Problems with hard drive after update

I updated something on my macbook pro 2 nights ago. I'm pretty sure it was a mavericks update. After doing so my iphoto wouldn't open. It was stuck on opening. So I shut everything down. When I tried to start it back up it failed. I've tried everythign I've read it seems to no avail. It says the hard drive is find. But the volume Macintosh HD won't repair. I get this message "Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files." like so many others have. Only I can't reformat the disk. I put the OS on a flash drive and thats how I'm using it right now. What can I do? I can't afford disk warrior. If I buy another hard drive, will I somehow be able to get whats on the old one off? It says 130gb are still used up which is about what I had so I guess all my pictures are still on there? Also I no longer have iphoto when booting from an external disk. It wants to charge me 15 bucks. Shouldn't this be saved under my apple id or soemthign?

Someone said they had this same question. Was there a mass mess up this past update? I read Apple will tell you its just coincidence ahd something to do with it happening to others but I think thye should be able to do something.

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fair enough. No need for any unnecessary posts either. You issue had been addressed ad nauseum already in this forum had you bothered to search this forum (as forum etiquette would dictate) before posting.
In any case, I hope that your problem was solved.

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Try Resetting your phone: hold down the home and sleep buttons, wait for the Apple logo, let go of the buttons. If this does not work Restore your iPhone in iTunes.

Hello! i've a problem with my Imac. it shows me white screen with a folder with quastion. it could be a problem with hard drive. i should insert mac os cd, but i couldnt find it. in Russia, in Finland and in Sweden the same problem)

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Have a look at some of the suggestions in this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US (Russian is available from the link within the article (top right of the page).

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Snow Leopard is a Mac OS X version. You say that it's the version you have in your Mac (10.6.8). Do a back up of your files, format the hard drive (using Disk Utility) and reinstall again

FYI: MS-7125 BIOS has problem with Hard Drives withNative Command Queuing (NCQ)

For those the have messed my two treads on which both ended up being cause by K8N Neo4 BIOS problem with HD's with NCQ.
Will wonders never cease? MSI Support finally conceded the BIOS has a problem with Hard Drives with NCQ and they have forwarded the problem to their programming department.
However, do not look for any results for above two weeks.
Roger

The problem that this thread has been trying to follow is the incapability of the nVidia RAID Controller with Serial ATA Type 2.5 drives. I know the threads has been hard to follow and part of that is because when I started the thread I had what appeared to be three totally un related problems, but all three were traced down the common problem of the incapability of RAID Controller with Serial ATA Type 2.5 drives.
The title of this thread is MS-7125 BIOS has problem with Hard Drives with Native Command Queuing(NCQ). The statement was true at the time it was written and has nothing to do with memory problems.
Sense the thread was started MSI has fixed the BIOS part of the problem, but we have sense learned the nVidia RAID Controller Command software and its driver has problems too. I have been working MSI Support, they have been using me to test pre-beta BIOS and Drivers soon. Of the testing I have done the pre-beta BIOS worked and the Pre-beta 32-bit driver works. I am assuming that the latest BIOS V1.B had as part of it included fixes was the needed fixes for working with the nVidia RAID Controller as I have test the pre-beta RAID Driver with BIOS Version V1.B as the Raid array function fine windows XP Pro 32-bit Edition. As I have had no communications with MSI support of over a week now I am hoping for a release of 32-bit and 64-bit RAID Drivers. But, nobody should get the hopes up, because through other backdoor sources nVidia is having a hell of a time. One reason for this I heard is that the nVidia RAID Controller is fully software, no hardware other than the electrical drive interfaces. Their problem started when they tried using the old 32-bit code Controller with new 64-bit hardware drivers and now they are having to totally rewrite the controller core in 64-bit code. But, knowing my source, it may all be fiction.
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Roger

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dear sirs.
i am an apple customer since first iphone but right now i am having problems with fingerprint sensor after updating to ios 7.1.
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Hi srikka,
I'm sorry to hear about the issues you've been having with the iOS 8 upgrade on your iPhone 5s; I know how frustrating that can be, especially on a device you use every day like a smartphone. If you continue to have issues with your WiFi and cellular data connections, you may find the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following articles helpful:
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections - Apple Support
iPhone cellular data connection issues - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden

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Okay, so I finally performed the software updates that have been popping up everyday. I did it this morning and installed five updates. One was for iTunes, one was a Mac OS X Snow Leopard update and the I can't remember the other three. I went through all the normal steps and restarted the computer. The first 5 minutes were fine and then.... Safari couldn't open new window, application error, spinning beach ball of death, safari unexpectedly quit, iPhoto unexpectedly quit, iTunes unexpectedly quit, can't open any program. I restarted the computer and got a flashing file icon with a question mark.... re-restarted computer, got it to load desktop and went to disk utilities to verify. It couldn't verify hard drive because of something like "incorrect thread count?" and maybe "node corruption?" I can't remember the exact phrasing. It suggested restarting with installation disk. I did. Now the computer won't even recognize its own hard drive. It won't start without a disk in it and even with the disk in it won't reinstall software because it doesn't recognize the hard drive and neither does the disk utility, it doesn't show up AT ALL. I have never had any problems in my three years of owning this computer, I install this little weekly update and now I have an invisible hard drive. I am writing this from my laptop. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Has anyone heard of it? Otherwise, I'm going to have to take it in to someone.

Run the 10.6.5 combo installer here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324
Repair Permissions before and after.

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Howdy;
Updated my B&W G3 to 10.4.4 and itunes 6.0.2. After update and restart, ran Disk Utility (DU), which seem to just get into a loop "Gathering disk data". Force quit DU and tried running from Tiger DVD, but similar story.
I have done a little research and there has been many problems with DU linked to itunes 6.0.2 update, but not quite the same (no B&W G3 w/10.4.4 and different DU hang point).
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and even tried moving iTunes to desktop; trashing several iTunes.pkg files; restarting, all to no avail.
Any additional suggestions out there?
Dual 2.5 G5; Mac min; B&W G3 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I doubt that any jumpers are needed, since this is the only (master) drive in the system. WD's site has pretty good info on this. Verify for yourself however.
Also, from their site:
How to partition and format an internal slave drive or an external drive in a Mac OS X (all versions).
Answer
In Mac OS X, you can use the built in Disk Utility to partition and initialize the drive so it will appear on the desktop.
1. Open the main drive (the drive that contains the operating system).
2. Open the Applications folder.
3. Open the Utilities folder.
4. Select Disk Utility.
5. The drives are displayed on the left side of the window. Click on the drive that you wish to partition (the top drive listing for the hard drive that you want to work with).
6. Once the drive is selected click on Partition.
7. Click on the Options button to select the partitioning scheme.
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Joe

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Hello,
First I apologize in advance for my French / English translation
I'm not very good.
Yesterday I bought a hard drive has a special.
The hard drive was still nine races.
is a network hard drive (Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition 1TB - S / N: 6AAN2200EE).
It fonctionais very well, I navigais on the home page, the options ...
I started to put a day the firmware (being connected to the network, the better was worth by measuring security).
So I am the procedure, I download the firmware, sending the hard drive, the setting applies to days.
I see the blue bar scroll through until the moment he notes redemarage underway.
I let them.
reading the instruction he drive if it restarts it was not the done manually.
thing I did.
HDD starts, White LED lights Fixed LED Blue who says he is accessing the hard disk.
And the bot 30 Second LED Blaanche it starts flashing and without stop.
The manager software can not find the hard drive.
With you had this kind of problem and qu'lele is the solution?
I tried to contact iomega in France but no response.
I also began dismantling the drive to connect directly to my PC.
On the hard drive there are 3 Partition.
A non-allocated
A 20GB.
a 911GO.
No partition is accessible.
I tried another hard drive with NTFS partitiion, white light remains fixed and there is a steady red LED lights.
If someone has an idea
Thank you

Hello fonfonse
To be clear, were you trying to updating the firmware on the unit? If the unit has a flashing white power led after the update and it never goes to a solid state. That means the unit is not booting and the firmware update most likely has become damaged.
If that is the case support in your region would need to be contacted about the firmware imager utility which would correct the firmware issue.
Some steps to try this reset method:
#1. Press and hold down the reset button for 4 seconds.
#2. Then remove the power cord while still holding the reset button.
#3. Wait about 5 seconds and then plug the power cord back in while still holding the reset button.
#4. Release the reset button after 4 more seconds.
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I would like some advice on installing Tiger on an IMac PowerPC G4 (700 MHZ machine). This machine has 512 MB SDRAM. The machine is currently running Mac OS 10.3.9. Thus far I have been unable to install Tiger.
The machine is 5 years old and was run in Classic OS 9 for several years. There have been no material problems since upgrading to 10.3.9 several years ago.
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Thank you for your reply.
I found the article you sent me to so fascinating with the pictures.
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Based on reading the article, I think I should also have more memory installed if in fact, they are going to take the bottom off at the Apple store. Would you agree?
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