O.T. FREE Tech Tool De Luxe For Apple

This is not available for Intel based Macs,and the Apple website is currently being uncooperative
with my attempts to download this,but you might have more luck :
https://support.apple.com/techtooldeluxe/main?id=dl

Thanks for the alert! Unfortunately, I'm not having any more luck downloading than you are. I'll try again later. Beth On 5/16/06 2:51 PM, in article [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not available for Intel based Macs,and the Apple website is currently > being uncooperative > with my attempts to download this,but you might have more luck : > > <a href=https://support.apple.com/techtooldeluxe/main?id=dl>

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This is an open plea to iTunes, Apple, and the artists who post free tunes on iTunes. The trend for the last several months has been to offer only one song each week as a free download. This is an incredible shame!! When there were three or four songs each week, I was very likely to discover new music, buy new albums, and attend shows for these bands. It's just a matter of numbers—if there are more songs to preview, I’m more likely to find one that inspires me to support the musicians. I'd like to think it works that way for everyone else too.
Case in point--back when there were multiple free songs each week, I frequently found a free song that I enjoyed so much that I purchased the album:
Andy Grammer
Chiddy Bang
Drop City Yacht Club
Florence + the Machine
The Lone Bellow
Parachute
Olafur Arnalds
Ryan Star
Selah Sue
William Fitzsimmons
The Young Romans
Young the Giant
During that time, I also attended nine different concerts featuring the artists above. Since the number of songs was dropped to one, I rarely find music that inspires me. So what’dya say? Can we up the free tunes a bit? Please??

Richie Witch wrote:
During that time, I also attended nine different concerts featuring the artists above.
Concerts are almost always a loss for the artist and the label, unless you are one of the top acts.

CS3 Illustrator and Free Transform Tool

I have a problem with the function Free Transform Tool in Illustrator to OS X. After clicking on the icon Free Transform Tool object can become distorted. I got command key, I'm with the cursor in the corner, but does not work. Tried the instructions here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/13.0/help.html?content=WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07 d0100196cbc5f-646d.html, but it also does not work. By someone he did not know where could be the problem? Thanks a lot.

Use Effect>3D>Rotate to rotate the PNG into a perspective plane. It is not as accurate as the distortion mesh method, but it might work for you.
Alternatively, you can use the distortion mesh method and edit the mesh with the mesh tool directly. It is tedious because you'll have o move the anchor points and direction points separately (The free transform tool does this for you in one step).
A third option is to download the 30-day free trial of AICS4. You can make the distortion then open the file in CS3.
I don't have CS4 either and I am forced to keep 2 versions of Illustrator on my machine because of this bug.
Adobe should not force users to upgrade, just to get a bug fix.

Tech Tools for Intel?

I spent time with a Genius at the apple store yesterday. He had no success, but advised me to download tech tools and use it to try to retrieve files before reinstalling system software.
Is there a version for the Macbook (Intel)? I have not been able to locate it.
Here's the history of what's been done since I got the dreaded grey folder/question mark:(
I used the Disk Utility/Repair Disk and got the following report:
First Aid Failed
Disk Utility stopped repairing "disk0s2" because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit
Verify and Repair disk "disk0s2"
Checking HFS Plus volume.
(red font) Invalid B-tree node size
Volume check failed.
ERROR: The underlying task reported failure on exit.
1 HFS volume checked
(red font) 1 volume could not be repaired because of an error.
I also performed the Hardware test on the startup disk and the report said there are no problems.

Better check it with apple care, they maybe will offer a discount or give you the newer version for free.
Or pre-owner tech tool pro might have upgrade discount from micromat (the vendor).
Micromat is also working on an upgrade for TechTool Protege to support the new Intel-based Macs. Like the TechTool Pro 4.5 update, Protege owners will be offered a low cost update as well. Micromat expects to have this update available to Protege owners in approximately 30 days after the release of TechTool Pro 4.5. This update will include a convenient "flash" application that allows the user to quickly and easily configure Protege to the system(s) on which they intend to utilize the device. As with the TechTool Pro update, Micromat expects this update to ship on DVD media for $25.
taken from here:
http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=85
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CS3 Free Transform Tool does not work at all for distortion

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I STILL cannot get this to work. I have tried everything suggested in this thread. I have followed the directions in the help menus explicitly. I have tried grouping, ungrouping. I have tried it on type, on type changed to outlines, on simple rectangles. Without success.
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Windows 8 free upgrade tool for model VPCF226FM

Hi everyone I used before to download the free upgrade tool from support website, where it helped me to uninstall incompitable drivers/tools/utilities and re-install them later after upgrading to Windows 8 I am not able to find that tool anymore and downloading/installing drivers one by one is not working fine. I have removed power management & Vaio control center and re-installed more than dozen time and still have same issue as unable to use FN keys to control brightness

Hi athensguy,
Thank you for considering Sony Community!
I am not sure what specific application you used before but all drivers and software that is compatible with your machine are listed on eSupport website. If you are refereeing to the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8, please visit this link: Windows® 8 Upgrade Instructions for VAIO® PCs
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Power Cycle - Remove the battery and all peripherals -> press and hold the power button for 5 seconds
Reset BIOS.
Got o Device Manager -> Keyboards -> right click Keyboard driver -> Uninstall (DO NOT DELETE) -> restart the laptop. The driver will be reinstalled.
Download or update all the drivers from eSupport website.
For further assistance, we kindly recommend visiting our Sony Global Web site for information on contacting the Sony Support Center in your region at http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/Support/.
Hope these help.
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Free, Online Tools for MSPs

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Hi,
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Hi Vijay,
Even if you hold a free pass you would require to register online at www.sapteched.com/india and choose the exam.
If you have not done so already, you would now be unable to take ceertification since registrations for certification has closed on Friday, October 20, 2006.
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1. The total no. of years of SAP experience
2. The total no. of months with your current employer
3. That you have been nominated by your organization OR that your organization does not object to you attempting certification as an individual.
You would require to send us a hard copy of this letter, but to speeden the process you could mail a scanned copy of this letter to us by end of day today (email: [email protected]).
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IIn my InDesign CS6, the Free Transform tool is absent from the Tools Panel.
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It's in the same grouping as the Rotate, Shear or Scale tool. Click and hold on the tool (notice the little arrow in lower right corner?) to expose the whole group, or press E with no text cursor active.

Tech Tool Deluxe won't install

I got Applecare for my dual G5 1.8 GHz (Running Tiger) and it came with this spiffy CD of Tech Tool Deluxe.
I tried to install it from the CD. It got all the way through the installation, then it was "searching the HD." I let it search. It searched all night. And all day. After about 18 hours of searching, I quit the installer.
I then ran disk utility to clean up permissions. I tried reinstalling Tech Tool Deluxe. Same issue.
I booted from the Tech Tool CD. Ran Tech Tool. No issues found.
I then rebooted into Tiger and tried, again, to install Tech Tool Deluxe. Same problem.
The version on the CD is 3.0.4, which is the most up to date version on Micromat's website.
Any thoughts on what's going on?
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DP G5 @ 1.8 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4)

The problem is probably that Tech Tool is now at 4.1.1. - check their site again. This (4.1.1) is the first version to be Tiger compatable - 3.0.4 is NOT Tiger friendly and probably isn't even OS X compatible - when Mac went to OS X Micromat offered 4.0.1 to us registered users as a free upgrade to get OS X compatability - the disk I bought 3 years ago for OS 9 was actually 3.0.9 so I'd say upgrade to 4.1.1 and back up your drive as they recommend until you know it isn't going to be glitchy with Tiger in this version. I would advise caution however with Tiger usage. I have 4.1.1 from an upgrade download to the disk version of 4.0.1 and the CD will not allow me to boot from it for repairs. I will need the disk of 4.1.1 to do this. I also know of two people who have lost their data and drive functionality after doing routine repairs. This may be a Quad issue - both instances were on Quads - and may not affect Duals but I'm waiting for the next upgrade before using this fix any drive issues on my Quad. I will stick with Disk Utilities on the Tiger boot disk untill then.
P.S. I was able to load 4.0.1 no sweat from the disc which does allow inspection and you can still repair all externals , just not the system drive from the desktop...
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.4) 4 GB RAM, 500GB ATA HD, NVIDEA GeForce 7800 GT, 23" HD Cinema Display

Working with my 2 FireWire HD i had a crash. the only way to start was a safe start. then id maged to start from a DVD and install a MAC OS 10.3 wich ran 4 some time then the same problem only safeMode. kernel panic inserted the tech tool DVD

working with my 2 FireWire HD i had a crash. the only way to start was a safe start. then id maged to start from a DVD and install a MAC OS 10.3 wich ran 4 some time then the same problem only safeMode. kernel panic by inserting the tech tool DVD, wich produces the following highligted text:
panic(cpu 0 caller =xffff0003): 0x300 - Data access
latest stack backtrace for CPU 0:
Backtrace:
0x0009CC88 0x00D63C 0x00029DAO 0x000BOA10 0x000B4270
proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x26acd700)
PC=0x2717E900; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x2717EBE4; R1=0x26AD3AE0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x27178B0 0x00344ACB 0x00345970 0x2717EC08 0x2718458 0x00340590
0x003496EC 0x0034B59C 0x0034A6BC 0x000B1DD4
Kernel Loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWDHC1(3.9.5)00x2717c000->0x271aafff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.10PCIFamily(2.6)00x1e840000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.I0FireWireFamily(3.4.7)00x270dd000
Exception state (sv=0x26abd280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000;R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (unknown)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
so what
greetings from berlin

Greetings,
It appears to be a FW problem, possibly flaky case, or drive problem.
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Internal hard drive/repair: SMART status; Disk Utility, Tech Tool & More

machine: 12" PowerBook 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 (Aluminium) with 80GB internal HD
internal hard drive (original): Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series HTS541080G9AT00
hard drive firmware: MB4AA5AJ
ATA version: 6
ATA standard: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a
I have monitored the SMART status etc. of my internal drive with smartmontools for some time. Occasionally, I would see an error or a failed self-test but later testing always succeeded and things did not seem to be problematic.
At the beginning of this week, I started to see a lot of failed self-tests (though some still passed), a rising number of bad ("pending") sectors and reallocation attempts (though no reallocated sectors) and various other errors. The computer seemed to have trouble reading from the disk at times and Carbon Copy Cloner reported two I/O errors when cloning (a later clone succeeded). fsck showed errors although running fsck -fy repeatedly seemed to resolve them.
The Apple hardware tests initially reported an error (2STF/8/3:ATA-100 ata-6-Master) but I hadn't realised I should disconnect peripherals before running it so I did that and repeated the test which found no issues. I ran the extended test a total of three times with no errors.
As I continued to have problems, I booted from my clone and had Disk Utility wipe the drive by writing zeros to it. (I thought trying to get it to write everywhere would either finish the drive off or force it to reallocate the bad blocks. As I understand it, in normal use, the drive won't reallocate the blocks unless it can recover the data in the hopes of reading it at a later time.)
I then continued monitoring the disk using smartmontools. At this point, short self-tests succeed but extended self-tests "disappear". They don't fail, they simply vanish. They begin and smartctl shows the test in progress but then no error or result is logged - it is as if the test was never run. The first time I did this, I got an error saying the SMART attributes could not be read but subsequent tests do not trigger even an error. Short self-tests continue to pass.
There are now (according to SMART) zero bad ("pending") sectors but zero reallocated sectors, which seems odd. The raw read error rate fluctuates (zero one minute, many thousands a while later) although I am not sure it did not do this before.
Disk Utility claims the disk does not support SMART status even though smartctl clearly shows it does. Disk Utility claims the volume is "OK".
I ran Tech Tool Deluxe 3.04 from CD and 3.1.1 from my clone. In both cases, I ran all available tests on the drive. No problems were found.
I am seeing some problems even while booted from my clone - yesterday, the system froze completely and I had to force a shut-down by switching off the power (fsck then found a minor error but repaired it). Just before this happened, I was unable to mount a disk image and was trying to rectify the situation when the system froze. It is possible that the errors fsck corrected were implicated in the freeze, rather than caused by it, since Disk Utility found and repaired similar errors for the other two clones I have (on different partitions of my external drive - yes, I know this is sub-optimal).
Here is some current output from smartmontools:
---output: smartctl -q noserial -a disk0---
smartctl version 5.38 [powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series
Device Model: Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00
Firmware Version: MB4AA5AJ
User Capacity: 80,026,361,856 bytes
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 6
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a
Local Time is: Sat Jul 3 20:28:52 2010 BST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 645) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 55) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 RawRead_ErrorRate 0x000b 100 100 062 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 SpinUpTime 0x0007 142 142 033 Pre-fail Always - 2
4 StartStopCount 0x0012 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 5793
5 ReallocatedSectorCt 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 SeekErrorRate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 SeekTimePerformance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 PowerOnHours 0x0012 039 039 000 Old_age Always - 26720
10 SpinRetryCount 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 PowerCycleCount 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 4168
191 G-SenseErrorRate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
192 Power-OffRetractCount 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 201877487644
193 LoadCycleCount 0x0012 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 2209599
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 141 141 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Lifetime Min/Max 16/46)
196 ReallocatedEventCount 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 194
197 CurrentPendingSector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMACRC_ErrorCount 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 2138 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
PoweredUpTime is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 2138 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26716 hours (1113 days + 4 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
10 51 00 09 4f c2 a0 Error: IDNF
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
b0 d6 01 09 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.500 SMART WRITE LOG
b0 d5 01 09 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.300 SMART READ LOG
b0 d1 00 00 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.000 SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS [OBS-4]
b0 d0 00 00 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.000 SMART READ DATA
b0 da 00 00 4f c2 a0 00 08:30:04.000 SMART RETURN STATUS
Error 2137 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 28 18 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 40 sectors at LBA = 0x04989518 = 77108504
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:37.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:30.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:22.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
Error 2136 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 21 1f 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 33 sectors at LBA = 0x0498951f = 77108511
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:30.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:22.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.100 READ DMA EXT
Error 2135 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 22 1e 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 34 sectors at LBA = 0x0498951e = 77108510
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:22.600 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.100 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 40 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:13.500 READ DMA EXT
Error 2134 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 26682 hours (1111 days + 18 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
40 51 28 18 95 98 e4 Error: UNC 40 sectors at LBA = 0x04989518 = 77108504
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC PoweredUpTime Command/Feature_Name
25 00 80 c0 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:16.300 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 40 94 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.700 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:14.100 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 40 93 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:13.500 READ DMA EXT
25 00 80 c0 92 98 e0 00 1d+01:30:12.100 READ DMA EXT
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBAof_firsterror
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26717 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26717 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26717 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26717 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26716 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26715 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26714 -
# 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26697 -
# 9 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 26692 75071682
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26687 -
#11 Extended offline Completed: read failure 10% 26676 77108511
#12 Short offline Completed: read failure 40% 26663 296917
#13 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26657 -
#14 Short offline Completed: read failure 10% 26646 296918
#15 Short offline Completed: read failure 70% 26645 296905
#16 Short offline Completed: read failure 10% 26644 296910
#17 Short offline Completed: read failure 10% 26644 296910
#18 Short offline Completed: read failure 40% 26643 296916
#19 Short offline Completed: read failure 20% 26643 296909
#20 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 26620 -
#21 Short offline Completed without error 00% 26618 -
Warning! SMART Selective Self-Test Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENTTESTSTATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
---end output---
Self-tests 1-8 were all run after I erased the disk. The others were run before I did so. Not listed are the extended self-tests I've started since erasing which, as I say, have simply disappeared.
The checksum error regarding the log is normal for this disk. At least, I've got that error ever since I started using smartmontools for monitoring so I assume it is normal. (I installed this version of the software in about April 2008 and have used it since.) Also, starting offline testing has never succeeded on this disk (I think I checked into this at the time but can't quite remember - this is not new, anyway).
Questions
how should I interpret all this? (Why does Disk Utility say SMART is not supported while smartctl clearly shows it is at the same time? Why do the extended tests simply vanish? Is the drive definitely dying?) I do not want to replace the disk unless I absolutely have to because I understand that replacing disks in 12" PBs is no small matter and cost is an issue. I do not want to replace the machine unless I have to because cost is an issue and, also, I really like this computer and have no idea what I would want in its place, even if expense were no obstacle.
if it isn't clear whether the drive is dying or not, is there some further strategy I can use to establish this?
if the drive is dying, is a machine of this age worth repairing and, if it is, under what circumstances is it worth doing so? For example, it might be worth doing if you can do the job yourself, but that might be quite impractical for non-expert (not to mention, inexpert) users.
if there is a hardware problem (which I obviously think is very, very probable at this point), is it definitely a dying hard drive? (I've seen people write ominous things about disk controllers etc. which I gather are more serious - or less repairable - than a "mere" dying disk.)
what questions should I be asking you and what are the answers to those questions?!
Many thanks for your patience in reading this far.
- cfr

The 12" PB internals are a bit more complex, for PB's. If you don't want to replace the hard drive yourself or pay someone to install it, you could always get an external firewire hard drive, and use it to boot from and for general usage. Would have to be firewire, since the PB won't book from a USB device. One example of what you could get is a 160GB external hard drive: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MS4U5160GB8/ . All the choices with that case are listed here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go
Have you called any Apple Authorized Service Providers to see what they would charge to install a drive for you? Whether you bought it or they supplied it? You can find a local one in the US at http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/service/

Internal hard drive won't mount after running Tech Tools Pro 5

HELP.
We have an imac 2ghz Intel Core 2 running OS 10.6.8.
I ran Tech Tools Pro 5 to rebuild directory, optimize files, optimize volume. It ran over nightbut seemed to hang up optimizing the volume.
Now the HD doesn't mount.
I've tried a few fixes. Including running disk utility from a CD. The disk utility says the directory is okay but doesn't see the HD to verify or repair permissions.
I've tried zapping the pram and safe boot, neither of which worked.
I've been able to use the computer by booting from an external start up hd.
Oddly, I ran a Time Machine back up prior to running TTP, but for some reason the only back up I see is from 3 months ago.
Not sure why the recent back up didn't happen, but were missing some very important recent docs.
I downloaded a trial version of Stellar Pheonix Mac Data Recovery and it seems to be able to see all of the data on the main HD.
I'm wondering whether or not to spend $100 for full version to attempt to restore content of HD to an external.
If I do this, I assume I'll have to erase the HD and reinstall data from the Stellar Pheonix collection, hoping that it's all intact.
Does anyone have any other suggestions to get the HD mounted????

Hi, never "Optimize" a drive before Repairing it AND having a backup clone to boot from.
I assume I'll have to erase the HD and reinstall data from the Stellar Pheonix collection, hoping that it's all intact.
No, I don't think you want an erase at all, you want a freah external drive to recover to first off.

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