Problem with Disk Warrior

Greetings.
I'm attempting to run DW 3.0.3 rev 39 on my back-up computer, an iMac 400 on which I recently installed 10.3.9. Main computer is in the shop.
Computer boots up from DW disk OK, however, during "rebuilding directory," the computer freezes during step 8, "reading from CD, one moment please."
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks.

Hi Jerry,
I had a similar problem about a year ago. Eventually I had to do a reinstall of 10.3.9.
You might try booting from your install disk and running Disk Repair. If it finds problems, keep running it until it indicates your system is OK.
Then try running DW...
Hope this helps,
Bob

Similar Messages

Rebuild with Disk Warrior

My hard drive failed the other day. I ran Disk Utility on it and when trying to repair permissions, I got errors saying that Disk Utility could not fix problems because of a drive failure.
I tried Drive Genius to do some diagnostics, but it couldn't do anything to the drive.
So, I can rebuild the drive with Disk Warrior, but it can't replace it. It will let me preview it. So, I can move the files to another drive. But what do I do after that? I assume I have to wipe the drive and reformat it. But then how do I get the backed up info onto that drive? Can I use Disk Utility for that? I know there's a Restore feature. If I can get the files onto the drive, will it be bootable?
Also, the drive is healthy, according to Disk Warrior, but should this be an indication that it's time for a new drive?

Kurt, it occurs to me that Al might be trying to rebuild that drive while still booted from it. He didn't mention it, but you didn't ask. If that's the problem, Disk Warrior would, as always, return the message that it can rebuild the directory info but can't replace it.
I'm sure Al already knows this. However, even very experienced people get in a hurry and forget that they must boot (and run Disk Warrior) from another drive (or from the CD / DVD that Alsoft ships to purchasers, which has both Disk Warrior and an OS X boot system on it) if they want to actually complete a repair of their main boot HD.
If you boot from the drive that you're trying to scan and repair, Disk Warrior will play nice and scan it, and can do various other graphing and diagnostic functions, but DW will refuse to whack, optimize and replace the directory & table files -- which is what performs the actual DW magic.

I have a problem with disk utility that is not on my mac pro

I have a problem with disk utility that is not on my mac pro

Open your Applications folder then open the Utilities folder. It should be there.
If not, click the magnifying glass icon top right corner of your screen. That's Spotlight.
Type: Disk Utility
Hopefully it will show up.
Mac Basics: Spotlight

Problems with Disk Utility Repairing Permissions

Has anyone who had problems with Disk Utility after installing 10.5.1 through Software Update been able to resolve them by installing the Combo update instead?

The Solution?
REINSTALL OSX using the Install DVD.
I called APPLE Support and we went through a troubleshooting process to rule out Network Issues, Software Issues, File Issues and Hardware Issues. This process was very thorough.
In the end, we used the Operating System Installation DVD to reinstall the system, which took about 60 minutes including downloading the updates. Reinstallation did not affect any files or lose any applications. Everything was as I left it -- nothing was missing. Easy.
Now everything is back to normal.

Problems with Disk Utility

Hi,
iPhoto crashed my computer in a big way and after leaving the rainbow wheel for about an hour, with very sluggish response I kept the power button down and reset (without doing a shutdown).
Unfortunately it has a created a massive problem with my Macbook Pro, in so much that it no longer boots up.
I get the grey screen with the Apple and progress wheel, but then nothing.
I have booted from an external USB hard disk (also 10.6) and ran disk utility.
S.M.A.R.T. reports all ok
Repair disk reports all ok
Repair disk permissions fails with the following error:
Error: Permissions verify or repair failed
I've checked the system.log file and this is the error:
com.apple.DiskManagement.RepairPermissions|2011-09-05 18:15:02 +0100
Sep 5 18:16:38 unknown-c4-2c-03-37-31-6d diskmanagementd[1230]: APICALLBACK_dmAsyncFinishedForDisk_PERM_result dmErr=-9901 detailErr=10
Sep 5 18:16:38 unknown-c4-2c-03-37-31-6d com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[2005]: 2011-09-05 18:16:38.593 ReportCrash[2005:2703] Saved crash report for repair_packages[1996] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/repair_packages_2011-09-05-181638_localhost.cra sh
There's other errors in the system.log, but these seem the most pertinent to the problem.
Can anyone please advise on how I repair this, or do I need to buy Disk Warrior and rebuild the directory structure?
Thanks,
GD

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
Superduper to create a bootable carbon copy and TM for incrementals.
I really don't want to re-install OSX and then recover the components from TM though for several reasons.
Thanks.

Known problem with Disk Utility formatting Windows NT drive ?

I have had a strange problem while formatting a newly purchased Iomega USB (Seagate) with version 11.1 (252.4) of Disk Utility (OS 10.5.8). The drive was NTSF and I wanted Mac OS extended. The first attempt failed, unfortunately I didn't note the exact message. I tried again and this time D.U. was stuck on on a wait progress bar with message "not a multiple of 4". Disk Warrior reported disk too severly damaged. Only Drive Genius could properly format the drive. Anyone knows what happened?

I'm not sure what caused the problem you observed, but did you first change the partition scheme to a Mac-friendly one before you tried to do the reformat?
Thanks.
Well, no I didn't and I simply applied "erase to Mac OS extended". Maybe there is a change from earlier versions of D.U. So far and as far as I am aware, D.U. would erase a DOS disk and by default choose the Apple partition scheme. But this default setting could have been changed to GUID with the Intel Macs, or even to DOS if the drive is DOS. This option is hidden in further options in the partition settings along with the DOS partition scheme and unless you decide to partition the drive and not just erase it, it is not visible. As a matter of facts, Drive Genius offers the choice between Mac OS and GUID as you erase the disk.
So this could be the culprit, if for instance D.U. erased to Mac OS extended but kept the DOS partition scheme. It seems unlikely though that the developers didn't take that error possibility into account to include a warning of some sort... but that's what I wanted to make sure.

Problems with disk permissions repair

What software will work when disk permissions fails to solve the problem? My Mac is restartiing on it's own when I'm working......
Thanks,
CP

Two things:
1. How to Reset the SMC.
2. Backup your files, erase the hard drive, reinstall OS X or try:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
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, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) 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. Now restart normally.
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. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

My Mac Pro 1,1 won't boot, problems with disk.

I am having problems booting my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1. I was using my computer just fine and then I shut the computer down. When I tried to restart it the computer booted the the Apple logo and the status whell began turning, and then a progress bar appears under that and begins to load. It loads about 1/10 of the way, dissappears and then the computer shuts off.
I booted the computer using Command + R and attempted to reinstall OSX Lion, but it would not allow me to select a drive to install too. They are all grayed out. From here I went into Disk Utility and attempted to Verify Disk Permissions. A laundry list of errors immediatly came up. Next step was the verify the disk, at which point the message read that the disk seamed to be corrupted and needed to be repaired. I tried to repair the disk but was then told that the disk couldn't be repaired, to recover any data and reformat the drive.
The problem with this is that I have not backed anything up (yes I know I am a TARD) but this is my situation and I need some help. At this point I would just like to recover the info that's on this disk, and without a computer to do this I'm not sure how to do this. At this moment I am attempting to make a disk image of the corrupted drive in hopes that this will allow me to restore it later.
Please somebody help. I bought this computer with a lot of pre-installed programs, (i.e Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Studio, etc.) not to mention all of my other files.

I have an external drive that I used to keep files backup up on, again I'm a TARD, and no longer do. I've been messing around with the Recovery option when I boot and during this venture saw my main HD unmount and just would not do anything. After trying a few things I reset the system again and when I got back to recovery noticed that the drive had mounted again. I am now using disk utility to copy the entire contents of this main HD to the external drive. Est. time remaining is 12 hours. I did have the external filled up with some stuff but nothing I wasn't willing to trade for all of my applications (that came pre-installled when I bought the machine) and other files. I've read that even doing this isn't a fail proof way to solve the problem as their are still corrupted files, but Disk Utility said that my drive couldn't be repaired and to backup what I could and format the drive. I am hoping that backing up everything to this external drive will give me at least some oportunity to recover my apps, files etc. It also said that if disk utility couldn't fix the drive to boot from the CD and try it that way. Unfortunatly I downloaded Lion and don't have one. I just bought this HD about 2 years ago. Is a Seagate and I haven't had any problems from it. When my computer stopped working I had just been using it and just reset the computer. I am definitly going to get another drive but what are your thoughts on my ability to recover everything? I've heard there are some programs that can handle it.

Problems with Disk Utility & Mounting DMG!! Help!!

Hey guys, im a fairly inexperienced mac user anyways I recently bought a IBOOK G3 with Tiger 10.4 and i'm having major issues with Disk Utility and installing applications.
The issues with D.I are that it loads up then I get the error message "Disk Utlity started but a background process needed in Disk Utility didn't start properly. Please quit and restart Disk Utility. And when I do restart it, i get the same error over and over.
Also my second problem is whenever I try to and install DMG files I get the error: "Broken Pipe" and sometimes "Device Not Configured"
I've tried searching for resolutions for each problem but they both involve the other functioning! I'm really at a loss, i've tried using programs like pacifist to reinstall my original files etc and they haven't seemed to help.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you xxx

Hi Kellie, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then 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, reboot when it completes.
The usual reason why updates fail or mess things up, is if Permissions are not fixed before & after every update, with a reboot... you may get a partial update when the installer finds it doesn't have Permissions to change one obscure little part of the OS, leaving you with a mix of OS versions.
Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates.
May even need to do an Archive and Install if you have room on the HD, but saves all your files and gives a new OS...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
That way I can wait a week or so, check the forums for potential problems, and get Permissions & such in order before installing.
Report if there were errors please.

Problem with Disk Utility and with ITunes and with Classic

Greetings. I have had problems with ITunes recently; when I try to open it, it gives me the error message: "The ITunes Music Library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
When I looked at the ITunes discussion section, people had two ideas for other people who had the same problem:
(1) Make sure that the library of music files is write-enabled (which it is) and not locked (it isn't) and
(2) Go to Disk Utility and repair the disk.
Since (1) is not a problem, I am trying (2). However, when I open Disk Utility, it just stays on the window, stating "Gathering disk information..." and proceeds no further.
Perhaps related to these problems, when I try to start up Classic, the window opens, but it gets stuck at the very beginning (stating "Classic starting up using System Folder ...") and proceeds no further.
Can anyone help me with these multiple problems? Thanks in advance.

amandel
The problems you report are different than those relating to the iTunes receipts/DU conflict. Trashing those receipts as suggested is necessary to get DU to repair permissions, but, as I understand it, you couldn't get DU to recognise your drives. And I've seen no posts relating to iTunes 6 and Classic.
I've had the problem you describe before (at least vis-a-vis DU). In principle DU's "Repair Disk" function would fix it, but of course if the disk's don't mount in DU then you can't fix them:)
Therefore fsck is a good solution, or trying DU from the Installer Disk (don't start to install, just let the first installer window appear, go to the menu and choose "Open Disk Utility") and repairing. Then reboot and repair permissions, preferably with DU running from your hard drive.
Maybe you're more of a "don't touch what's still running" kind of person, but it sounds to me like the systems a bit wobbly and needs some tender loving care. You could try a clean up using a program like OnyX as well - it won't do any harm.
Robert
G4 PB Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Assistance with Disk Warrior and Flashing Question Mark

Hello, guys!
I need a help. My computer was not booting and kept flashing question mark. I've tried First Aid, didn't help. Then I've checked with Apple store technicians, after all they reccommentd me to run Disk Warrior v.4. I did, but it couldn't create a directory for the files. What does it mean? What would be next step?
Thank you very much for any advice.
Message was edited by: Host

Hi, Olimpia. If your hard drive's directory is very, very badly damaged, DiskWarrior may not be able to reconstruct it. Did you see an error message in Diskwarrior that said something like that? If so, you have no choice but to use something like Data Rescue II to recover what files it can, and then erase and zero the hard drive and start over.
If you didn't see any error message, but Diskwarrior seemed to be taking a very long time and didn't appear to be doing anything, it was probably still working and just needed time and patience. I've seen several reports of Diskwarrior successfully rebuilding badly damaged directories but taking several days to do it, and one instance when it successfully completed a rebuild after *14 days* of continuous work. If it doesn't show any error message, just let it keep on working.

Problems with disk drive assembly Satellite pro 4200

I have problems with a Satellite pro 4200.
The Notbook reads no more disks. The drive assembly I exchanged ready, however did not function. The drive assembly is addressed, but it is to be read not possible disks or formatted. Also a Bios update is not possible, since the drive assembly reads no more disks.
cu
Eltgen

Hi Eltgen
Sorry but it is not easy to say what the problem is on this way. If I understand you right you have built in a new FDD because old one was defective. Am I right?
It will be interesting to know is the new one already used part. Maybe is the new one also defective. I hope that a small control light is on if you put the disk inside.

Grey startup screen and problems with disk utility

hey all,
I recently started up my powerbook and it froze on the grey screen that you see right after startup. I also noticed that the hard drive wasn't making any noise like usual. I then booted from DVD to run disk utility. The disk utility can see the hard drive but it cannot verify or repair the disk or permissions since the options are blanked out. I have not installed any major updates or new software recently. It seems to have happened out of the blue. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you.
15" powerbook 1.5GHz 1G ram Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Morgan:
I don't have disk warrior and I am wondering if now might be a good time to get it.
DW is a great tool you will use again and again, if not for troubleshooting, for maintenance. In my experience, it is an excellent investment.
I still don't like it that your volume doesn't show up. I am assuming that you are using install disks for the OS you have installed. Am I right?
Good luck.
cornelius

Problem with Disk Utility. Can anyone help?

For months now, my friend's iMac no longer verifies or repairs disk permissions. This is what it reports everytime:
Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
*Reading permissions database.*
*Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.*
ACL found but not expected on "Applications/Utilities".
*Permissions verification complete*
It does all this within 5 seconds each time. Clearly it is not verifying/repairing disk permissions because normally you get a huge list of permissions and it takes way more than 5 seconds.
So if anyone can tell me what might be wrong or how to go about fixing, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank You,
David

Try this way:
Repair 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 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. Now restart normally.
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.
If you continue to have the same issue then while booted into the installer disc select Reset Password from the Utilities menu. Do not make any changes to the password section, rather to the bottom where there is an option to fix the permissions on the user's Home folder and to remove ACLs. Select that option and then click on the Done button (I think it's the Done button.)

G5 will only re-start with Disk Warrior CD! Not Hard Drive...

I just ran Disk Warrior. Now when the computer re-starts, it keeps re-booting on the CD drive.
How do I change to the regular hard drive.
I've tried ejecting the CD. I've turned computer off for several minutes. It still re-starts on CD.
Thanks.

Sean,
Macintosh: How to Eject a Disc When Other Options Do Not Work, and if that doesn't work, restart the computer, then hold down the mouse button.
;~)

Problem with Disk Warrior

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for