair option in the menu and repair drive . You may have to do this more than once. If this will not repair you drive,you will need a third party repair tool such as disk warrior or a new drive.

Disk Utility: invalid volume file count & directory count

My MacBook OS X version 10.5.8 has ran quite slowly occasionally but I think that's due to the fact I've had it for almost 5 years. But then yesterday it kept on freezing every few seconds so that it was impossible to do anything. I then left it overnight and in the morning cleared the safari cache and kept rebooting it which eventually stopped it freezing so often. But now certain applications such as iTunes keep quitting before they even open properly and applications that do work still freeze every so often. So then I ran disk utility and verified the disk which came up with this:
"Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled 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.
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 759557 instead of 759584)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 157930 instead of 157903)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed."
However the 'repair disk' button is dimmed so I can't click on it. Then when I typed in my problem on the help bar it said I need to use the installation disk to be able to repair this but I don't know where this disc is, so was wondering if there are any ways of fixing this without needing a disc?

was wondering if there are any ways of fixing this without needing a disc?
No.
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:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782?viewlocale=en_US
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
Call Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775, provide the Serial Number and specifications of the Mac, and for a reasonable fee, they will supply a replacement set of system discs (if available).
The discs will be for the original version of the OS that was pre-installed when the Mac was manufactured.

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I have noticed a minor problem with my Mac Pro when restarting. Sometimes it will fail to restart correctly and simply displays the grey screen (but not the apple icon). Usually powering down the Mac Pro will get it to start up correctly. Not ideal, but manageable.
I ran Disk Utility earlier to check what may be causing this issue and was given the following after Verifying Disk:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 33 instead of 32)
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the Mac OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
If I restart and launch Recovery HD will I lose any data or mess things up? The machine works perfectly fine once booted and I was none the wiser to this error until I ran disk utility. The timing is unfortunate as I have just ordered a replacement drive for Time Machine due to an unrelated external hard drive error, so I don't have a recent backup which is a bit unnerving.
I want to run Recovery HD but I'm worried its going to cause a problem on an otherwise fully operational machine. I don't want to create an issue unless there is one (especially when I dont have a secure backup for a few more days). I also have Disk Warrior which has been fantastic in the past, but I cannot use it on the Mackintosh HD as it wont allow rebuilding of the startup disc.
So my question is: Should I run recovery HD now or just wait until I have a secure backup just in case it screws up? Is it possible Recovery HD may "create" a problem for me on my machine which runs and operates perfectly (minus the restart problem).

I went into Recovery HD and ran Disk Utility. It verified and repaired the permissions without any data loss or problems. As a bonus the boot problem seems to have been recitifed.

Invalid leaf record count (it should be 175 of 5069)

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