Repeated corrupted files: implication?
Hi
I had trouble with corrupted fonts and now I have had to delete some caches from work. It seems that two files have recently become corrupted and messed up unrelated programs. Does this mean my had disk or computer is becoming unreliable? Is my computer about to die? Is it just a coincidence? Should I be more worried about North Korea?
My suystem is as follows
MacBook Pro
13 inch, Mid 2010
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB
10.8.3
One problem happened before I updated to 10.8 and one after.
Thanks!
1. Back up everything.
2. Repair Permissions:
http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/firstaid_3.htm
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Illustrator CS6 Repeatedly Corrupted Files?
hello --
thank you in advance for your time as i am quite in a predicament. i have lost 2 full days of work due to file corruption and i cannot isolate or fix what the problem is. here is how my files are set up:
i use multiple artboards (16-20)
i use graphs to simulate segments in a dashboard view (pie charts)
i use 2 font families
i have tried every solution under the sun so far:
reset preferences
saved recovery files
tried editing the postscript files to remove offending commands
saved as PDF, which worked, but the files are essentially unusable since in many separate files
any possible fix i found in this forum i could think of
after opening the file i get the error message, and if i open the file, most of the layers are gone and it stops with a "graph" object layer, which cannot be selected. it suggests to me that it might be something with the way i use them (i use several of them), that caused the issue. i have tried to isolate that element and it's occurrences in the postscript file, but probably not doing it right.
has anybody experienced such problems using pie charts in CS6. the last 2 files i worked on both used pie charts & both have become corrupted.
any help would be much appreciated!
thanks,
patrick.Patrick,
Are you saving to own harddisk? If not, I believe you should.
It is always recommended here to open/save your documents from/to your own harddisk, then copy to external media/servers/whatever as backup.
You may be lucky (for a while), but the chances of file corruption and other unpleasantnesses are immensely greater when you use anything but the harddisk.
To rescue what may be rescued:
One thing often tried first is to create a new document and File>Place the corrupted one to see how much may be rescued that way (remember to tick Paste remembers Layers in the Layer palette flyout/dropdown first, and to untick it afterwards).
Here is a website where you can see whether it can rescue the file, and if it can, you may pay for a subscription to have it done,
http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/buy_illustrator.html
and another similar website,
http://markzware.com/adobe-software/fix-illustrator-file-unknown-error-occurred-pdf2dtp-fi le-recovery/
As far as I remember, the former is for Win and the latter for Mac.
Here are a few pages about struggling with it yourself:
http://daxxter.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/how-to-recover-a-corrupted-illustrator-ai-file/
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/troubleshoot-damaged-illustrator-files.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/500/cpsid_50032.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/500/cpsid_50031.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/enable-content-recovery-mode-illustrator.html -
IMac repeatedly corrupting file system.
Right. This is a REAL head-stractcher I've got on my hands.
I've got a white intel iMac that killed a hard-drive. Replaced that with a new WD disk. Then updated to 10.6.6 (EDIT: this is a known issue with some machines...), that ruined the file system. Did a clean install & updated to 10.6.5, restored user files & clean installed apps. This worked well for a few weeks.
Now... here's the real bugger...
It has gone down again. Similar to what 10.6.6 did. fsck reports 'invalid node structure'. Nothing can repair it, Disk Utility, Tech Tool, Diskwarrior. All failed.
Not a file-recovery issue, I have a TM backup.
TechTool 5 tells me that RAM & HD are fine (extended tests) same with Hardware Test on OSX disk.
I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME figure out what is going on here. Nothing out of the ordinary happens. Shut it down, come back to it the next day: boots, Apple logo, spinning progress indicator, powers off.
Verbose / single-user show 'invalid node structure'.
My last resort is that it could be the death of the machine: maybe the processor is handing off corrupt commands = ruining the file structure?
Basically, I just don't know. It seems fine for a while, then dies suddenly & mysteriously.
HELP?!
Message was edited by: TAGITAddendum to my last post (I was in somewhat of a hurry):
If you will take a look at this:
http://www.alsoft.com/diskwarrior/details.html
The last time I ran it on my current iMac, the directory was 36% out of order. That appears strange - I have a 1 TB hard disk and so far, only about 100 GB data on it. So, my non-techie take on it is that it will simply write all over the place - wherever there is room - and that is how you wind up with messed up directories. My suggestion is that if you use your machine heavily to run it occasionally.
Note that 1) you cannot run it from the boot disk and 2) the current version of DW is unable to boot the new iMacs. Since booting from the DW disk is a pain anyway, the simple solution is to install it on your internal and then create a bootable clone of your system (which will obviously include DW) on an external. Then, when you want to run it, simply boot from the external, run it and when done, choose to restart from your internal. Done and all is well with your hard disk. -
Automator (or anything) to mass transfer one file at a time, or skip over corrupted files?
I'm currently recovering files (using Disk Warrior) from a failing hard drive, but when OS X hits a corrupted file ("Error -36"), it cancels the entire transfer, rather than skipping over it. Basically, I have to transfer one file at a time, which, on a 2TB hard drive, is going to be insanely tedious, so I was wondering if there's an automation that can transfer one file at a time, or some other way to transfer files that won't stop mid-process?
in my experience, people who know enough unix to understand what you suggested rarely ask questions about automator. Auto-mechanics don't generally need advice on choosing an auto repair shop.
Applescript is probably the easiest way to go with this. I don't know what the file structure of the recovered documents is, but in general you'd run something like this:
set sourceFolderPath to "/path/to/recovered items folder/"
set destinationFolderPath to "/path/to/destination folder/"
tell application "System Events"
set theFiles to files of folder sourceFolderPath
repeat with thisFile in theFiles
try
-- move files one-by-one in an error block
move thisFile to folder sourceFolderPath
on error
-- you can put something here to log the skipped files or display a dialog, if you like
end try
end repeat
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Error downloading video (corrupted file) need help
I began to download the new quicksilver snowboarding film "That's it That's All" and when i was about halfway through the download i got an error message pop up saying that the file was corrupted and to choose the "check for available downloads" under the "store" tab to fix it. but after doing this numerous times i still am not able to download the video fully and its stuck about halfway. does anyone know how to fix this?
(by the way, the error report code is 8008 if anyone cares.)Hello
I repeat my offer.
Not only because I wish to try to help you but because I wish to be able to understand what is the source of the oddity.
I'm afraid because I found on these forums some messages about corrupted files.
As my brain is not so large than Apple's offices, I join together these reports and the description of some encountered oddities of iWork products used under Mac OS X 10.5.
At this time I don't know which is the wrongdoer but it's clear that the relations between the apps and the OS are not perfectly correct.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 18 décembre 2007 16:12:38) -
AvAudioRecorder, create corrupted file on random check
Hello,
I face issue with AvAudioRecorder, create corrupted file on random check.
below is complete functionality code.
-(IBAction)btnRecordClick:(id)sender {
[PlayingTimer invalidate];
PlayingTimer = nil;
if (isPaused==NO) {
AVAudioSession *audioSession = [AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
NSError *err = nil;
[audioSession setCategory :AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord error:&err];
if(err){
// NSLog(@"audioSession: %@ %d %@", [err domain], [err code], [[err userInfo] description]);
return;
[audioSession setActive:YES error:&err];
err = nil;
if(err){
// NSLog(@"audioSession: %@ %d %@", [err domain], [err code], [[err userInfo] description]);
return;
//*******Working well with .wav,.caf and .mp4 files *****************
recordSetting = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
//this is for .wav and .caf file
//this is for .mp4 file for iPhone 3GS/iPhone 4
[recordSetting setValue: [NSNumber numberWithInt:kAudioFormatMPEG4AAC] forKey:AVFormatIDKey];
[recordSetting setValue: [NSNumber numberWithFloat:44100.0] forKey:AVSampleRateKey];
[recordSetting setValue: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 2] forKey:AVNumberOfChannelsKey];
[recordSetting setValue:[NSNumber numberWithInt:16] forKey:AVLinearPCMBitDepthKey];
[recordSetting setValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO] forKey:AVLinearPCMIsBigEndianKey];
[recordSetting setValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO] forKey:AVLinearPCMIsFloatKey];
self.strMessage = @"";
self.strMessageType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Audio Message"];
self.strFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.mp4", [_globalmodel stringUniqueID]];
// NSLog(@"FileName :%@",self.strFileName);
self.strUniqueRef = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[_globalmodel stringUniqueID]];
NSString *soundPath;//=[NSString alloc];
soundPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@", DOCUMENTS_FOLDER,self.strFileName] ;
NSURL *url1 = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:soundPath];
// NSLog(@"Recording Path:%@",url1);
err = nil;
recorder = [[ AVAudioRecorder alloc] initWithURL:url1 settings:recordSetting error:&err];
if(!recorder){
// NSLog(@"recorder: %@ %d %@", [err domain], [err code], [[err userInfo] description]);
UIAlertView *alert =[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @"My Easy Media"
message: @"The Recording format is not supported on your device!"
delegate: nil
cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
return;
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[recorder setDelegate:self];
[recorder prepareToRecord];
recorder.meteringEnabled = YES;
BOOL audioHWAvailable = audioSession.inputIsAvailable;
if (! audioHWAvailable) {
UIAlertView *cantRecordAlert =
[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @"Warning"
message: @"Audio input hardware not available"
delegate: nil
cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[cantRecordAlert show];
[cantRecordAlert release];
return;
// start recording
[recorder record];
_isRecordingStarted = YES;
// SET TIMER // START TIMER
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userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
// END TO SETTING TIMER
timerDisplayRight.hidden = NO;
timerDisplayLeft.hidden = NO;
timerDisplayRight.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d", intMimute,-- intSecond];
timerDisplayLeft.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"00:00"];
progressView.progress = 0.0;
else {
isPaused=NO;
[recorder record];
_isRecordingStarted = YES;
[btnReview setEnabled:NO];
timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self selector:@selector(EndRecording:)
userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
timerDisplayRight.hidden = NO;
timerDisplayLeft.hidden = NO;
timerDisplayRight.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d", intMimute,-- intSecond];
-(IBAction)btnPauseClick:(id)sender {
// NSLog(@"Pause Button of ActionSheet Clicked");
[timer invalidate];
timer = nil;
isPaused=YES;
[recorder pause];
[btnPause setEnabled:NO];
[btnRecord setEnabled:YES];
[btnStop setEnabled:YES];
-(IBAction)btnStopClick:(id)sender {
// NSLog(@"Stop Button of ActionSheet Clicked");
[recorder stop];
progressView.progress = 1.0;
// NSLog(@"Total Recording Secomd : %d", totalRecordingSecond);
finalRecordingSecond = totalRecordingSecond;
[btnStop setEnabled:NO];
[btnReview setEnabled:YES];
[btnRecord setEnabled:YES];
[btnPause setEnabled:NO];
timerDisplayRight.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d", (totalRecordingSecond/60), (totalRecordingSecond % 60) ];
timerDisplayLeft.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"00:00"];
[timer invalidate];
timer = nil;
// REINITIALIZE TIMER VARIABLES...
intMimute = 5;
intTotalTime = (60 * intMimute);
intSecond = intTotalTime / intMimute;
intMimute--;
// REINITIALIZE TIMER VARIABLES...
_isRecordingStarted = NO;
Please help.
once we start recored and after near about 10 to 15 second, tap on stop.
It create file with length 24kb, which is not occured all time, but randomly found file is courrupted.I've been having the same problem for over a week for the Yankees @ Red Sox MLB's games of the year. I've reported the problem to apple by logging into my account in iTunes > purchase history > report problem. I know of several other people who have the same problems.
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Strange noise and corrupted files and trouble fixing
hi. forgive me if someone's answered this already, but my eyes are bleeding reading through all the comments without finding a fitting answer. my ibook g3 dual usb has been great all these years. every once in a while i get the "unable to mount" question mark folder at startup and have been able to fix it using the disk utility first aid stuff that came with my computer. but i've also had trouble in the last few years with corrupted files paralyzing my computer anywhere from a few seconds to hours till i have to force shut down. when my computer comes upon a corrupted file it starts making this slight whiny grinding noise that happens as a series of noises - like eeeer eeer eeer eeer eeer - over and over. it immediately stalls all functions of the desktop/computer.
this last time, it happened while downloading a .pdf. unfortunately, after force shutting down, i got the question mark folder when i started back up and none of the utilities or norton disk doctor have been able to fix it. i tried running the hard disk testing utilities and disks, and it keeps saying the hard drive is fine. but whenever i run disk recovery with norton i suspect it comes upon corrupted files and starts with the grinding noise. i'm trying not to completely reinitialize the hard disk until i know i've tried everything. i just want to recover a few things, but i don't know how to isolate the corrupt files to trash.
under the repair function of the disk first aid, it says theres some kind of pdef problem or something, and that it cannot repair. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I SHOULD DO!!!! P L E A S E. i feel like i've tried everything, including the custom loading of softwar install....
thanksHi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
The iBook would have come with the first version of OS X (likely OS X 10.0.3) installed on it. Using Norton DiskDoctor on any hard drive that has an OS X volume on it can actually cause hard drive corruption. DiskDoctor also reports the OS X files as "errors," so any "errors" it reports are not to be believed (although, as I said, using it can actually create corruption).
Could you please report the exact message you get when trying to repair the hard drive using Disk First Aid from the Install CD?
You may want to try a command-line method called "fsck" (for "file system check") to attempt to repair the hard drive. To use fsck, you have to run it from the command line. Unlike using your trackpad to open an application to do something, you'll need to type a text command at the prompt (#) to tell fsck what to do. To use fsck:
1. Start up your computer in _single-user mode_ to reach the command line.
2. At the command-line prompt, type /sbin/fsck -fy
3. Press Return. fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it will display this message if no issue is found:
** The volume (nameofvolume) appears to be OK
If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:
*** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***
Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).
When fsck reports that your volume is OK, type reboot at the prompt and then press Return.
Your computer should start up normally and allow you to log in.
(This information is from the Apple Knowledge Base article entitled Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck.) -
Repeated Corruption of Spotlight Database on Time Machine disk?
I'm going to try this here since I don't seem to get much traction with this question in the Time Machine forum, and there is no forum here specific to Spotlight issues in Leopard:
I've been seeing repeated corruption of the Spotlight database on my external, Fireware 800, LaCie drive which is used exclusively for Time Machine. The symptom is that searches done in the Finder window after entering Time Machine produce no results or partial results.
There is no problem with Spotlight on the main hard drive for my laptop.
I received instructions from AppleCare for how to find and delete the hidden folder which makes up the Spotlight database on that drive -- an action which causes Spotlight to immediately rebuild the database on that drive from scratch -- but within days after doing that the database is corrupt again.
An additional symptom is that errors appear in the Console during a reboot -- but only if the Time Machine drive happens to be attached during the reboot. If the drive is attached AFTER booting and logging in, no such errors appear. The errors are from the "mds" process, and indicate either that a portion of the Spotlight database's "Stores" folder is having problems "storing dirty pages", and/or that a portion of the Spotlight database needs to be "recovered". Once those error messages start to appear, they will appear (identically) on every reboot where the drive is attached. No "recovery" happens. And searches after entering Time Machine fail to produce full results as described above.
There are no other Console complaints that appear relevant. No corrupt files during Time Machine backups, no errors when having entered Time Machine to view or restore files, no errors during searches themselves while in Time Machine.
Attempting to rebuild the Spotlight datbase on that drive by dragging it into the System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy list and then removing it are fruitless. Spotlight indexing fires up for only a couple seconds after removing the disk from Privacy and there is no change in the search failures. And no new error message are entered in the Console. The same thing happens when attempting to use the "mdutil" command from Terminal to force a rebuild (as instructed by AppleCare). Only completely trashing the hidden Spotlight database folder on that drive suffices to get Spotlight to rebuild the database from scratch and start over in a fresh, uncorrupted state. But that doesn't last!
Meanwhile, Time Machine backups themselves are working just fine. No errors -- everything seems to be getting over to the drive -- and viewing within or restoring from Time Machine continues to work without problem. That is, the problem is entirely and ONLY within Spotlight for the Time Machine drive. (Again, that drive is used only for Time Machine.)
And as stated above, Spotlight continues to work without issue on the main hard drive.
Disk Utility > Verify Disk also has no complaints about that Time Machine drive (or the main hard drive)
And the usual panacea cures (booting once in Safe Mode, reset PRAM, reset PCU, Repair Permissions) also have no effect on this problem.
The computer in question was an "upgrade" install from 10.4.10 and has two accounts on it -- a non administrative account for normal work and an Administrator account that is almost never used. Only the one drive, the main hard drive, is being captured by the Time Machine backups. Nothing has been excluded from the Time Machine backups. I've even done a successful "full restore" of the system from that Time Machine. I.e., this is all very plain vanilla stuff. I can't fathom why I'm having this problem.
My Time Machine dates back to after installing 10.5.1. I've tried the process of deleting, and thus recreating, the Spotlight database several times without any luck.
Yesterday, after applying the "Time Machine and Airport Drivers" update to my 10.5.2 system, I decided it was time for a fresh start just in case there was something about the data put onto the drive by the older, 10.5.1, Time Machine that was causing Spotlight such grief.
So I erased the Time Machine drive and did an entirely new initial backup.
That completed without errors.
I then did a few incremental backups on top of that. After which I did a reboot to see if there were any Console error messages from mds. There were none, and my tests of searches while viewing in Time Machine all produced correct and complete results.
So far so good.
However, this morning, after I booted up with the Time Machine drive attached, I went immediately into Console and found the dreaded error messages from the mds process. And sure enough my searches inside of Time Machine now only produce partial results again. Here are the two messages I'm getting at the moment (with personal information "xxx"d out):
3/20/08 1:48:48 PM mds[26] (/Volumes/xxxxx Time Machine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/4CE0F19E-8757-43F1-A5DD-06B1DCAD0E50)(E rror) IndexStore in SIStoreDirytySDBChunks:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 30
3/20/08 1:48:48 PM mds[26] (/Volumes/xxxxx Time Machine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/ABE285E8-4E3D-45BD-A3EF-D9A5B4A149DA)(E rror) IndexStore in SIStoreDirytySDBChunks:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 30
So far I have NOT yet seen the messages saying that the Spotlight database "needs recovery".
I'm at a loss on this one. Again, the Time Machine backups themselves seem to be fully complete and fully functional. And Spotlight was perfectly happy after the new, initial backup, and a few incremental backups.
But I just can't get Spotlight to STAY happy with this Time Machine drive.
Any suggestions?
--BobOK I've completed the repartitioning test and the results are unexpected! Here's what I did and what I've spotted so far:
First, the only differences between what I'm going to list here and what I've done before is the repartitioning of the drive and the fact that I decided to do things this time entirely while logged in to my Administrator account. In the past, I did this stuff logged into my "standard" account and supplying Admin passwords when requested:
@ Rebooted with the drive attached and logged in to Admin
@ In System Preferences > Time Machine, did a Change Disk to No Disk to turn off Time Machine backups.
Note: In what follows, each of the several times Time Machine asked me if I wanted to use the external drive as the new Time Machine drive I selected "Cancel".
@ Used Disk Utility to re-partition the Time Machine drive into 2 untitled partitions (Apple Partition Map since this is a Powerbook Mac, Mac OS X Extended (Journalled) formatting, Mac OS 9 drivers turned off). I then partitioned it AGAIN back to 1 partition titled as my Time Machine drive (same settings). I did this two step process to make SURE the partitioning data was actually being re-written.
@ Used Disk Utility to Erase the single partition just created -- using the option to Write 0's to the drive to make sure all of the drive was exercised.
@ Checked and found the Time Machine volume was now identified as disk1s3.
@ Used Disk Utility to Verify Disk on my main hard drive.
@ Checked in Console after all of this and there were no I/O or other errors logged.
The next few steps were done to maximize the chances that my new "initial backup" would be as clean as possible.
@ Shut Down the computer and rebooted once into Safe Mode to let the Safe Mode boot delete caches and do its other background maintenance tasks. Shut Down immediately from the Safe Mode login window instead of logging in.
@ Rebooted while resetting PRAM. Just because.
@ Logged in as Admin, and used Disk Utility to Repair Permissions on the main hard drive. No messages were generated by this.
@ Rebooted once again and logged back in as Admin to get things into a fresh state.
At this point I was now ready to start the new, Time Machine "initial backup". However before I did that I decided to check the Console one more time.
Imagine my surprise when I found one each of the two Spotlight related error messages I reported above! There was one "needs recovery" error and one error trying to "store dirty pages"! (Note that normally I see TWO of each of these.)
Keep in mind that the drive had just been freshly partitioned and then erased again. Time Machine had never been given access to the drive. And no other user applications had been run. And yet the Spotlight database was ALREADY generating errors on that drive!
Upon checking further, I discovered that the first pair of these error messages was generated during the Safe Mode boot above. They were generated again during the boot where I reset PRAM.
BUT, there were NO ERROR MESSAGES in the most recent reboot I had just completed!
At this point I decided to do a 2 more reboots and there were NO ERROR MESSAGES in either of those.
Curious indeed! Well perhaps some sort of recovery had happened.
In any event, at this point I decide to do the "initial backup".
@ In System Preferences > Time Machine, I selected the drive for Time Machine use and let the initial backup complete. I also had Console running during this. The backup completed without any significant messages. In fact one additional incremental backup also completed without errors before I noticed it was done.
At this point, I entered Time Machine and tried my usual test searches which have demonstrated the Spotlight corruption in the past, and there were no problems. Spotlight was apparently good.
I then rebooted and checked the Console and son of a gun but the Spotlight error messages were back -- this time 2 of each.
However, when I checked searches in Time Machine -- THEY WORKED! This is the first time I've ever seen a case where the presence of those error messages during reboot wasn't accompanied by search failures inside of Time Machine.
I immediately did another reboot -- AND NO ERROR MESSAGES!
I've since done several additional incremental backups and several reboots, and I can't find a pattern anymore. The error messages OFTEN appear on reboot (if the Time Machine drive is attached), but not ALWAYS as was the case in the past. And up to now searches inside of Time Machine are working without problems.
I can see several possible explanations:
1) The error messages are spurious (or there is some sort of automatic recovery that is working now when it didn't work before) and the repartitioning above actually fixed the problem.
2) The database is indeed corrupted, but the corruption has moved to a portion of the database that my test searches aren't exercising.
3) I need to do more incremental backups before the database corruption will actually become visible in my test searches. I.e., the problem just hasn't had time to develop yet.
Meanwhile I heard back from LaCie support that they have not heard of a problem like this for Time Machine or Spotlight on this particular drive. I've also pointed them at this thread for details.
So I'll just continue to use this Mac normally over the next few days, while periodically checking to see if the Spotlight search failures reappear and to see if I can spot any pattern as to why those Console error messages sometimes appear on reboot and sometimes not.
I'll report back when I have more info.
Again, if anyone has any insight into what those 2 Console error messages actually mean, or if anyone else is seeing those error messages, or is having Spotlight search failures when inside Time Machine whether or not you see those error messages, please chime in.
--Bob -
Corrupt files preventing time machine backup
When I tried to backup to time machine, my backup freezes after approximately 20MB and does not move any further. I have left it for several days and it still hasn't moved. When I open Console, I get an error message 35 which gives details of a corrupt file in the document revisions folder on my hard drive. When I delete the problem files, time machine is able to backup. Deleting these files takes a long time (up to 2 days). However, these corrupt files seem to keep reappearing here all the time. I do not know what could be causing this to happen or how to prevent it. Help please! Thanks!
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message. Clear the text field and scroll back in the log to that time. Post the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear.
Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into a message.
Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — edit that out, too, but don’t remove the context. -
Corrupt file when Downloading iTunes+Quicktime
Im on my sisters laptop and when I try to install iTunes, it says there is a corrupt file. Im sorry if someone else has had this problem and Im just repeating it. But, she has had iTunes before, but had her pc wiped out. Could that have something to do with it? And is anyone else having this problem
There is a very comprehensive post on the subject at this link: "What to do if Windows displays an "iTunes.exe - Corrupt File" message" http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1726580#1726580
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Computer shuts on and off some corrupted files - no virues now
Listed below are some of the errors I found on event log in the laptop:
I have a Qosimo 8 megs of memory, windows 7 64 bit. Running AVAST 7.0 antivirus and Malwarebytes - both paid subscriptions. I think the model number is 830 530 I bought in 2009.
The shutdown problem has
been happening on and off for the last six months. I had two major instances of trojans taking over my machine and it caused constant shutdowns. AVAST worked with me on one and they had me use malwarebytes and spybot and hijack this. They took over my computer to get it up and running properly, but this new round of errors a trojan was found in the registry key and the startuptoolbar. Two nights ago I had another shut down several times and after running malwarebytes and antivirus I could find no errors so I’m leaning toward corrupted files? Is there anyway to fix these files without having to reformat the hard drive?
I did run a computer repair and a computer memory repair tonight using F8 and no problems were found by the computer. I’m not sure what to do with these errors in event viewer.. I get the toshiba error
quite often and it madely stops me from going online with my internet connection, and I had downloaded a newer version but same problem – I use windows repair in network and the error is always resetting the toshiba network IP. I just put a note into toshiba on that problem.
I also use microsoft silverlight for my fenderfuse application which needs that software operate properly. I’m not sure exactly what to do with that Custom dynamic link libraries are being loaded for every application. It states to check libraries – but what am I checking for? I do not have a lot of programs on the laptop but not sure what to look for in library?
Windows logs under Application
The description for Event ID 0 from source Ipod service cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event
The description for Event ID 0 from source SignInAssistant cannot be found. Either the component
That raises this event is not installed on your computer or the installation is corrupted. You can
Install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the information had to be saved with the event. The following information was included with the event:
WLD InitializationTimerQueue. QueueWorkItem Started
The win logon notification subscriber <sessionEnv> was unavailable to handle anotification event.
The description for Event ID0 from source IViRegMgr cannot be found.
Same for AdobeARMservice
Same for User Profile Service
Critical events
System has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, rashed or lost power inexpertly.
Administrative
Events
Unloading the performance counter strings for service WmiApRpt failed. The first DWORD n the data section contains the error code.
The performance strings in the performance registry value is corrupted when process Performance extension counter provider. The BaseIndex value from the Performance Registry is the first DWORD in the Data section, LastCounter value is the second DWORD in the Data Section, and LastHelp value is the third DWORD in the data section.
Several warnings on Toshiba Servicer Station. Error checking dependency (1df917db-3056-41a-bbac-0489a6b63d4dj: Unable to retrieve registry value.
Toshiba Service Station - skipping empty element (tsu:setup_args) (several errors on this one)
( I also installed the latest Toshiba service station and it did not fix the error problems in events log. When I did a restore it was before softare update this was added so now my computer is working properly with windows on connecting to the internet wireless.)
Unloading the performance counter strings for service WmiApRpl (wmiaprpl) failed. The first Dword in the Data section contains the error code.
Failed extract of third-party root list from auto update cab at: www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/udate/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrooststi.cab> with error: A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file.
Biggie? Custom dynamic link libraries are being loaded for every application. The system administration should review the list of libraries to ensure they are related to trusted applications.
Audit events have been dropped by the transport. 0
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. Kernel-power - this has happened several times.
The performance strings in the Performance registry value is corrupted when process Performance extension counter provided. The BaseIndex value from the Performance registry is the first DWORD in the data section, last counter value is the second DWORD in the Data section, and LastHelp value is the third DWORD in the data section.
Sometimes my computer shuts down often on its own and I find a Trojan - other times it shuts down often during a start up and I find no viruses as was the case yesterday. Today I did not get on the internet and the computer worked fine.
I guess I need to know if there is a way to reinstall the corrupted files without having to go back to the default settings when I got the computer. Does toshiba have a windows repair disc that works better then what I did with using F8 and having a system repair and memory check done that found no errors? I also installed the latest Toshiba service station and it did not fix the error problems in events log. When I did a restore it was before this was added so now my computer is working properly with windows on connecting to the internet wireless.
Malwarebytes said that by looking at these event viewer logs that it does not appear that I have a virus now but I do have corrupted files and can toshiba help me in getting them fixed. I really hate to do a complete reformat.
Thanks
Rose
Solved!
Go to Solution.Event Viewer 5/14 events
Window logs
Application –
Information - Software protection service has stopped
Error – Unloading the performance counter strings for service wmiaprpl failed. The first Dword in the data section contains the error code
The performance strings in the performance registry value is corrupted when process Performance ext
The winlogon notification subscriber <SessionEnv> was unavailable tohandle a notification events
Error – Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP) Service) for the Network Card with network address0x701A043A07AE. Your computer willcontinue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP ) server.
Failed extract of third-party root list from auto update cab CAPI2
Warning – customer dynamic link libraries are being loaded for every application. The system Administrator should review the list of libraries to ensure they are related to Trusted Aplications.
The performance strings in the Performance registry value is corrupted when process Performance extension counter provider. The baseindex value from the performance registry is the first Dword in the data section, etc. – this error shows up often for today 5/14 (on line the aqnswer to this error is -
Performance counters are collected and used by services and applications. If they are installed incorrectly or with improper permissions, performance counters cannot be loaded, and services or applications cannot collect or interpret the data.
I noticed that software protection stopped and then it showed software protection working. I did not get any critical stop errors like I did before but that is because I don’t have any Trojans or viruses. I ran a full scan with both Avast and Malwarebytes yesterday and no problems.
Under system for today I see
The multimedia Class Scheduler Service entered the stopped state.
The application experienced service entered the stopped state
Under application Window logs for today
Fault bucket 130885241, type 5 Event Name PNDriverimportError response: not available
This is a warning error:
Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services . The file will be unloaded now. The applicationsor services that your registry file may not function properly afterwards.
10 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\(this section covered several registry problems I sent the note online and this is what they state: Cause this behavior occurs because the windows operating system automatically closes any registry handle to a user profie that is left open in an application. User Action – this is a warning event the application that is listed in the event detail is leaving the registry hand open, and it should be investigated.
I don't know how serious this probems are - I didn't like seeing the software security being stopped. But then it started up. I have copied everything personal on this laptop so I am ready to reformat if needed.
I still have the problem about IE not opening links unless I right button click to open it. I also had to make a separate ID to run Fender Fuse software as this computer was not recognizing the USB slot where I connect the amp to the laptop. Fender had me set up another id with minimum items and then I was able to connect to the amp and make changes.
Rose -
This is ridiculous!!!!! Apple Corporation needs to fix what ever went wrong with IOS 6.1 update and they better do it soon or theyre going to have a mob on their hands!! i have been continuosly restoring and updating my iPad 2 and it always says corrupt file then restarts the whole process! im going out of my mind and im about to say to **** with it and call apple themselves and make so many complaints that theyll fix it within the hour or i will go to new york city at the head of the corporation and make the most skeptical and most embarrissing seen that they will end up ashamed to even be working for a company with the supposedly "SMARTEST AND BRIGHTEST TECHNOLOGICAL PEOPLE IN THE U.S." who cant even get a software update correct so that it doesnt make some of our lives harder then they need to be! and if its already known to be corrupt then should take it off the whatever update liost and fix it before anyone else has to go what ive gone through, cause its pure torcher!! i paid good money for a product for easy use whenever and thats not what im getting when they cant even make a simple update thats supposed to help but only makes my product worse and make me wanna never buy from them again!
Hello aZaa4401,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
You can use the following article to resolve your issue:
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Regards,
Jeff D. -
Can iMac not waking from sleep be caused be a corrupt file
I have had my 27" iMac from July of 2011 (running Montain Lion, 8 GB RAM, 2TB hardrive, 3.4 GHz,Intel i7) for over a year and a half and ever since I bought it, it has had a problem waking from sleep. I can hear the computer running, but when I click the mouse, keyboard, or power button, it stays asleep and I am forced to do a hard shut down. Apple has been trying to fix the issue, but to no success. They have replaced the hard drive, logic board, usb ports, RAM, mouse and keyboard, but it still happens. They finally threw in the towel and are replacing the machine. They offered to transfer all of our files (jpgs, mp3s, docs, videos, etc), but one thought occurred to me... what if the sleep issue is caused by a corrupt file? I highly doubt that is the case, but wonder if any of the experts out here would know better than I.
If we didin't have the data transfered, we would just keep it on an external hard drive instead. But, I would assume that it wouldn't matter if the files were on internal vs. external because either way, the computer would access the files. That being the case, if the sleep issue was caused by a corrupt file, the computer would still access it on the external and the sleep issue would resurface.
So, 2 questions:
Can a corrupt file cause the sleep issue?
If it is true that a corrupt file can cause the sleep issue, would it matter if the corrupt file was accessed from an external drive vs. internal drive?
Thanks so much!
ChrisPlease read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether your problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled under OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test. -
Right my laptop isn't working. I formatted my hard drive and went to re-install WinXP. The problem being that at 56% installation,the battery on my laptop cut out. Now I can't even get the files installed by XP off my hard drive.They only show up on the C:/ when its unpartioned and in that case the command in ms dos ( format c:) doesn't work,it only works when the hard drive is partionted.
XP refuses to run installation again while these files remain. I need your advice!On the screen going black - maybe it has entered hibernation mode. Try changing the settings in the Lenovo Energy management schemes. You can refer to my posts in my Blog on these items for more details. The corrupted files may be due to faulty media. Try a different media or a different disc.
View my Blog on the Lenovo S10 -
External hard drive, error -36, corrupt files and slow transfer speeds
This is a long post but stay with me.
I've got an external 250GB Lacie drive connected to my 24" Intel iMac via Firewire 800. I have approximately 80GB worth of files (including my iPhoto library) on the Lacie that I'm trying to move over to my iMac but have run into some frustrating problems.
Overall, transfer speeds are erratic – fine at times and SUPER SLOW (5 minutes to transfer a 3MB file) at other times. At first I was transferring entire folders, but after always getting errors (error -36 to be exact), I was having to transfer individual files. This works fine as long as the files aren't too big (which makes the transfer speeds SUPER SLOW) and not corrupt (which gets me an error -36). Is my Lacie crashing on me? Is there any hope?
Here's what I've done to try and salvage my sanity with no resolve to my problems (not exactly in this order):
1) Ran Disk Utility to repair Lacie. Everything came back OK
2) Ran Disk Warrior on Lacie. Found a handful of bad items that Disk Warrior was able to repair. Had Disk Warrior replace the old directory of the Lacie with the new directory.
3) Ran Drive Genius: Raired and Rebuilt the directory, did an Integrity Check (came back OK), attempted to Defrag but could not because of errors to the drive, did a Scan for bad blocks (which after running for 3 days! it was only 20% complete and had found over 150 bad blocks, at which point I quit to try something else)
4) Checked that my Firewire cable was properly connected and replaced the older one I was using with a brand new one.
5) Disconnected all peripherals except for keyboard, mouse and Lacie.
6) And at times, even viewing a file on the Lacie has caused my Finder to crash, requiring a restart of my iMac.
I'm sure I've left something off I've tried but you get the idea.
I've read that maybe I can transfer my files using Terminal. Yes/No? Does this bypass any corruption the files may have?
What about creating a second partition on the Lacie and moving files over to the second partition? Does this solve anything? I don't know anything about partitioning so maybe I'm talking crazy.
I've also read that iPhoto tends to corrupt files which makes me hate iPhoto, and myself for not backing up.
And I've read a lot about error -36's and none of it sounds good so I'm just hoping that someone might have other suggestions for me to try and save my files (especially my iPhoto files which include baby pictures that if I lose, my wife will kill me).
So if anyone has any ideas, let me know. Please. I'll try anything.Hi Aaron Thompson-
I am fairly certain you have a bad power supply brick to the LaCie drive. This is a hard problem to troubleshoot as generally when the bricks go bad they do so slowly and the drive appears to power up and stuff but it just doesn't work.
If the drive is under warranty LaCie will replace the brick at no charge. Otherwise they sell them for around $20US on their website.
Luck-
-DP
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